Overview
Datadog is a cloud observability platform unifying infrastructure metrics, log management, application performance monitoring (APM), and security monitoring in a single dashboard, widely used by engineering and DevOps teams at scale.
Available On
WebAPI
Key Features
Infrastructure & container monitoring
Log management & analytics
APM & distributed tracing
Real User Monitoring (RUM)
Cloud Security Management
Pros
- Genuinely unified view across infra, logs, and app performance
- Very broad set of 800+ integrations
- Powerful dashboards and anomaly detection
Cons
- Pricing complexity across many billable products is a common complaint
- Can get expensive quickly at scale if not carefully managed
- Full value takes real onboarding investment
Pricing Plans
FreeFREE
Free
- 5 hosts
- 1-day metric retention
- Core dashboards
ProPAID
$15/mo
- 15-month retention
- APM add-on available
- Custom metrics
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Integrations
AWSKubernetesSlackPagerDuty
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Quick Info
Websitewww.datadoghq.com
CategoryDeveloper Tools
Team SizeENTERPRISE
ReleasedJanuary 1, 2010
Last UpdatedJune 1, 2026
Monthly Visits25.0M
API AvailableYes
Open SourceNo
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