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At a Glance
Catchpoint
Catchpoint
Star Rating
(112)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (66.7% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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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 overall user satisfaction, boasting a significantly higher G2 Score compared to Catchpoint. Users appreciate the platform's ability to integrate infrastructure, applications, logs, and security signals, making it easier to understand complex environments and respond quickly to issues.
  • Users say that Datadog's user interface is intuitive, which enhances day-to-day usability. One reviewer highlighted how easy it is to gain insights from data, thanks to the multiple integrations that allow for quick setup and immediate use.
  • According to verified reviews, Catchpoint shines in its real-time performance visibility, with users noting its effectiveness in quickly alerting them to slow response times or downtime. This feature helps reduce the need for manual checks, streamlining the monitoring process.
  • Reviewers mention that while Catchpoint offers strong synthetic transaction testing capabilities, which allow for regular monitoring of user experience, it lacks the comprehensive integration features that Datadog provides, potentially limiting its effectiveness in more complex environments.
  • Users highlight that Datadog's setup process is straightforward, with many finding the agent installation easy. In contrast, some Catchpoint users have expressed a desire for more seamless integration with their existing workflows, indicating that setup can be more challenging.
  • G2 reviewers note that while both platforms provide quality support, Datadog's support is often described as responsive and helpful, whereas Catchpoint users have rated its support slightly higher, indicating a strong emphasis on customer service that may appeal to enterprise users.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Catchpoint
No pricing available
Datadog
Free
$0
Per host, per month
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Free Trial
Catchpoint
No trial information available
Datadog
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
93
8.8
513
Ease of Use
8.4
94
8.2
614
Ease of Setup
8.6
62
8.3
380
Ease of Admin
8.8
55
8.3
231
Quality of Support
9.1
88
8.3
457
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.3
56
8.5
218
Product Direction (% positive)
9.3
83
9.0
498
Features by Category
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
Not enough data
8.1
77
Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
55
Not enough data
9.3
71
Not enough data
9.1
63
Not enough data
8.8
57
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
8.5
21
Not enough data
Experience
8.3
16
Not enough data
8.6
16
Not enough data
8.6
15
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
8.6
18
Not enough data
9.0
18
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Performance
8.9
19
Not enough data
8.6
20
Not enough data
8.1
15
Not enough data
8.1
15
Not enough data
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
8.2
30
8.9
62
Functionality
8.9
29
9.2
52
9.2
28
9.3
57
8.3
24
8.2
43
8.9
25
8.5
45
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
7.7
5
9.3
5
8.0
5
9.0
5
8.0
5
9.3
5
Management
8.7
26
8.7
49
8.7
26
9.0
50
8.5
25
8.8
47
Analytics - Network Monitoring
8.0
5
9.0
5
7.7
5
9.0
5
Security - Network Monitoring
7.7
5
9.0
5
7.3
5
9.0
5
8.0
5
9.0
5
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
7.7
5
9.0
5
8.0
5
9.0
5
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
7.3
5
8.3
5
7.7
5
8.7
5
6.3
5
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
8.4
24
8.3
143
Monitoring
Feature Not Available
8.9
120
7.9
13
8.6
116
8.8
21
8.8
110
8.9
22
8.8
130
Not enough data
8.3
7
Administration
Feature Not Available
8.5
114
8.4
16
8.5
96
8.0
18
8.3
93
Not enough data
8.6
7
Analysis
8.3
21
8.5
112
8.7
22
8.9
121
Feature Not Available
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
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
Not enough data
8.1
108
Visibility
Not enough data
8.9
93
Not enough data
8.9
91
Not enough data
8.8
81
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
8.2
83
Not enough data
8.6
85
Not enough data
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
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
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
Not enough data
8.3
79
Data Preparation
Not enough data
8.6
65
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
63
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
62
|
Verified
Analysis
Not enough data
8.6
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
67
|
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
Application Performance Monitoring (APM)Hide 19 FeaturesShow 19 Features
8.3
34
8.3
147
Monitoring
8.5
26
8.6
113
8.8
27
8.9
106
8.8
27
8.9
118
7.7
20
7.3
99
8.1
24
8.4
105
Response
7.7
27
8.9
123
8.4
26
8.8
110
8.3
24
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
7.8
26
8.5
118
7.9
25
8.3
103
Functionality
8.9
30
8.5
106
7.8
27
8.1
96
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
8.6
23
8.5
112
Digital Employee Experience (DEX) ManagementHide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features
9.7
7
Not enough data
Experience
9.7
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
Management
9.3
5
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
Performance
10.0
6
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
8.0
18
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
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
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
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Catchpoint
Catchpoint
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
11.1%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
22.2%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
66.7%
Datadog
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
19.4%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
47.3%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
33.3%
Reviewers' Industry
Catchpoint
Catchpoint
Information Technology and Services
30.6%
Financial Services
7.4%
Computer Software
6.5%
Banking
6.5%
Retail
3.7%
Other
45.4%
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
Catchpoint
Catchpoint Discussions
What is synthetic monitoring in Catchpoint?
1 Comment
JA
Synthetic monitoring is a monitoring technique that is performed by using simulation or scripted recordings of transactions to analyze behavior as if a...Read more
Monty the Mongoose crying
Catchpoint has no more discussions with answers
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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