Compare Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Datadog 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (48.4% of reviews)
Mid-Market (47.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$0 Per host, per month
Cisco Secure Network Analytics
Star Rating
(33)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (48.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Cisco Secure Network AnalyticsDatadog
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
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Datadog excels in overall user satisfaction, reflected in its higher G2 Score compared to Cisco Secure Network Analytics. Users appreciate the platform's ability to integrate infrastructure, applications, logs, and security signals, making it easier to understand their environment and respond quickly to incidents.
- Users say that Datadog's intuitive user interface significantly enhances day-to-day usability, allowing for easy insights from data. In contrast, while Cisco Secure Network Analytics also offers a user-friendly experience, some users find Datadog's setup process to be more straightforward, with quick integration options that get users up and running in no time.
- Reviewers mention that Datadog has a robust support system, with responsive customer service that users find helpful. This is particularly important for teams that rely on timely assistance, whereas Cisco Secure Network Analytics, while also rated positively for support, may not have the same volume of recent user feedback to gauge its current performance.
- According to verified reviews, Cisco Secure Network Analytics shines in its advanced threat detection capabilities, with users highlighting its effectiveness in identifying and responding to suspicious activities in real-time. This feature is crucial for organizations prioritizing security, although Datadog also offers strong monitoring capabilities.
- Users report that Datadog's detailed log tracing is a standout feature, allowing for specific searches based on labels and facets. This level of detail helps teams quickly pinpoint issues, while Cisco Secure Network Analytics provides comprehensive traffic reports that enhance visibility across networks, appealing to users focused on network performance.
- Reviewers note that both products are scalable, but Datadog receives higher marks for its scalability in diverse environments. Users appreciate its ability to adapt as their needs grow, while Cisco Secure Network Analytics is particularly favored in enterprise settings, indicating a strong fit for larger organizations.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Cisco Secure Network Analytics
No pricing availableDatadog
Free
$0
Per host, per month
Core collection and visualization features
- Discussion Group Supported
- 1-Day Metric Retention
- Up to 5 Hosts
Free Trial
Cisco Secure Network Analytics
No trial information availableDatadog
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
30
8.8
518
Ease of Use
9.0
30
8.2
619
Ease of Setup
8.8
11
8.3
385
Ease of Admin
8.9
11
8.3
233
Quality of Support
8.9
30
8.3
460
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
11
8.5
219
Product Direction (% positive)
10.0
30
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
Network Maintenance
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
Network Management
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
Network Monitoring
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.3
5
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
8.8
7
Feature Not Available
9.6
8
8.1
7
9.0
8
Feature Not Available
9.4
9
8.5
9
Functionality
9.0
8
8.7
10
9.3
9
8.0
10
9.4
8
8.0
9
8.8
8
9.2
10
Incident Management
8.5
9
8.6
12
9.3
9
9.2
12
9.3
9
9.0
12
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
Activity Monitoring
9.0
15
Not enough data
8.9
15
Not enough data
8.4
15
Not enough data
9.2
15
Not enough data
Security
9.0
15
Not enough data
9.4
14
Not enough data
9.6
14
Not enough data
Administration
9.3
14
Not enough data
8.7
14
Not enough data
9.2
13
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Cloud Security Monitoring and Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
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
Analysis
9.6
12
Not enough data
9.7
12
Not enough data
8.9
11
Not enough data
9.2
11
Not enough data
Response
9.3
12
Not enough data
9.4
11
Not enough data
9.2
11
Not enough data
Detection
10.0
11
Not enough data
9.3
12
Not enough data
9.6
12
Not enough data
Services - Network Detection and Response (NDR)
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)Hide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Configuration
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Vulnerability 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
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
Cloud Visibility
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Identity
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Datadog are categorized as Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)
Unique Categories
Cisco Secure Network Analytics is categorized as Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), Network Detection and Response (NDR), Cloud Security Monitoring and Analytics, and Network Security Policy Management (NSPM)
Datadog is categorized as Observability Pipeline, Observability Software, Enterprise Monitoring, Server Monitoring, Log Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, Database Monitoring, IoT Device Management Platforms, IoT Analytics Platforms, Website Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, Log Analysis, Incident Response, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), API Marketplace, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Network Monitoring, Cloud Cost Management, and Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Cisco Secure Network Analytics
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
35.5%
Computer & Network Security
19.4%
Computer Software
16.1%
Telecommunications
6.5%
Financial Services
6.5%
Other
16.1%
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%
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Discussions
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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
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