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Azure Monitor
(106)
4.3 out of 5
Azure Monitor
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Datadog
(676)
4.4 out of 5
Datadog
By Datadog
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At a Glance
Azure Monitor
Azure Monitor
Star Rating
(106)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (36.8% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Datadog
Datadog
Star Rating
(676)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (46.8% of reviews)
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Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
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  • Users report that Datadog excels in its Alerting functionality, with a score of 9.2, which reviewers mention allows for highly customizable alerts that can be tailored to specific needs, making it easier to respond to incidents promptly.
  • Reviewers mention that Azure Monitor shines in Load Balancing, scoring 9.3, with users appreciating its seamless integration with Azure services, which enhances performance and reliability across cloud applications.
  • G2 users highlight Datadog's Multi-Site Monitoring capabilities, scoring 9.0, as a standout feature, allowing for comprehensive visibility across different environments, which is particularly beneficial for organizations with distributed systems.
  • Users on G2 report that Azure Monitor's Real-Time Monitoring capabilities, scoring 9.0, provide a significant advantage, as it allows for immediate insights into system performance, which is crucial for maintaining uptime and service quality.
  • Reviewers mention that Datadog's Logging functionality, with a score of 9.3, is highly praised for its ability to aggregate logs from various sources, making troubleshooting and performance analysis more efficient.
  • Users say that Azure Monitor's Incident Management features, scoring 9.1, are particularly effective, with automated response capabilities that help streamline the resolution process, reducing downtime and improving operational efficiency.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Azure Monitor
No pricing available
Datadog
Free
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Per host, per month
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Free Trial
Azure Monitor
No trial information available
Datadog
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
77
8.8
500
Ease of Use
8.5
77
8.2
601
Ease of Setup
8.7
36
8.3
368
Ease of Admin
8.9
35
8.4
224
Quality of Support
8.5
73
8.3
446
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
35
8.5
211
Product Direction (% positive)
9.1
75
9.0
485
Features by Category
Cloud Cost ManagementHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
Not enough data
7.8
8
Operations
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
7.1
8
Not enough data
8.0
5
Cost Optimization
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
7.7
5
Administration
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
7.3
5
Agentic AI - Cloud Cost Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Website MonitoringHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
Not enough data
8.1
73
Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
54
Not enough data
9.3
68
Not enough data
9.1
62
Not enough data
8.8
55
Not enough data
8.9
57
Not enough data
9.0
50
Agentic AI - Website Monitoring
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)Hide 17 FeaturesShow 17 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Experience
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Database MonitoringHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
Not enough data
9.0
110
Functionality
Not enough data
9.2
104
Not enough data
9.1
105
Not enough data
9.3
89
Not enough data
8.9
104
Not enough data
8.8
88
Not enough data
8.9
93
Agentic AI - Database Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network MonitoringHide 27 FeaturesShow 27 Features
Not enough data
8.9
62
Functionality
Not enough data
9.2
52
Not enough data
9.3
57
Not enough data
8.2
43
Not enough data
8.5
45
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Management
Not enough data
8.7
49
Not enough data
9.0
50
Not enough data
8.8
47
Analytics - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Security - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cloud Infrastructure MonitoringHide 20 FeaturesShow 20 Features
8.7
30
8.3
139
Monitoring
8.8
24
8.9
119
8.8
22
8.6
115
8.5
22
8.8
110
8.8
24
8.7
129
Not enough data
8.3
7
Administration
9.0
23
8.5
114
8.5
20
8.5
95
8.7
23
8.3
93
Not enough data
8.6
7
Analysis
8.6
23
8.5
112
8.7
24
8.9
118
8.6
20
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
7.3
8
Not enough data
7.5
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
7.9
7
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
7.4
7
Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)Hide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
Not enough data
8.6
13
Automation
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
9
Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
9.2
10
Incident Management
Not enough data
8.6
12
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
AIOps PlatformsHide 18 FeaturesShow 18 Features
Not enough data
9.1
22
Functionality
Not enough data
9.1
16
Not enough data
8.5
17
Not enough data
9.4
21
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
9.0
19
Not enough data
9.1
16
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Management
Not enough data
8.7
19
Not enough data
9.6
19
Not enough data
8.9
19
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AIOps Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Log MonitoringHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
Not enough data
8.1
101
Visibility
Not enough data
8.9
88
Not enough data
9.0
87
Not enough data
8.8
79
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
8.2
82
Not enough data
8.7
84
Not enough data
9.0
88
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
Not enough data
7.1
7
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
7.6
7
Server MonitoringHide 18 FeaturesShow 18 Features
Not enough data
8.1
78
Visibility
Not enough data
8.9
77
Not enough data
8.6
71
Not enough data
8.2
69
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
8.4
70
Not enough data
7.6
65
Not enough data
8.4
67
Not enough data
9.0
70
Not enough data
8.8
66
Not enough data
8.3
71
Cloud environment support
Not enough data
8.1
62
Not enough data
8.0
59
Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Enterprise MonitoringHide 15 FeaturesShow 15 Features
Not enough data
8.3
51
Functionality
