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Datadog

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Datadog is an observability platform providing infrastructure metrics, application performance monitoring, and log analytics across cloud environments.[1]

A cloud-scale monitoring and analytics platform for modern applications and infrastructure. Datadog provides real-time visibility into the performance of servers, containers, databases, and third-party services. It offers features like log management, APM, and security monitoring, enabling DevOps teams to troubleshoot issues and optimize application performance efficiently.

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Pro edition price

$15 monthly per host billed annually for infrastructure monitoring[1]

Enterprise edition price

$23 monthly per host billed annually on Enterprise[1]

87websites

use it — 3.4% of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months

#13of 146

tools in its category seen in our scans (we recognize 452)

12public pages

on UptimeCard — open any of them to see how that site is doing

In short: A broad observability platform with extensive integrations, structured with per-host tiers for infrastructure plus separate add-ons for traces and logs.[1]

2.7% of all websites we track run Datadog▼ 0.01 points since 20 Sep

Should you use Datadog?

The 10-second version, from the vendor’s own pages and what we see in our scans

Datadog fits if…

  • DevOps and platform engineering teams needing unified visibility into multi-cloud container clusters, virtual machines, and cloud services.[1]

Look elsewhere if…

  • Small single-server teams wanting simple uptime checks without managing host agent deployments or per-metric volume allowances.[1]
Infrastructure Enterprise edition starts at $23 monthly per host before adding distributed tracing or log ingestion.[1]

Products and plans

In the vendor’s own words

Infrastructure Monitoring

This page

Core host and container telemetry providing real-time visibility across systems and cloud services.[1]

APM

Application performance monitoring providing distributed request tracing and latency diagnostics.[1]

Log Management

Log ingestion, parsing, and analysis integrated with live telemetry and alert triggers.[1]

Plans of Datadog· Prices in USD, as listed for the United States[1]

Free

Free/ month

Core collection and visualization features for up to 5 hosts with 1-day metric retention.

Pro

$15/ host/month

Centralized infrastructure monitoring across systems, services, and functions starting at $15.

Enterprise

$23/ host/month

Advanced machine learning alerts and administrative controls starting at $23.

How Datadog sites protect themselves

Share of the 87 sites we scanned that run each protection

HSTS68% · 59 sites

HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS

reCAPTCHA35% · 30 sites

reCAPTCHA is a free service from Google that helps protect websites from spam and abuse

Cloudflare Bot Management24% · 21 sites

Cloudflare bot management solution identifies and mitigates automated traffic to protect websites from bad bots

Protections add up, they do not replace each other: a site can run all of them.

At a glance

UptimeCard's own scans and tests of 2,555 websites · refreshed weekly

How Datadog sites scoreout of 100 · hover or tap a score for details

54PerformanceLowaverage site: 5089AccessibilityGoodaverage site: 8996Best practicesGoodaverage site: 9392SEOGoodaverage site: 92

Page load time

Loads about 30% faster than the average site

Datadog sites
3.0 s
All sites
4.3 s

Most Datadog sites load in 2.2–3.2 s. Home page weight: 2.8 MB vs 3.3 MB for all sites. 9 public sites measured.

Who uses it?

Technology and Software is the biggest group

Technology and Software67%
Business Services17%
Health and Wellness8%
Software as a Service (SaaS)8%

Share of 12 classified public sites. “× average” compares with all 961 public sites.

How Datadog sites are built

Closest partners. The number says how many times more often the tool runs on Datadog sites than on an average website. Hover a partner for its share of sites.

Apollo7×Segment5×Envoy4×TikTok Pixel4×Next.js3×Prebid3×React3×Amazon Advertising3×Lodash3×

Stacks we see most. Tools that tend to run together with Datadog on the same websites. The percentage is the share of all 87 Datadog sites that run the whole stack.

