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Datadog

Cloud scale monitoring and security

RANKED #1 · TOP 10 APPLICATION PERFORMANCE MONITORINGLISTERSCORE 95.0

An extensive cloud scale monitoring platform that includes robust synthetic monitoring and real user monitoring.

Pricing from	$15/host/month
Best for	Large enterprises and DevOps teams
Website	www.datadoghq.com

Company facts

Founded	2010
Headquarters	New York City
Industry	IT performance management
Social profiles	LinkedIn, X, Instagram, YouTube

Facilities and features

Published pricing
Free trial
Self-serve sign-up
API
Integrations

What stands out

Datadog traces requests from end to end across distributed systems.

“Trace requests from end to end across distributed systems”Datadog, own website

The AI tool automatically collects logs from all services and applications.

“Automatically collect logs from all your services, applications, and platforms”Datadog, own website

Strengths and trade-offs

Extremely powerful analytics
Thousands of integrations

Steep learning curve
Complex pricing structure

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How Datadog ranks

#2 in AI IT operations tools that integrate with Slack

How the score is made up: Evidence on its own site 20; How complete its published information is 16; Fit to this ranking's criteria 40; Buying information on its own site 16.

“The leading AI-powered observability and security platform Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era,”Datadog, own website

“Get notifications via e-mail, PagerDuty, Slack, and other channels”Datadog, own website

Alternatives to Datadog

New Relic All-in-one observability platform	#2 in Top 10 Application Performance Monitoring	92.7
Dynatrace Software intelligence for the enterprise cloud	#3 in Top 10 Application Performance Monitoring	90.3
Elastic APM Open-source APM integrated with the Elastic Stack	#4 in Top 10 Application Performance Monitoring	88.0
Splunk APM Real-time APM for microservices and distributed systems	#5 in Top 10 Application Performance Monitoring	85.7
Prometheus Open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit for containerised environments	#6 in Top 10 Application Performance Monitoring	83.3
AppDynamics	#7 in Top 10 Application Performance Monitoring	81.0

Questions about Datadog

How much does Datadog cost?

Lister lists Datadog's pricing as: $15/host/month.

Who is Datadog best for?

Datadog is best for large enterprises and DevOps teams.

Where does Datadog rank?

Datadog is ranked #1 in Top 10 Application Performance Monitoring (Lister Score 95.0), #1 in Top 10 DevOps Monitoring Tools (Lister Score 95.0), #1 in Top 10 Infrastructure Monitoring Platforms (Lister Score 95.0), #1 in Top 10 Log Management (Lister Score 95.0), #1 in Top 10 Log Management Platforms (Lister Score 95.0), #1 in Top 10 Monitoring & Observability Platforms (Lister Score 95.0), #1 in Top 10 Network Monitoring Tools (Lister Score 95.0), #1 in Top 10 Synthetic Monitoring (Lister Score 95.0), #2 in AI IT operations tools that integrate with Slack (Lister Score 92.0), #2 in Top 10 Error Tracking Software (Lister Score 92.7), #3 in Top 10 Website Monitoring (Lister Score 90.3), #4 in Top 10 Error Tracking (Lister Score 88.0), #4 in Top 10 Uptime Monitoring (Lister Score 88.0), #4 in Top 10 Website Uptime Monitoring (Lister Score 88.0) and #9 in Top 10 AI No-Code Development Platforms (Lister Score 76.3).

What are the best alternatives to Datadog?

The closest alternatives on Lister are New Relic (#2 in Top 10 Application Performance Monitoring), Dynatrace (#3 in Top 10 Application Performance Monitoring) and Elastic APM (#4 in Top 10 Application Performance Monitoring).

Where is Datadog based?

Datadog is headquartered in New York City, and was founded in 2010.

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