Compare BugSnag and Datadog 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (42.1% of reviews)
Mid-Market (47.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial Per Month
$0 Per host, per month
BugSnag
Star Rating
(38)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (42.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial Per Month
Browse all 4 pricing plansDatadog
Star Rating
(697)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (47.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Datadog excels in providing a comprehensive view of infrastructure and application performance, with users appreciating its ability to bring together logs, security signals, and application data in one place. This integration allows for quick detection and action, which is crucial for maintaining system health.
- Users say that BugSnag offers effective real-time error tracking, with features like customizable alerts and a clean dashboard that simplifies understanding issues. Reviewers highlight the tool's ability to show exact error stacks and user impact, which significantly aids in debugging.
- According to verified reviews, Datadog's user interface is noted for its intuitiveness, making it easy for teams to gain insights from data. Users have mentioned that setting up Datadog agents is straightforward, allowing for quick onboarding and integration with existing systems.
- Reviewers mention that while BugSnag provides a solid experience for small businesses, it may not scale as effectively for mid-market needs compared to Datadog, which has a broader market presence and is favored by a larger segment of users.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Datadog has a higher overall satisfaction score, reflecting its robust feature set and responsive support. Users have praised the platform for its detailed log tracing capabilities, which enhance troubleshooting and operational efficiency.
- Users report that BugSnag's ease of setup is a strong point, with many finding it simple to implement. However, Datadog's extensive integrations and support options provide a more comprehensive solution for teams looking to monitor complex environments.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
BugSnag
Free
Free Trial
Per Month
- 1 user
- Error and performance monitoring
- 7.5K events and 1M spans per month
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
BugSnag
Free Trial is available
Datadog
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
35
8.8
518
Ease of Use
8.8
35
8.2
619
Ease of Setup
9.2
13
8.3
385
Ease of Admin
8.8
8
8.3
233
Quality of Support
8.9
22
8.3
460
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.2
6
8.5
219
Product Direction (% positive)
7.6
34
9.0
502
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
Not enough data
8.7
56
Not enough data
9.4
72
Not enough data
9.1
64
Not enough data
8.8
58
Not enough data
8.9
58
Not enough data
9.0
51
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
105
Not enough data
9.1
106
Not enough data
9.3
90
Not enough data
8.9
105
Not enough data
8.8
89
Not enough data
8.9
94
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
7.0
5
Functionality
Not enough data
9.2
53
Not enough data
9.3
58
Not enough data
8.2
44
Not enough data
8.5
46
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
50
Not enough data
9.0
51
Not enough data
8.8
48
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
121
Not enough data
8.6
117
Not enough data
8.8
111
Not enough data
8.8
130
Not enough data
8.3
8
Administration
Not enough data
8.5
115
Not enough data
8.5
97
Not enough data
8.3
94
Not enough data
8.5
8
Analysis
Not enough data
8.5
113
Not enough data
8.9
122
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
8
Not enough data
7.5
8
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
Bug Reporting
8.7
9
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
Bug Monitoring
9.0
10
Not enough data
9.7
11
Not enough data
9.1
11
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Bug Tracking
7.2
6
Not enough data
6.9
6
Not enough data
6.9
6
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
Not enough data
8.8
94
Not enough data
8.9
92
Not enough data
8.8
82
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
8.2
84
Not enough data
8.7
86
Not enough data
9.0
92
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
Not enough data
7.6
9
Not enough data
7.2
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
7.2
9
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
7.6
9
Not enough data
7.6
9
Visibility
Not enough data
8.9
78
Not enough data
8.7
73
Not enough data
8.3
71
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
8.4
71
Not enough data
7.6
66
Not enough data
8.4
68
Not enough data
9.0
72
Not enough data
8.8
67
Not enough data
8.3
72
Cloud environment support
Not enough data
8.1
62
Not enough data
8.0
59
Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
7.2
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
7.2
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
49
Not enough data
8.8
50
Not enough data
9.1
58
Not enough data
7.9
42
Management
Not enough data
8.6
50
Not enough data
8.6
52
Not enough data
8.2
44
Not enough data
9.0
54
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
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
Not enough data
8.6
66
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
64
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
63
|
Verified
Analysis
Not enough data
8.6
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
68
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
68
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
71
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
59
|
Verified
Visualization
Not enough data
8.9
75
|
Verified
Not enough data
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
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
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
Generative AI
Not enough data
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
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
8.3
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
Response
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
48
Records
Not enough data
9.2
56
Not enough data
9.0
54
Not enough data
8.5
61
Management
Not enough data
9.3
59
Not enough data
8.4
53
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
BugSnag and Datadog are categorized as Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM), and Website Monitoring
Unique Categories
BugSnag is categorized as Bug Tracking
Datadog is categorized as Observability Pipeline, Observability Software, Enterprise Monitoring, Server Monitoring, Log Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, Network Traffic Analysis (NTA), Database Monitoring, IoT Device Management Platforms, IoT Analytics Platforms, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, Log Analysis, Incident Response, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), API Marketplace, Network Monitoring, and Cloud Cost Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
BugSnag
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
Computer Software
21.1%
Financial Services
13.2%
Information Technology and Services
10.5%
Internet
7.9%
Hospital & Health Care
7.9%
Other
39.5%
Information Technology and Services
18.7%
Computer Software
17.6%
Financial Services
8.5%
Internet
4.1%
Computer & Network Security
3.4%
Other
47.6%
Discussions
What is BugSnag used for?
1 Comment
PS
To monitor your application performance and bug trackingRead more
BugSnag 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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