12 stacks · swipe, drag or use the arrows
#1

Datadog + React + Next.js + Segment

11.5%10 of 87 sites
#2

Datadog + React + Amazon CloudFront + Facebook Pixel + AWS Certificate Manager

6.9%6 of 87 sites
#3

Datadog + React + Facebook Pixel + Microsoft Advertising + TikTok Pixel

5.7%5 of 87 sites
#4

Datadog + React + Microsoft Advertising + Sentry + Emotion

5.7%5 of 87 sites
#5

Datadog + Microsoft Advertising + DigiCert

4.6%4 of 87 sites
#6

Datadog + OneTrust + Cloudflare Browser Insights

4.6%4 of 87 sites
#7

Datadog + OneTrust + Segment

4.6%4 of 87 sites
#8

Datadog + Sentry + Segment

4.6%4 of 87 sites
#9

Datadog + Akamai + Amazon Advertising

4.6%4 of 87 sites
#10

Datadog + Amazon CloudFront + Amazon S3

4.6%4 of 87 sites
#11

Datadog + DigiCert + Amazon S3

4.6%4 of 87 sites
#12

Datadog + Segment + Amazon S3

4.6%4 of 87 sites

Usually installed alongside

The bigger the bubble, the more of the 87 Datadog sites also run the tool. Colour shows what the tool does. Hover or tap a bubble for details.

Google Tag Manager64%Google Analytics52%Facebook Pixel25%Cloudflare Browser Insights16%OneTrust28%Microsoft Advertising24%Prebid15%Amazon Advertising12%Cart Functionality20%
Tag managerAnalyticsCookie consentAdvertisingOnline store

Similar tools in its category

Analytics: 452 tools known, 146 seen in our scans

Google Analytics1,368 sitesAlternativeFacebook Pixel468 sitesAlternativeLinkedin Insight Tag435 sitesAlternativeMicrosoft Clarity234 sitesAlternativePiwik PRO Core181 sitesAlternativeHubSpot Analytics166 sitesAlternativeweb-vitals73 sitesAlternativeAdobe Analytics73 sitesAlternativeCloudflare Browser Insights218 sitesUsed togetherGoogle Ads Conversion Tracking140 sitesUsed togetherHotjar113 sitesUsed togetherBoomerang96 sitesUsed together

How websites combine Datadog with other tools

Relationships found on the websites that use it, from the same map status pages show.

Integrates with another 8Complements another tool 3Overlaps with another 3Built on a platform 2

Websites using Datadog

87 websites use Datadog: 3.4% of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months. A selection is shown below.

Scores are out of 100: P Performance · A Accessibility · B Best practices · S SEO. Green 80+, yellow 65–79, orange 50–64, red below 50. The dot shows whether our last scan found the site failing (red) or not (green); Red, amber or blue: an active incident on the site's status page (outage, degraded, maintenance) or a failing scan; amber also means a certificate ending within 30 days. Hover the dot for details.

Who is behind Datadog

From its own pages and public records, with sources

Operated by

Datadog, Inc.[2]

New York, New York · since 2010[2][3]

Its story

  1. 2010

    Founded in New York City in 2010 to bridge developer and systems operations teams with centralized cloud metrics.[3]

  2. 2014

    Multi-cloud infrastructure monitoring expanded in 2014 with native support for major public cloud providers.[3]

  3. 2016

    Expanded into full-stack observability in 2016 with the introduction of Application Performance Monitoring.[3]

  4. 2019

    Completed an initial public offering on the NASDAQ Global Select Market in 2019.[3]

  5. 2021

    Added runtime application security and protection capabilities in 2021 with the integration of Sqreen.[3]

  6. 2023

    Integrated static code analysis and software development quality checks into the platform in 2023 with Codiga.[3]

Questions about Datadog

How many websites use Datadog?
We found Datadog on 87 of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months (3.4%). 12 of them have a public status page.
How much does Datadog cost?
Free: Free / month. Core collection and visualization features for up to 5 hosts with 1-day metric retention. Pro: $15 / host/month. Centralized infrastructure monitoring across systems, services, and functions starting at $15. Enterprise: $23 / host/month. Advanced machine learning alerts and administrative controls starting at $23.
What is Datadog often used with?
Among the websites we scan, Datadog is often found alongside React (70.1% of its sites), Next.js (44.8% of its sites), Node.js (44.8% of its sites).
What are the alternatives to Datadog?
Other analytics tools we recognize include Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, Linkedin Insight Tag, Microsoft Clarity.

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