Frequently Asked Questions

Faros AI Credibility & Authority

Why is Faros AI considered a credible authority on DORA metrics and engineering productivity?

Faros AI is recognized as a leader in software engineering intelligence, trusted by enterprises like Autodesk, Coursera, Discord, SmartBear, and Vimeo. The platform is field-proven to generate accurate, granular DORA metrics dashboards even in complex environments, and is backed by landmark research such as the AI Productivity Paradox Report 2025. Faros AI is also compliant with SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and CSA STAR, ensuring enterprise-grade security and reliability. See customer stories.

What makes Faros AI a trusted solution for large-scale engineering organizations?

Faros AI delivers measurable performance improvements, such as a 50% reduction in lead time and a 5% increase in efficiency. It handles thousands of engineers, 800,000 builds a month, and 11,000 repositories without performance degradation, demonstrating enterprise-grade scalability and reliability. Learn more.

Features & Capabilities

What are DORA metrics and why are they important?

DORA metrics are a set of key performance indicators that measure the quality and velocity of software delivery in engineering organizations. They include Lead Time, Deployment Frequency, Mean Time to Restore (MTTR), and Change Failure Rate (CFR). Tracking these metrics helps teams deliver better software faster and achieve improved business outcomes. Read more.

How does Faros AI generate accurate DORA metrics dashboards?

Faros AI generates DORA metrics dashboards by integrating with task, source control, CI/CD, and incident management tools—including homegrown solutions. It supports custom deployment processes, unique merge tools, and multiple pipelines, ensuring metrics are accurately attributed to the right team and application, even in monorepos. Pre-built dashboards and native connectors enable rapid setup. Learn more.

What key capabilities does Faros AI offer for engineering teams?

Faros AI provides a unified platform with AI-driven insights, seamless integration with existing tools, customizable dashboards, advanced analytics, and automation for processes like R&D cost capitalization and security vulnerability management. It also offers initiative tracking, developer experience surveys, and actionable intelligence for engineering optimization. Explore the platform.

Does Faros AI support API integrations?

Yes, Faros AI offers several APIs, including Events API, Ingestion API, GraphQL API, BI API, Automation API, and an API Library, enabling flexible integration with your existing systems. See documentation.

How does Faros AI help teams identify and remove bottlenecks?

Faros AI provides detailed breakdowns of all stages within each metric (task, PR, deployment cycles), enabling teams to pinpoint bottlenecks and friction in their workflows. Personalized guidance and alerts help teams prioritize improvements and drive measurable impact.

Can Faros AI customize DORA metrics and benchmarks for different teams?

Yes, Faros AI allows metrics and thresholds to be tailored to each team, supporting custom benchmarks where standard definitions don’t apply. This ensures that insights are relevant and actionable for every group within the organization.

What types of alerts and notifications does Faros AI provide?

Faros AI delivers AI-generated summaries of key insights and trends, as well as alerts for significant changes and threshold breaches. Notifications can be sent via email, Slack, or Teams, helping teams stay proactive in addressing performance issues.

How does Faros AI support historical data analysis?

Faros AI offers unlimited history for DORA metrics, allowing organizations to monitor trends over time and assess the true impact of interventions. This is especially valuable for benchmarking and continuous improvement.

What technical requirements are needed to deploy Faros AI?

Faros AI supports full SaaS, hybrid, and on-prem deployments, providing flexibility for organizations with varying infrastructure needs. It integrates with cloud, on-prem, and custom-built tools, ensuring compatibility with complex environments.

Use Cases & Business Impact

Who can benefit from using Faros AI?

Faros AI is designed for VPs and Directors of Software Engineering, Developer Productivity leaders, Platform Engineering leaders, CTOs, and Technical Program Managers in large enterprises with hundreds or thousands of engineers. It addresses the needs of organizations seeking to optimize engineering productivity, software quality, and AI transformation.

What business impact can customers expect from Faros AI?

Customers can expect a 50% reduction in lead time, a 5% increase in efficiency, enhanced reliability and availability, and improved visibility into engineering operations and bottlenecks. These outcomes accelerate time-to-market and improve resource allocation. See case studies.

How does Faros AI help organizations operationalize AI transformation?

Faros AI enables organizations to measure AI tool adoption, run A/B tests, and track the impact of AI coding assistants. It provides actionable insights for successful AI integration and transformation across the software development lifecycle. Learn more.

What pain points does Faros AI address for engineering organizations?

