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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (92.1% of reviews)
Mid-Market (46.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
$0 Per host, per month
Better Stack
Star Rating
(304)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (92.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansDatadog
Star Rating
(675)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (46.9% of reviews)
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.
- Users report that Better Stack excels in Ease of Setup with a score of 9.6 compared to Datadog's 8.3. Reviewers mention that Better Stack's onboarding process is straightforward and user-friendly, making it easier for teams to get started quickly.
- Reviewers mention that Better Stack outperforms Datadog in Quality of Support, scoring 9.5 against Datadog's 8.3. Users on G2 highlight Better Stack's responsive customer service and helpful documentation as key factors in their positive experiences.
- Users say that Better Stack's Alerting features are superior, with a score of 9.7 compared to Datadog's 9.3. Reviewers appreciate Better Stack's multi-channel alerting capabilities, which allow for more effective incident management.
- G2 users report that Better Stack shines in Dashboards and Visualizations, scoring 9.3 versus Datadog's 8.8. Users mention that Better Stack offers more customizable and visually appealing dashboards, enhancing data interpretation.
- Reviewers mention that Better Stack leads in Performance Baseline with a score of 9.1, while Datadog scores 8.7. Users appreciate Better Stack's ability to provide clear performance metrics, which helps in proactive monitoring.
- Users on G2 report that Better Stack has a higher score in Meets Requirements at 9.5 compared to Datadog's 8.7. Reviewers say that Better Stack's features align more closely with their business needs, making it a more suitable choice for small businesses.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Better Stack
Free plan
$0.00
A great way to get started!
- 10 monitors & heartbeats
- Slack & e-mail alerts
- 1 status page
Datadog
Free
$0
Per host, per month
Core collection and visualization features
- Discussion Group Supported
- 1-Day Metric Retention
- Up to 5 Hosts
Free Trial
Better Stack
Free Trial is available
Datadog
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.4
223
8.8
499
Ease of Use
9.5
241
8.2
600
Ease of Setup
9.6
213
8.3
368
Ease of Admin
9.7
154
8.4
224
Quality of Support
9.5
147
8.3
446
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.6
121
8.5
211
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
207
9.0
484
Features by Category
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
Functionality
9.5
124
8.7
54
9.7
134
9.3
68
9.7
127
9.1
62
9.3
124
8.8
55
9.1
121
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
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
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
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
Monitoring
Not enough data
8.9
119
Not enough data
8.6
115
Not enough data
8.8
110
Not enough data
8.7
129
Not enough data
8.3
7
Administration
Not enough data
8.5
114
Not enough data
8.5
94
Not enough data
8.3
93
Not enough data
8.6
7
Analysis
Not enough data
8.5
112
Not enough data
8.9
117
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
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
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
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
Visibility
9.2
57
8.9
87
9.1
55
9.0
86
9.1
51
8.8
79
Monitoring and Management
8.6
49
8.2
82
9.1
50
8.7
84
9.4
55
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
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
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
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
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
Data Preparation
9.2
35
8.6
63
|
Verified
8.6
31
8.4
62
|
Verified
8.2
30
7.9
60
|
Verified
8.3
29
7.9
60
|
Verified
Analysis
8.2
30
8.6
59
|
Verified
8.4
32
8.4
66
|
Verified
8.7
33
8.8
67
|
Verified
8.9
35
8.5
70
|
Verified
8.6
33
8.6
60
|
Verified
9.0
35
8.7
58
|
Verified
Visualization
8.3
33
8.8
72
|
Verified
8.2
31
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
Monitoring
Not enough data
8.6
112
Not enough data
8.9
104
Not enough data
8.8
114
Not enough data
7.3
98
Not enough data
8.4
104
Response
Not enough data
8.9
121
Not enough data
8.8
108
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
8.5
116
Not enough data
8.3
102
Functionality
Not enough data
8.5
103
Not enough data
8.1
95
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
110
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
Generative AI
7.3
37
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
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
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
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
54
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
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Better Stack and Datadog are categorized as Log Monitoring, Website Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, IT Alerting, Log Analysis, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), and Observability Software
Unique Categories
Better Stack is categorized as Incident Management
Datadog is categorized as Observability Pipeline, Enterprise Monitoring, Server Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, Network Traffic Analysis (NTA), Database Monitoring, IoT Device Management Platforms, IoT Analytics Platforms, Container Monitoring, Incident Response, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), API Marketplace, Network Monitoring, Cloud Cost Management, and Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Better Stack
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
19.2%
Computer Software
18.5%
Computer & Network Security
7.2%
Internet
5.8%
Marketing and Advertising
5.1%
Other
44.2%
Information Technology and Services
19.1%
Computer Software
17.1%
Financial Services
8.5%
Internet
4.2%
Retail
3.0%
Other
48.1%
Discussions
Is better Uptime free?
7 Comments
AR
you can start with the free version
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Better Stack has no more discussions with answers
What is the use of Datadog?
3 Comments
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
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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