--- description: Review of Datadog Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Datadog | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice AU --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Network Troubleshooting Software](/directory/4786/network-troubleshooting-software/software) > [Datadog](/software/101405/datadog) # Datadog Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/101405/datadog Page: 1 / 16\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/101405/datadog?page=2) > Datadog is the monitoring, security and analytics platform for developers, IT operations teams, security engineers and business users in the cloud age. Datadog's SaaS platform integrates and automates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring and log management to provide unified, real-time observability of our customers' entire technology stack. Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes and across a wide range of industries to enable digital transformation and cloud migration, drive collaboration among development, operations, security and business teams, accelerate time to market for applications, reduce time to problem resolution, secure applications and infrastructure, understand user behavior and track key business metrics. > > Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 357 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 357 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Datadog - **Founded**: 2010 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: USD 15.00 - **Pricing model**: Other (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Starts at $15 per host per month. Pay-as-you-go or subscription terms available. Service includes unlimited integrations per monitored host. 14-day free trial included in all plans. All plans include custom metrics and events. Pro plans include 13 months data retention, metric alerts, and email support. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English, Japanese - **Available Countries**: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong SAR China, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein and 18 more ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Activity Tracking - Ad hoc Reporting - Alerts/Escalation - Alerts/Notifications - Analytics - Anomaly Detection - Application Management - Application Security - Application-Level Analysis - Archiving & Retention - Asset Tracking - Audit Management - Audit Trail - Automated Discovery - Availability Testing - Baseline Manager - Bottleneck Identification ## Integrations (166 total) - ASP.NET Zero - AWS CloudTrail - AWS IoT Analytics - AWS Lambda - AWS Step Functions - AWS X-Ray - Adobe Experience Manager - Aerospike - Airbrake - Akka - Alcide - Algorithmia - Alibaba Cloud - Amazon Cloud Search - Amazon CloudFront ... and 151 more integrations ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Network Troubleshooting Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4786/network-troubleshooting-software/software) ## Related Categories - [Network Troubleshooting Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4786/network-troubleshooting-software/software) - [Observability Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4534/observability/software) - [IT Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4563/it-management/software) - [Automation Testing Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4187/automation-testing/software) - [Artificial Intelligence (AI) Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4360/artificial-intelligence/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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The dashboards are highly customizable and visually clear, which helps both technical and non-technical teams stay aligned. I also appreciate the breadth of integrations and how quickly new features are rolled out. Overall, it feels like a mature, reliable observability solution that scales well with growing infrastructure and increasingly complex environments. > > **Cons**: I honestly have no negative feedback to give. Datadog works great and I will keep using it. Keep it up > > Overall, my experience with Datadog has been very positive. It provides a comprehensive observability platform that brings together metrics, logs, and traces in a cohesive way, making it easier to monitor and troubleshoot systems. The interface is powerful and flexible, allowing for deep insights into application performance and infrastructure health. While there is a learning curve and costs can grow quickly, the value it delivers in terms of visibility and efficiency is significant. It has become an essential tool for maintaining reliability in complex environments, helping teams detect and resolve issues faster with greater confidence. ----- ### "Datadog APM Database Monitoring is a must have if you're a DBRE" — 5.0/5 > **Prateek** | *17 December 2025* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I work in Data Reliability and so far the best thing about Datadog has been its APM feature and the Postgres integration. I have been able to track issues before they could happen and it had been really useful during incidents > > **Cons**: The recent AI recommendations are sometimes not very useful. When a query is slow obviously the first recommendation would be to add indexes. For some reason the AI recommendation system does not check the indexes before recommending. To an engineer who doesn't have admin privileges to the Database, these recommendations might sound confusing and they would create tickets which gets marked as Won't Do > > Overall from a DBRE perspective it has hit all the major observability checkpoints that were needed to monitor our databases. Time to respond to a database incident has really improved and we have more visibility into the systems ----- ### "Great at what it does" — 5.0/5 > **Terence** | *12 January 2026* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: It allows me to look through logs thats required for my day-to-day job. I appreciate the quick filter options available that are easily accessible on the left-hand side > > **Cons**: Sometimes it feels overwhelming when you are shown a huge amount of data at once. I believe there is also a steep learning curve too. > > Overall datadog is good once you get the hang of it. However, the it may take a couple days to get adjusted to using it ----- ### "Looking for a good one stop shop? Go for Datadog" — 4.0/5 > **Tobias** | *17 December 2025* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: The wide range of services and excellent customer care from customer succes. If you compare it to other competitors, Datadog offers a better one stop show and one single pane of glass > > **Cons**: The pricing is quite steep compared to competitors. It’s diffidently not the most cheap product in terms of pricing. > > If you want a solid solution, with constant updates and you have the budget for your all in one Observability platform, go they way with Datadog. You won’t regret it ----- ### "IT prespective of Datadog" — 4.0/5 > **Estella** | *17 September 2025* | Health, Wellness & Fitness | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: I use specifically for the page iut function to monitor our server stack. Our engineering team uses it pretty robustly for other services. Its easy to set up monitors exactly how you need them and the built in page out software replaced our requirment for a secondary software for on call rotations > > **Cons**: Can get a bit messy if you dont implement teams well in the beginning i find the filtering a bit convoluted as well but might be my own issues > > overal i am impressed, it intergeates well with our other tools, slack Jira ect for notifications. Easiely set up with minimal experience if you are okay to read a few guides ----- Page: 1 / 16\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/101405/datadog?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/101405/datadog) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data