For small ops shops

See the machines without buying an observability company.

The shop already knows which box is sick. Disk, memory, and what changed, in plain English. A handful of Linux boxes, a VPS, or a homelab.

Mechanic · $9/mo per machineCrew Chief is $29/mo per machine, with a weekly fleet digest. Rescue is $29 one-time on a card. Scout stays free.

Scout is free at /register. One machine. No card.

What you see

Disk

How full the volume is, and when it is trending toward full.

Memory

Pressure on the box, named in a sentence before it becomes the outage.

The sick box

Which machine is asking for attention. Health, open issues, and the likely cause, in plain English.

What changed

When an issue clears, you see what resolved. The sick box stays named until it does.

For people who will not buy Datadog

Datadog is an observability company for teams that want a platform to staff. This shop runs a handful of Linux boxes, a VPS, or a homelab.

  • No per-host pricing sheet to read. Mechanic is $9/mo per machine.
  • No agent sprawl. One mechanic watches disk, memory, and the sick box.
  • Plain English. A supervised fix is a command you approve.

Tink vs Datadog

Plans

Mechanic

$9/mo per machine

The everyday plan for a handful of Linux boxes.

  • Unlimited machines at $9/mo each
  • 5-minute scans
  • Supervised fixes. Tink proposes, you approve
  • 500 AI messages / month
  • Telegram alerts and AI chat
Start Mechanic

Crew Chief

$29/mo per machine

Same mechanic, with a weekly fleet digest.

  • Everything in Mechanic
  • Real-time scans
  • Autonomous execution (trust levels 0–4)
  • Unlimited AI messages
  • Weekly fleet digest
Start Crew Chief

Rescue

$29 one-time

One emergency session, charged on a card.

  • Emergency diagnostic session
  • Full autonomous execution for that session
  • A $29 card via Stripe Checkout
  • For a production fire tonight
Run Rescue

Other pages

Mechanic · Crew Chief · Rescue session · Pricing

See the machines.

Mechanic is $9/mo per machine. Crew Chief is $29/mo per machine, with a weekly fleet digest.

Scout is free