Where Cribl's ads lose the buyer

Cribl is running 18 live ads on LinkedIn and Google. Their average fit to their own ideal buyer is 6.7 out of 10, and 6 ads need fixing. Each ad below is one of Cribl’s real live creatives, read straight from the ad libraries.

Cribl’s live ads, scored against their buyer

  • Find and analyze data directly at its source, including data stores like AWS S3,, scored 7/10 against Cribl’s ideal buyer. Names real cloud data stores buyers care about, but stops short of a pain or outcome hook.
  • Investigate AI usage, cost & risk, scored 7/10 against Cribl’s ideal buyer. AI observability angle is timely and on-ICP, but 'platform you run' is vague where specifics would convert.
  • Five timelines. Zero confidence., scored 8/10 against Cribl’s ideal buyer. Sharp DORA-specific hook nails the fragmented-telemetry pain for financial services buyers under regulatory pressure.
  • Archive your data however you want. Get both low cost and fast access with Cribl, scored 7/10 against Cribl’s ideal buyer. Directly hits cost and access pain for IT and security teams storing SIEM data, but no proof or specificity on savings.
  • Monitor Agent Performance - Track Agent & Prompt Flows, scored 4/10 against Cribl’s ideal buyer. AI observability angle misses the core SIEM cost and telemetry pipeline pain this ICP is searching for.
  • Build on Search with APIs - Extend Search with APIs, scored 5/10 against Cribl’s ideal buyer. API extensibility is relevant to Platform Engineers but too feature-level to trigger a buy from cost-pressured buyers.
  • Use S3 Blob & GCS Better - Modernize Lake Architecture, scored 7/10 against Cribl’s ideal buyer. Vendor lock-in and multicloud telemetry pain land squarely on the ICP's cost and flexibility trigger.
  • API-Ready Search Workflows - Build on Search with APIs, scored 6/10 against Cribl’s ideal buyer. API search extensibility speaks to Platform Engineers but lacks a cost or pipeline pain hook to drive urgency.
  • Evaluate AI Outputs Better - Track Prompt and Model Risk, scored 4/10 against Cribl’s ideal buyer. AI governance and prompt auditing miss the telemetry pipeline and SIEM cost pain the ICP is actively searching to solve.
  • Capture Telemetry Everywhere - Manage Distributed Telemetry, scored 8/10 against Cribl’s ideal buyer. Collection sprawl is a precise ICP pain, and the interactive demo CTA gives high-intent searchers a clear next step.
  • A New Way To SIEM, scored 8/10 against Cribl’s ideal buyer. Sharp cost-coverage tradeoff framing lands exactly on the ICP's core SIEM budget pain.
  • Speed Up Infra RCA - Improve Host-Level Insight, scored 6/10 against Cribl’s ideal buyer. Solid SRE and platform engineer angle but 'RCA' and 'query friction' stay vague without a concrete outcome.
  • Clean Up Security Telemetry - Modernize SecCops With Control, scored 8/10 against Cribl’s ideal buyer. SOC modernization and AI readiness sitelinks map tightly to the ICP's top buying triggers.
  • Improve Incident Coordination, scored 5/10 against Cribl’s ideal buyer. Incident readiness angle is adjacent but too generic to connect to Cribl's telemetry pipeline value.
  • Manage APM Data Better - Improve App Performance, scored 7/10 against Cribl’s ideal buyer. APM and traces angle targets Platform Engineers and SREs cleanly, with a demo CTA adding conversion pull.
  • Avoid Another SIEM Trap - Explore SIEM Alternatives - Reduce SIEM..., scored 8/10 against Cribl’s ideal buyer. Catches buyers mid-SIEM evaluation with a sharp vendor-lock pain hook and practical sitelinks.
  • Reduce Cloud Telemetry Noise, scored 7/10 against Cribl’s ideal buyer. Cloud security telemetry framing fits the ICP well and a free trial sitelink adds a low-friction entry point.
  • Tier Data by Value, Cut Storage Cost, scored 8/10 against Cribl’s ideal buyer. Directly targets telemetry cost pain with tiered storage, strong ICP match for SIEM-cost-pressured buyers.

See Cribl’s full live-ad board on AdRoast. Every creative scored against their ICP, with the exact fix for each.

Learn the method behind these scores: the AdRoast guides cover how to audit your ads against your ICP and why clicks do not turn into pipeline.