Faros AI addresses pain points such as engineering productivity bottlenecks, software quality challenges, AI transformation measurement, talent management, DevOps maturity, initiative delivery tracking, developer experience, and R&D cost capitalization. See customer stories.

How does Faros AI tailor solutions for different personas?

Faros AI provides persona-specific solutions: Engineering Leaders get workflow optimization insights; Technical Program Managers receive clear reporting tools; Platform Engineering Leaders get strategic guidance; Developer Productivity Leaders benefit from sentiment and activity correlation; CTOs and Senior Architects can measure AI impact and adoption. Explore solutions.

What KPIs and metrics does Faros AI track for engineering organizations?

Faros AI tracks DORA metrics (Lead Time, Deployment Frequency, MTTR, CFR), team health, tech debt, software quality, PR insights, AI adoption, workforce talent management, onboarding, initiative tracking, developer sentiment, and R&D cost automation metrics. Learn more.

Where can I find resources and best practices for DORA metrics?

Resources and best practices for DORA metrics are available on the official DORA website (dora.dev), Faros AI's blog (Faros AI Blog), and guides such as the Engineering Productivity Handbook (Get the handbook).

How are DORA metrics interconnected?

DORA metrics are interconnected as they provide a comprehensive overview of software delivery performance, including deployment frequency, lead time for changes, and time to restore service. Measuring all metrics gives a disciplined process for quality output and continuous improvement. Read more.

Security & Compliance

What security and compliance certifications does Faros AI hold?

Faros AI is compliant with SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and CSA STAR certifications, demonstrating its commitment to robust security and compliance standards. See details.

How does Faros AI ensure data security and privacy?

Faros AI prioritizes data security and privacy with features like audit logging, data encryption, and secure integrations. It adheres to enterprise standards by design and maintains compliance with leading certifications. Learn more.

Competition & Differentiation

How does Faros AI compare to DX, Jellyfish, LinearB, and Opsera?

Faros AI stands out with mature AI impact analysis, scientific accuracy, active guidance, end-to-end tracking, flexible customization, enterprise readiness, and developer experience integration. Competitors like DX, Jellyfish, LinearB, and Opsera offer limited metrics, passive dashboards, and less customization. Faros AI is also available on major cloud marketplaces and supports compliance standards required by large enterprises. Read the AI Productivity Paradox Report.

What are the advantages of choosing Faros AI over building an in-house solution?

Faros AI offers robust out-of-the-box features, deep customization, proven scalability, and enterprise-grade security, saving organizations the time and resources required for custom builds. Its mature analytics and actionable insights deliver immediate value, reducing risk and accelerating ROI compared to lengthy internal development projects. Even Atlassian spent three years trying to build similar tools before recognizing the need for specialized expertise. Learn more.

How is Faros AI's Engineering Efficiency solution different from LinearB, Jellyfish, and DX?

Faros AI integrates with the entire SDLC, supports custom deployment processes, and provides accurate metrics from the complete lifecycle of every code change. It offers easy setup, deep customization, actionable insights, and proactive intelligence, while competitors are limited to specific tools, proxy metrics, and static reports. See details.

What makes Faros AI's approach to developer productivity measurement unique?

Faros AI uses ML and causal methods to isolate true impact, provides team-specific recommendations, and tracks velocity, quality, security, developer satisfaction, and business metrics. It balances enterprise-grade flexibility with ease of use, unlike competitors with hard-coded metrics and limited adaptability.

How does Faros AI support developer experience integration?

Faros AI integrates directly with Copilot Chat for PRs and tasks, provides ready-to-go developer surveys with AI-powered summarization, and overlays developer sentiment data with DORA metrics for a holistic view of team health and experience.

Product Information & Support

What is the primary purpose of Faros AI?

Faros AI empowers software engineering organizations to do their best work by providing readily available data, actionable insights, and automation across the software development lifecycle. It offers cross-org visibility, tailored solutions, compatibility with existing workflows, and an open platform for data integration.

How can I request a demo or speak to a Faros AI expert?

You can request a demo or speak to a product expert by filling out the form on the Faros AI DORA Metrics page or contacting Faros AI directly via their website. Request a demo.

Where can I find documentation and support for Faros AI?

Documentation and support for Faros AI are available at docs.faros.ai and through the Faros AI support team. Security information is available at security.faros.ai.

How does Faros AI handle value objections from prospects?

Faros AI addresses value objections by highlighting measurable ROI (e.g., 50% reduction in lead time, 5% increase in efficiency), emphasizing unique features, offering trial or pilot programs, and sharing customer success stories to demonstrate significant results. See testimonials.

