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Better Stack
Better Stack
(305)
4.8 out of 5
Better Stack
By Better Stack
Datadog
Datadog
(690)
4.4 out of 5
Datadog
By Datadog
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At a Glance
Better Stack
Better Stack
Star Rating
(305)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (92.2% of reviews)
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Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
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Datadog
Datadog
Star Rating
(690)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (47.3% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
Free Trial is available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
  • G2 reviewers report that Datadog excels in providing a comprehensive view of infrastructure, applications, logs, and security signals all in one place. Users appreciate how this integration facilitates quick detection and response to issues, with one reviewer noting the ease of searching for specific logs based on labels and facets.
  • Users say that Better Stack stands out for its simplicity and reliability, particularly for those new to monitoring tools. Reviewers highlight the impressively easy setup process, which allows them to get started quickly, making it a great choice for small businesses looking for straightforward solutions.
  • According to verified reviews, Datadog's user interface is praised for its intuitiveness, enabling users to gain insights from data effortlessly. This ease of use is complemented by multiple integrations that make data input seamless, a feature that many users find beneficial for their daily operations.
  • Reviewers mention that Better Stack's independence is a significant advantage, as it continues to provide alerts even when hosting servers are down. This reliability is crucial for users who need to stay informed about their systems' status at all times, enhancing their overall monitoring experience.
  • G2 reviewers highlight that while Datadog has a higher overall satisfaction score, Better Stack receives commendations for its exceptional support quality. Users appreciate the responsive assistance they receive, which is vital for troubleshooting and ensuring smooth operations.
  • Users report that Datadog's advanced features, such as detailed log tracing and multi-site monitoring, are impressive but may come with a steeper learning curve. In contrast, Better Stack's straightforward design and user-friendly features make it more accessible for those who prioritize ease of use over extensive capabilities.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Better Stack
Free plan
$0.00
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Datadog
Free
$0
Per host, per month
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Free Trial
Better Stack
Free Trial is available
Datadog
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.4
224
8.8
513
Ease of Use
9.5
242
8.2
614
Ease of Setup
9.6
214
8.3
380
Ease of Admin
9.7
155
8.3
231
Quality of Support
9.5
147
8.3
457
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.6
122
8.5
218
Product Direction (% positive)
9.6
208
9.0
498
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
9.4
135
8.1
77
Functionality
9.5
125
8.7
55
9.7
135
9.3
71
9.7
128
9.1
63
9.3
125
8.8
57
9.1
122
8.9
57
9.1
110
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
Not enough data
8.3
143
Monitoring
Not enough data
8.9
120
Not enough data
8.6
116
Not enough data
8.8
110
Not enough data
8.8
130
Not enough data
8.3
7
Administration
Not enough data
8.5
114
Not enough data
8.5
96
Not enough data
8.3
93
Not enough data
8.6
7
Analysis
Not enough data
8.5
112
Not enough data
8.9
121
Not enough data
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
Incident ManagementHide 16 FeaturesShow 16 Features
8.5
92
Not enough data
Monitoring
9.6
92
Not enough data
9.6
92
Not enough data
9.2
82
Not enough data
7.3
8
Not enough data
Management Tools
9.2
78
Not enough data
9.3
77
Not enough data
9.2
78
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.6
39
Not enough data
6.4
39
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Incident Management
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
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
9.1
57
8.1
108
Visibility
9.2
57
8.9
93
9.1
55
8.9
91
9.1
51
8.8
81
Monitoring and Management
8.6
49
8.2
83
9.1
50
8.6
85
9.4
55
9.0
91
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
Not enough data
7.3
8
Not enough data
7.1
8
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
7.3
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
7.3
8
Not enough data
7.5
8
Server MonitoringHide 18 FeaturesShow 18 Features
Not enough data
8.1
79
Visibility
Not enough data
8.9
77
Not enough data
8.6
72
Not enough data
8.2
70
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
71
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
59
Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
47
Not enough data
8.8
49
Not enough data
9.0
54
Not enough data
7.9
42
Management
Not enough data
8.6
48
Not enough data
8.6
52
Not enough data
8.2
44
Not enough data
9.0
52
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
7.5
10
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
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
8.5
38
8.3
79
Data Preparation
9.2
35
8.6
65
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Verified
8.6
31
8.4
63
|
Verified
8.2
30
8.0
61
|
Verified
8.3
29
7.9
62
|
Verified
Analysis
8.2
30
8.6
60
|
Verified
8.4
32
8.4
67
|
Verified
8.7
33
8.8
68
|
Verified
8.9
35
8.5
71
|
Verified
8.6
33
8.6
62
|
Verified
9.0
35
8.7
59
|
Verified
Visualization
8.3
33
8.9
75
|
Verified
8.2
31
8.7
63
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Application Performance Monitoring (APM)Hide 19 FeaturesShow 19 Features
Not enough data
8.3
147
Monitoring
Not enough data
8.6
113
Not enough data
8.9
106
Not enough data
8.9
118
Not enough data
7.3
99
Not enough data
8.4
105
Response
Not enough data
8.9
123
Not enough data
8.8
110
Not enough data
8.0
107
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Not enough data
7.4
13
Not enough data
8.1
13
Not enough data
7.9
13
Not enough data
8.1
13
Not enough data
7.8
13
Performance
Not enough data
8.5
118
Not enough data
8.3
103
Functionality
Not enough data
8.5
106
Not enough data
8.1
96
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
112
Container MonitoringHide 16 FeaturesShow 16 Features
Not enough data
8.5
52
Alerts management
Not enough data
8.7
43
Not enough data
8.0
45
Not enough data
8.6
47
Monitoring
Not enough data
8.6
39
Not enough data
9.1
41
Not enough data
8.7
43
Not enough data
9.0
38
Automation
Not enough data
8.2
38
Not enough data
8.4
36
Analysis
Not enough data
8.2
41
Not enough data
8.3
44
Not enough data
9.1
43
Not enough data
8.5
42
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
8.3
37
Not enough data
7.6
39
Not enough data
8.4
35
IT AlertingHide 8 FeaturesShow 8 Features
7.3
37
8.0
18
Generative AI
7.3
37
7.5
17
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
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
8.7
13
Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability
Not enough data
8.3
10
Not enough data
8.8
8
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
8.7
9
Not enough data
9.0
10
Not enough data
8.8
8
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
8.7
10
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
Not enough data
9.3
9
Not enough data
8.5
8
AI Features - Observability
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
Incident ResponseHide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features
Not enough data
8.4
66
Response
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
47
Records
Not enough data
9.2
55
Not enough data
8.9
53
Not enough data
8.5
60
Management
Not enough data
9.3
58
Not enough data
8.4
52
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.1
13
Not enough data
7.9
13
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
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Better Stack
Better Stack
Datadog
Datadog
Unique Categories
Better Stack
Better Stack is categorized as Incident Management
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Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Better Stack
Better Stack
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
92.2%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
7.5%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
0.3%
Datadog
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
19.4%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
47.3%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
33.3%
Reviewers' Industry
Better Stack
Better Stack
Information Technology and Services
19.1%
Computer Software
18.8%
Computer & Network Security
7.2%
Internet
5.8%
Marketing and Advertising
5.1%
Other
44.0%
Datadog
Datadog
Information Technology and Services
18.8%
Computer Software
17.6%
Financial Services
8.6%
Internet
4.1%
Computer & Network Security
3.1%
Other
47.7%
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Discussions
Better Stack
Better Stack Discussions
Is better Uptime free?
7 Comments
ashish r.
AR
you can start with the free version Read more
Monty the Mongoose crying
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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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