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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (46.9% of reviews)
Enterprise (69.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
Starts at $69 per month billed annually, per 8 GB Host
Datadog
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
Browse all 3 pricing plansDynatrace
Star Rating
(1,345)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (69.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starts at $69 per month billed annually, per 8 GB Host
Browse all 3 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Dynatrace excels in Quality of Support with a score of 8.7, compared to Datadog's 8.3. Reviewers mention that Dynatrace's support team is responsive and knowledgeable, often providing quick resolutions to complex issues.
- Reviewers mention that Datadog shines in Alerting with a score of 9.3, while Dynatrace scores 8.9. Users appreciate Datadog's multi-channel alerting capabilities, which allow for seamless integration with various communication tools.
- Users on G2 highlight Dynatrace's superior Performance Monitoring capabilities, scoring 9.0 compared to Datadog's 9.2. Reviewers say that Dynatrace's real-time analytics and observability features provide deeper insights into application performance.
- Reviewers mention that Datadog offers better Logging features, scoring 9.3 against Dynatrace's 8.6. Users report that Datadog's logging capabilities are robust, making it easier to track and analyze logs across multiple services.
- Users say that Dynatrace's AI/ML Integration is noteworthy, scoring 8.3 compared to Datadog's 7.8. Reviewers mention that Dynatrace effectively utilizes AI to enhance monitoring and predictive analytics, providing actionable insights.
- G2 users report that both products perform well in Real-Time Monitoring, with Dynatrace scoring 9.1 and Datadog 9.1. However, users mention that Dynatrace's interface for real-time monitoring is more intuitive, making it easier to navigate and interpret data.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Datadog
Free
$0
Per host, per month
Core collection and visualization features
- Discussion Group Supported
- 1-Day Metric Retention
- Up to 5 Hosts
Dynatrace
Full-stack monitoring
Starts at $69
per month billed annually, per 8 GB Host
Advanced observability for apps and infrastructure across hybrid and multi-clouds at scale
- Application performance
- Infrastructure monitoring
- AIOps
Free Trial
Datadog
Free Trial is available
Dynatrace
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
499
8.8
1,057
Ease of Use
8.2
600
8.3
1,066
Ease of Setup
8.3
368
8.4
659
Ease of Admin
8.4
224
8.2
619
Quality of Support
8.3
446
8.7
1,000
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
211
8.7
617
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
484
9.2
1,031
Features by Category
Operations
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
7.1
8
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Cost Optimization
7.7
8
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
Administration
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Cloud Cost Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
User Behavior
Not enough data
8.9
116
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
87
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
105
|
Verified
A/B Testing
Not enough data
8.4
101
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
76
Not enough data
8.7
110
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
75
Visitor Information
Not enough data
8.6
117
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
112
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Session Replay
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
54
8.8
61
9.3
68
9.0
61
9.1
62
8.5
58
8.8
55
8.0
58
8.9
57
8.7
54
9.0
50
8.4
58
Agentic AI - Website Monitoring
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
Not enough data
Experience
Not enough data
9.1
158
Not enough data
8.4
137
Not enough data
8.5
134
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
8.4
127
Not enough data
8.7
154
Not enough data
7.8
102
Performance
Not enough data
9.1
151
Not enough data
9.4
156
Not enough data
8.5
148
Not enough data
9.0
148
Functionality
9.2
104
8.9
75
9.1
105
8.9
73
9.3
89
8.6
70
8.9
104
9.0
74
8.8
88
8.3
71
8.9
93
8.7
73
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
9.2
52
9.0
48
9.3
57
8.9
47
8.2
43
8.5
43
8.5
45
8.2
44
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
Management
8.7
49
8.6
47
9.0
50
8.8
47
8.8
47
Feature Not Available
Analytics - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
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
8.9
119
9.0
201
8.6
115
8.2
187
8.8
110
8.9
185
8.7
129
9.0
195
8.3
7
8.3
5
Administration
8.5
114
8.5
172
8.5
94
8.5
153
8.3
93
8.4
158
8.6
7
7.7
5
Analysis
8.5
112
8.3
182
8.9
117
8.6
198
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
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
Not enough data
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
8.1
7
8.0
5
7.4
7
7.7
5
Automation
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
10
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
Incident Management
8.6
12
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
Bug Reporting
Not enough data
8.6
40
Not enough data
8.0
37
Not enough data
8.2
37
Bug Monitoring
Not enough data
8.5
38
Not enough data
8.2
38
Not enough data
7.9
38
Agentic AI - Bug Tracking
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
9.1
16
8.5
38
8.5
17
8.3
38
9.4
21
8.8
42
Issue Resolution
9.0
19
8.8
42
9.1
16
8.7
41
Feature Not Available
8.4
42
Management
8.7
19
8.7
42
9.6
19
8.6
43
8.9
19
8.2
41
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
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
8.9
87
9.0
70
9.0
86
8.8
69
8.8
79
8.5
70
Monitoring and Management
8.2
82
8.8
63
8.7
84
8.9
69
9.0
88
9.3
69
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
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
Not enough data
Visibility