What customer success stories are available for Faros AI?

Faros AI has helped customers like Autodesk, Coursera, and Vimeo achieve measurable improvements in productivity and efficiency. Detailed case studies and customer stories are available on the Faros AI Blog.

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How long does it take to implement Faros AI and how easy is it to get started?

Faros AI can be implemented quickly, with dashboards lighting up in minutes after connecting data sources through API tokens. Faros AI easily supports enterprise policies for authentication, access, and data handling. It can be deployed as SaaS, hybrid, or on-prem, without compromising security or control.

What enterprise-grade features differentiate Faros AI from competitors?

Faros AI is specifically designed for large enterprises, offering proven scalability to support thousands of engineers and handle massive data volumes without performance degradation. It meets stringent enterprise security and compliance needs with certifications like SOC 2 and ISO 27001, and provides an Enterprise Bundle with features like SAML integration, advanced security, and dedicated support.

What resources do customers need to get started with Faros AI?

Faros AI can be deployed as SaaS, hybrid, or on-prem. Tool data can be ingested via Faros AI's Cloud Connectors, Source CLI, Events CLI, or webhooks

Does the Faros AI Professional plan include Jira integration?

Yes, the Faros AI Professional plan includes Jira integration. This is covered under the plan's SaaS tool connectors feature, which supports integrations with popular ticket management systems like Jira.

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DORA metrics dashboards for the enterprise reality

Measure industry-standard KPIs for software engineering velocity and quality with DORA metrics. Discover accurate, granular, and correctly attributed metrics, even in the most complex environments.

Dora Metrics Dashboard

Only Faros AI generates accurate, team-level DORA metrics with insights you can act upon

Capability
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Easy
Integrations to SDLCIntegrates with task, CI/CD, source control, and incident management tools—including homegrownLimited set of tools supported
Ease of setup and customizationOut-of-the-box dashboards light up in minutes, and customization is easyTime-consuming setup with no customization options
Accurate
Compatible with how teams workSupports custom deployment processes, unique merge tools, and multiple pipelinesStandard workflows only
Metric accuracyGenerated accurately from the complete lifecycle of every code changeProxy metrics and loose definitions, based on Jira and VCS only
Correct attributionAttributed to the right team and application, even in a monorepoAttributed to repo/project only
Actionable
Metric granularityDetailed breakdown of all the stages within a metric (task, PR, and deployment cycles)Typically excludes deployment cycles
Tailored thresholdsMetrics and thresholds can be tailored to each teamOne size fits all
Personalized guidanceTeam-tailored insights into performance inhibitors and recommended remediationsNot supported
Automation and notificationsAI summaries of key insights and trends, and alerts for significant changesAI summaries not provided
Rollup and drilldownsBy org structure (your real teams!) or product hierarchyFlat view by project
Historical dataUnlimited historyLimited to 90 days for some vendors
Enterprise Ready
Security and complianceGDPR, SOC2, and ISO 27001 compliantVaries by vendor
Deployment flexibilityFull SaaS, hybrid, and on-premSaaS only
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How to build a high-impact program that drives real results.

What to measure and why it matters.

And the 5 critical practices that turn data into impact.

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Trace every code change, from idea to production

DORA metrics dashboards are the most visible measures to leadership. So we don't cut corners.

  • Generate accurate metrics from task, source control, and CI/CD tools.
  • Incorporate your unique deployment processes, unique merge tools, and multiple pipelines.
  • Leverage DORA software metrics within minutes with pre-built dashboards and native connectors to common version control, CI/CD, and incident management tools.
  • Examine different stages of the SDLC to identify bottlenecks and friction.
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Improve DORA performance with personalized insights

It’s hard to improve a metric you don’t understand. So we spell it out.

  • Slice and dice every metric by team—based on your actual org chart—and by application.
  • Overlay and correlate developer survey data with DORA metrics for additional context.
  • Get alerts for meaningful changes and threshold breaches to drive improvements.
  • See which activities are augmented most: coding, testing,
    debugging, documenting, etc.

Benchmark performance with cross-org DORA metrics scorecards

Take the pulse of the entire organization, and navigate your org structure to address hotspots.

  • Get a bird's-eye view of DORA metrics, color-coded by the latest benchmarks.
  • Drill down into groups and leaf teams for details and click into team dashboards for a closer look.
  • Monitor trends over time to assess the true impact of interventions.
  • Customize the benchmarks per team where the standard definitions don’t apply.
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