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Telemetry governance, volume reduction, and efficient pipelines.

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# Cost Optimization

Telemetry governance, volume reduction, and efficient pipelines.

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CollectorLogsCost Optimization

## Route your logs by severity with the OpenTelemetry Collector

Route logs by severity with the OpenTelemetry Collector: send critical logs to your vendor and archive the rest.

Apr 1, 2026 · 5 min read

](https://telemetrydrops.com/blog/severity-based-log-routing/)[

CollectorCost Optimization

## You don't have too much telemetry. You have bad telemetry.

Reduce observability costs by fixing telemetry governance and waste before reaching for sampling.

Mar 18, 2026 · 5 min read

](https://telemetrydrops.com/blog/bad-telemetry-not-volume-problem/)