Not enough data
8.6
45
Not enough data
8.8
45
Not enough data
8.9
47
Not enough data
7.9
41
Management
Not enough data
8.5
44
Not enough data
8.6
47
Not enough data
8.2
43
Not enough data
9.0
48
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
8.1
8
IoT Analytics PlatformsHide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Sources
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Metrics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
IoT Device Management PlatformsHide 10 FeaturesShow 10 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Device Recognition
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Provisioning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Log AnalysisHide 19 FeaturesShow 19 Features
Not enough data
8.3
75
Data Preparation
Not enough data
8.6
63
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Verified
Not enough data
8.4
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
60
|
Verified
Analysis
Not enough data
8.6
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
66
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
67
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
70
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
58
|
Verified
Visualization
Not enough data
8.8
72
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
62
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Application Performance Monitoring (APM)Hide 19 FeaturesShow 19 Features
9.1
10
8.3
140
Monitoring
9.1
9
8.6
112
8.9
9
8.9
104
9.3
9
8.8
114
9.0
7
7.3
98
9.4
8
8.4
104
Response
9.3
9
8.9
121
9.4
9
8.8
108
9.0
8
8.0
102
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Not enough data
7.4
12
Not enough data
8.1
12
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
8.1
12
Not enough data
7.9
12
Performance
8.8
10
8.5
116
8.5
9
8.3
102
Functionality
8.5
8
8.5
103
9.0
8
8.1
95
9.3
7
Feature Not Available
9.3
7
8.5
110
Container MonitoringHide 16 FeaturesShow 16 Features
Not enough data
8.5
50
Alerts management
Not enough data
8.7
42
Not enough data
8.0
44
Not enough data
8.6
46
Monitoring
Not enough data
8.6
37
Not enough data
9.1
40
Not enough data
8.7
42
Not enough data
9.1
37
Automation
Not enough data
8.2
37
Not enough data
8.4
35
Analysis
Not enough data
8.1
40
Not enough data
8.3
43
Not enough data
9.2
42
Not enough data
8.5
41
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
8.3
36
Not enough data
7.6
39
Not enough data
8.4
34
IT AlertingHide 8 FeaturesShow 8 Features
Not enough data
8.0
17
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.4
16
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
Not enough data
7.2
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Observability PipelineHide 20 FeaturesShow 20 Features
Not enough data
7.1
9
Data Management - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
7.0
9
Performance - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
6.7
8
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
7.0
9
AI - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
6.4
7
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
6.7
6
Compliance - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
6.9
6
Not enough data
6.1
6
Agentic AI - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Observability SoftwareHide 20 FeaturesShow 20 Features
Not enough data
8.6
9
Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Agentic AI - Observability Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visualization & Dashboards - Observability
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
9.0
7
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
AI Features - Observability
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Incident ResponseHide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features
Not enough data
8.4
60
Response
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
46
Records
Not enough data
9.2
53
Not enough data
8.9
51
Not enough data
8.5
58
Management
Not enough data
9.2
55
Not enough data
8.4
50
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.1
12
Not enough data
7.9
12
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)Hide 14 FeaturesShow 14 Features
Not enough data
8.8
14
Network Management
Not enough data
8.8
11
Not enough data
8.3
11
Not enough data
9.4
12
Incident Management
Not enough data
9.3
12
Not enough data
9.2
11
Not enough data
9.2
12
Security Intelligence
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
8.8
11
Not enough data
8.6
13
Agentic AI - Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Azure Monitor
Azure Monitor
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
32.2%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
31.0%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
36.8%
Datadog
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
19.5%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
46.8%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
33.7%
Reviewers' Industry
Azure Monitor
Azure Monitor
Computer Software
26.4%
Information Technology and Services
17.2%
Banking
5.7%
Oil & Energy
3.4%
Health, Wellness and Fitness
3.4%
Other
43.7%
Datadog
Datadog
Information Technology and Services
19.0%
Computer Software
17.2%
Financial Services
8.5%
Internet
4.2%
Retail
3.0%
Other
48.0%
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Discussions
Azure Monitor
Azure Monitor Discussions
What is azure monitor used for?
1 Comment
Jitender P.
JP
Azure Monitor helps you maximize the availability and performance of your applications and services.Read more
Is Azure monitor free?
1 Comment
Arushi S.
AS
Azure Monitor offers both free and paid tiers, depending on the specific services and features you use. The basic features and capabilities of Azure Monitor...Read more
What is your primary use case for Azure Monitor, and how has it impacted your application performance monitoring?
1 Comment
Arif K.
AK
We use Azure Monitor primarily for application performance monitoring across our cloud services. It gives us real-time visibility into app health, tracks...Read more
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Datadog
Datadog Discussions
What is the use of Datadog?
3 Comments
Chirag J.
CJ
Datadog is a software platform that facilitates data sharing across various teams within an organization, thereby breaking down silos between development,...Read more
Does Datadog use AWS?
2 Comments
IG
Yes, the backbone of Datadog infrastructure is sitting within AWS.Read more
Does it preserves history of logs?
1 Comment
Alon N.
AN
Depends on your plan, log retention can be 7,15, 30 days etc, for long term you need to setup s3 archivingRead more
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