The aim of Stackdriver'''Stackdrivers Intelligent Monitoring'''goal is to improve the performance and availability of large, complex applications running in the public cloud. To that end, it provides metrics detailing every layer of the [[Cloud computing#Service models|'stack']] in the form of charts and graphs. It supports multi-cloud environments, whileand alsoprovides allowinga single pane of glass into users' cloud services. It provides views into the logs that are generated, and allows users to generate metrics from those logs. It allows users to receive alerts when these metrics breach normal levels.