8.9
77
Not enough data
8.6
71
Not enough data
8.2
69
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
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
Not enough data
Cloud environment support
8.1
62
Not enough data
8.0
59
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
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
Functionality
8.6
45
8.8
56
8.8
45
8.8
57
8.9
47
9.1
55
7.9
41
8.2
52
Management
8.5
44
8.3
54
8.6
47
8.4
56
8.2
43
8.8
55
9.0
48
9.0
55
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
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
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
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
ServiceNow Apps
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
9.3
10
Agentic AI - ServiceNow Store Apps
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Preparation
8.6
63
|
Verified
8.7
60
|
Verified
8.4
62
|
Verified
8.0
57
|
Verified
7.9
60
|
Verified
8.1
56
|
Verified
7.9
60
|
Verified
8.1
56
|
Verified
Analysis
8.6
59
|
Verified
8.4
58
|
Verified
8.4
66
|
Verified
8.3
57
|
Verified
8.8
67
|
Verified
8.5
58
|
Verified
8.5
70
|
Verified
8.2
58
|
Verified
8.6
60
|
Verified
8.5
62
|
Verified
8.7
58
|
Verified
7.9
54
|
Verified
Visualization
8.8
72
|
Verified
9.0
62
|
Verified
8.7
62
|
Verified
8.5
59
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
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
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.6
112
8.8
108
8.9
104
8.7
108
8.8
114
8.9
113
7.3
98
7.7
100
8.4
104
8.4
106
Response
8.9
121
8.7
110
8.8
108
8.7
110
8.0
102
8.1
108
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
7.4
12
7.0
10
8.1
12
7.3
10
7.9
12
6.9
9
8.1
12
7.0
9
7.9
12
7.3
10
Performance
8.5
116
8.7
109
8.3
102
8.2
109
Functionality
8.5
103
8.5
105
8.1
95
8.3
108
Feature Not Available
7.8
102
8.5
110
8.5
108
Alerts management
8.7
42
8.2
41
8.0
44
7.7
41
8.6
46
8.7
41
Monitoring
8.6
37
8.8
42
9.1
40
9.2
42
8.7
42
8.9
42
9.1
37
9.2
42
Automation
8.2
37
8.1
41
8.4
35
8.2
41
Analysis
8.1
40
8.3
43
8.3
43
8.3
41
9.2
42
8.5
42
8.5
41
8.3
41
Issue Resolution
8.3
36
8.1
42
7.6
39
8.0
42
8.4
34
8.6
41
Generative AI
7.4
16
6.1
11
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
7.2
6
6.0
5
7.8
6
5.7
5
9.2
6
5.3
5
8.1
6
5.0
5
8.1
6
5.0
5
8.1
6
4.7
5
8.3
6
4.3
5
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Management - Observability Pipeline
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
Not enough data
Performance - Observability Pipeline
6.7
8
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
7.0
9
Not enough data
AI - Observability Pipeline
6.4
7
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
6.7
6
Not enough data
Compliance - Observability Pipeline
6.9
6
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
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
Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) ToolsHide 4 FeaturesShow 4 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Threat Detection & Response - Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP)
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
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
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
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
9.0
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
9.3
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
AI Features - Observability
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
Agentic AI - SAP Store
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
Response
Feature Not Available
7.5
46
Feature Not Available
8.1
48
Feature Not Available
6.8
40
7.9
46
7.7
40
Records
9.2
53
8.5
46
8.9
51
8.4
46
8.5
58
8.8
46
Management
9.2
54
8.9
47
8.4
50
8.2
44
Feature Not Available
8.4
41
Generative AI
7.1
12
6.7
6
7.9
12
6.7
5
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)Hide 14 FeaturesShow 14 Features
8.8
14
Not enough data
Network Management
8.8
11
Not enough data
8.3
11
Not enough data
9.4
12
Not enough data
Incident Management
9.3
12
Not enough data
9.2
11
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
Security Intelligence
7.9
12
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
8.8
11
Not enough data
8.6
13
Not enough data
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
Datadog and Dynatrace are categorized as Observability Software, Enterprise Monitoring, Log Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, Database Monitoring, Website Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, Log Analysis, Incident Response, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Network Monitoring, and Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
Unique Categories
Dynatrace is categorized as SAP Store, Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) Tools, ServiceNow Store Apps, Session Replay, and Bug Tracking
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Dynatrace
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
19.1%
Computer Software
17.1%
Financial Services
8.5%
Internet
4.2%
Retail
3.0%
Other
48.1%
Information Technology and Services
16.4%
Financial Services
10.2%
Computer Software
9.2%
Insurance
9.0%
Banking
8.4%
Other
46.7%
Discussions
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
what is the best way to AI integration in Energy and Utlilites services.
3 Comments
DA
Hi. The AI is built into the Dynatrace platform and is purpose built for this use case. It's getting context from the installation of Dynatrace OneAgents...Read more
What is Dynatrace used for?
3 Comments
KS
Dynatrace is a powerful tool we rely on for monitoring APIs and performing data and business analysis. It helps us keep a close eye on our APIs, spotting any...Read more
Is there any capability that Dynatrace can't provide which is offered by Splunk?
2 Comments
RD
Hello -
Dynatrace can pull the same log files. We use both and Splunk is used to pull all logs and store them for a year. We have been using Dynatrace...Read more
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