r/devops for B2B sellers
517,963 members · rules and posts checked 17 October 2026
r/devops is a DevOps and platform engineering community with 517,963 members. It is strict with sellers. You can join discussions, but self promotion belongs only in the weekly self promotion thread, and you have to disclose any product affiliation.
Members often ask for recommendations, evaluations and real world experience with DevOps tools and processes. Recent requests have covered on call routing and escalation, service mapping, cloud cost optimization, AI infrastructure tooling, monitoring platforms, test generation tools and preview environment platforms.
Self-promotion: strict
Self-promotion is restricted to the weekly self-promotion thread. If you mention or discuss a product you are affiliated with, you must clearly disclose that affiliation, and the subreddit does not allow using posts to funnel traffic to external sites. Surveys, research, and product-validation requests also require moderator approval.
1Submissions must include discussion information
Posts must include discussion context and not be just a link.
2No editorialized titles
Use the original article title instead of changing it.
3Job-related postings go to /r/devopsjobs
Job posts belong in the separate jobs subreddit, not here.
4Self Promotion / Vendors / Personal Affiliation Disclaimer
Self-promotion is only allowed in the weekly self-promotion thread, and any affiliation with a product must be disclosed.
5Low-Effort / Low-Quality Content
Spammy, low-effort, stealth marketing, and AI-generated-style content may be removed.
6Surveys / Polls
Surveys, polls, research, and product-validation requests need moderator approval.
7No shortened URLs
Do not use shortened URLs.
8No personal info
Do not share personal information.
9Be excellent to each other
Be respectful and avoid personal attacks.
Summarised from the community's posted rules on 17 October 2026. Moderators change rules; read the current rules before you post.
What buyers ask for here
Sample requests from public posts, paraphrased and anonymised, found 17 October 2026.
- “Looking for recommendations on on-call routing and escalation tools or processes for small teams handling after-hours alerts.”
- “Seeking a service/dependency mapping tool for architecture visualization, onboarding, and planning, including external services.”
- “Looking for an open-source or self-hosted tool to automate cloud and AI cost optimization with approval workflows.”
- “Looking for newsletters, communities, or sources to track AI infrastructure agent tools and evaluate them.”
- “Seeking experience with package-firewall and curated-registry products when AI agents install dependencies.”
- “Looking for real-world feedback and alternatives for an uptime monitoring platform.”
- “Seeking user experiences with an AI-based test-generation tool for non-technical users.”
- “Survey asking which database platforms teams use and why.”
- “Seeking experiences with a platform for ephemeral or preview environments in larger projects.”
Of 145 recent posts we checked, 8% read as someone looking to buy or hire. How we collect this
Who it suits
Good for
- DevOps and platform engineering tools
- Cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes vendors
- Observability, monitoring, and incident-management software
- Infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and IaC solutions
Less useful for
- General consumer products
- Local services unrelated to software infrastructure
- Recruiting and job-placement services
How to take part without getting removed
- Add discussion and context rather than posting a bare link.
- Keep the original title when sharing an article, and don't editorialize it.
- Do not self promote outside the weekly self promotion thread.
- Disclose your affiliation when you mention a product you are connected to.
- Avoid spammy, low effort or stealth marketing posts, and content that reads as AI generated.
- Get moderator approval before posting surveys, polls, research or product validation requests.
What a good reply looks like here
Good replies stay on the question, draw on practical experience, compare options and explain the tradeoffs without promotional language. If you are affiliated with a product, mention it only where the rules allow, and disclose the affiliation.
Sample reply: For a small team handling after hours alerts, I would define escalation paths and ownership before picking a tool. Look for scheduled rotations, escalation chains, acknowledgement tracking and integrations with your monitoring stack. Reviewing alert quality regularly also helps, so the on call person only gets alerts they can act on. When you compare tools, weigh ease of setup, how flexible escalation is, reporting, and how well each fits your existing workflows.
When to skip r/devops
This community is usually not worth the effort if you sell general consumer products, local services unrelated to software infrastructure, or recruiting and job placement services. It is also a poor fit if you mainly want to promote something rather than take part in technical discussions.
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