--- description: Review of Datadog Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice New Zealand. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Datadog | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice NZ --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Network Troubleshooting Software](/directory/4786/network-troubleshooting-software/software) > [Datadog](/software/101405/datadog) # Datadog Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/101405/datadog Page: 1 / 16\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/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 360 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 360 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**: US$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.co.nz/directory/4786/network-troubleshooting-software/software) ## Related Categories - [Network Troubleshooting Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4786/network-troubleshooting-software/software) - [Observability Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4534/observability/software) - [IT Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4563/it-management/software) - [Automation Testing Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4187/automation-testing/software) - [Artificial Intelligence (AI) Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4360/artificial-intelligence/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Some dashboards take extra tuning to get right, and the amount of metrics can feel overwhelming at times. > > Datadog has been dependable and easy to work with. It gives clear, real‑time insight into systems, and once dashboards and alerts are set up, it makes monitoring and troubleshooting much smoother. ----- ### "A Powerful Observability Platform with Premium Pricing" — 4.0/5 > **Wai Yip** | *18 December 2025* | Financial Services | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: Datadog provides a comprehensive and unified observability platform that has been invaluable for maintaining the reliability of our systems. Its integration ecosystem is exceptional—most services we use can be connected with minimal effort. The dashboards are highly customizable and intuitive, making it easy to visualize key performance metrics. Log management, APM, and infrastructure monitoring work seamlessly together, which significantly improves incident detection and troubleshooting. The alerting capabilities are robust and flexible, enabling precise, noise-free monitoring. > > **Cons**: The primary downside is the cost. As our environment scales, Datadog becomes increasingly expensive, especially when ingesting large volumes of logs and metrics. Cost management requires constant attention, and certain features can become hard to justify purely from a pricing standpoint. > > Overall, my experience with Datadog has been very positive. As a senior SRE, I rely on it daily for infrastructure visibility, performance tracking, and incident response. The platform is reliable, feature-rich, and continues to evolve with meaningful improvements. It has helped streamline on-call workflows and reduced mean time to resolution across multiple services. Aside from pricing concerns, it remains one of the most effective observability solutions I’ve worked with. ----- ### "Great just Great" — 5.0/5 > **Will** | *20 March 2026* | Computer Networking | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: What I like most about Datadog right now is how seamlessly it brings everything together—metrics, logs, traces, and security—into a single, unified platform. It makes troubleshooting faster because you can move from a high-level view down to granular details without switching tools. 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. ----- ### "Security is primary" — 5.0/5 > **Adewale** | *9 February 2026* | Health, Wellness & Fitness | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Datadog does what it says. Our team members do not have to worry anymore about data incidence response. This makes reporting seemless. Accessing realtime response prompts are now easy and analysis has been greatly improved. We get the required support needed from the datadog team. > > **Cons**: Im not sure about datadog ability to immediately update response report when i switch online from offline time, except incases where i have to relog in. I understand this helps with data security. > > Overall, datadog has been a high level security structure for our entire system. Fixing bugs could help greatly. ----- ### "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 ----- Page: 1 / 16\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/101405/datadog?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/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