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Compare Datadog and Dynatrace 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (47.3% of reviews)
Enterprise (69.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
Starts at $69 per month billed annually, per 8 GB Host
Datadog
Star Rating
(690)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (47.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
Free Trial is available
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Star Rating
(1,359)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (69.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starts at $69 per month billed annually, per 8 GB Host
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Datadog excels in providing a seamless user experience, particularly with its intuitive interface and easy setup process. Users appreciate how quickly they can integrate various data sources, making it ready to use in just a few clicks.
- Users say that Dynatrace stands out for its powerful real-time monitoring capabilities, with features that automatically map out services and dependencies. This functionality allows users to quickly identify issues without guesswork, enhancing their troubleshooting efficiency.
- According to verified reviews, Datadog's ability to consolidate infrastructure, applications, logs, and security signals into one platform is highly praised. This integration helps users gain a comprehensive understanding of their environment, facilitating faster response times to incidents.
- Reviewers mention that while Dynatrace offers deep insights into application performance, some users find it challenging to configure for specific workflows. However, they still value its detailed monitoring of server metrics like disk storage and CPU usage.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Datadog's detailed log tracing capabilities allow for precise searches based on labels and facets, which is a significant advantage for teams needing to analyze logs effectively. This feature contributes to its strong reputation in the market.
- Users report that Dynatrace provides excellent support, with many noting the quality of assistance they receive when facing challenges. This level of support is a key factor for users who prioritize having a reliable partner in their monitoring efforts.
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
513
8.8
1,066
Ease of Use
8.2
614
8.3
1,076
Ease of Setup
8.3
380
8.4
668
Ease of Admin
8.3
231
8.2
624
Quality of Support
8.3
457
8.7
1,009
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
218
8.7
621
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
498
9.2
1,040
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
115
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
86
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
104
|
Verified
A/B Testing
Not enough data
8.5
100
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
75
Not enough data
8.7
109
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
74
Visitor Information
Not enough data
8.7
116
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
111
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Session Replay
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
55
8.8
60
9.3
71
9.0
61
9.1
63
8.5
59
8.8
57
8.0
57
8.9
57
8.7
53
9.0
50
8.4
57
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
9.2
157
Not enough data
8.5
136
Not enough data
8.5
133
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
8.5
126
Not enough data
8.6
153
Not enough data
7.8
101
Performance
Not enough data
9.1
151
Not enough data
9.4
157
Not enough data
8.5
147
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
73
8.8
88
8.3
70
8.9
93
8.7
72
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
47
9.3
57
8.9
46
8.2
43
8.5
42
8.5
45
8.2
43
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
8.7
46
9.0
50
8.8
46
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
120
9.0
202
8.6
116
8.3
188
8.8
110
8.9
184
8.8
130
9.0
196
8.3
7
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
114
8.5
171
8.5
96
8.5
153
8.3
93
8.4
157
8.6
7
Not enough data
Analysis
8.5
112
8.3
181
8.9
121
8.6
200
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
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
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
8.5
39
Not enough data
7.9
36
Not enough data
8.1
36
Bug Monitoring
Not enough data
8.4
37
Not enough data
8.2
37
Not enough data
7.9
37
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
8.6
38
8.5
17
8.4
38
9.4
21
8.8
42
Issue Resolution
9.0
19
8.8
42
9.1
16
8.7
42
Feature Not Available
8.4
41
Management
8.7
19
8.6
43
9.6
19
8.7
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
93
9.0
69
8.9
91
8.9
69
8.8
81
8.5
69
Monitoring and Management
8.2
83
8.8
62
8.6
85
8.8
68
9.0
91
9.3
69
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
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
Visibility
8.9
77
Not enough data
8.6
72
Not enough data
8.2
70
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
71
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
8.7
47
8.8
58
8.8
49
8.8
57
9.0
54
9.1
56
7.9
42
8.2
52
Management
8.6
48
8.3
55
8.6
52
8.3
58
8.2
44
8.8
55
9.0
52
9.0
56
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
7.8
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
7.8
9
7.0
5
8.1
9
Not enough data
7.5
10
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
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
65
|
Verified
8.7
59
|
Verified
8.4
63
|
Verified
8.0
56
|
Verified
8.0
61
|
Verified
8.1
55
|
Verified
7.9
62
|
Verified
8.1
56
|
Verified
Analysis
8.6
60
|
Verified
8.4
57
|
Verified
8.4
67
|
Verified
8.3
56
|
Verified
8.8
68
|
Verified
8.6
58
|
Verified
8.5
71
|
Verified
8.2
57
|
Verified
8.6
62
|
Verified
8.5
61
|
Verified
8.7
59
|
Verified
7.9
53
|
Verified
Visualization
8.9
75
|
Verified
9.0
61
|
Verified
8.7
63
|
Verified
8.5
58
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
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
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.6
113
8.8
108
8.9
106
8.7
109
8.9
118
9.0
118
7.3
99
7.6
102
8.4
105
8.5
109
Response
8.9
123
8.7
113
8.8
110
8.6
110
8.0
107
8.1
111
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
7.4
13
6.8
10
8.1
13
7.0
10
7.9
13
6.7
9
8.1
13
6.7
9
7.8
13
7.2
10
Performance
8.5
118
8.7
110
8.3
103
8.1
109
Functionality
8.5
106
8.5
105
8.1
96
8.3
108
Feature Not Available
7.8
103
8.5
112
8.5
111
Alerts management
8.7
43
8.2
41
8.0
45
7.8
41
8.6
47
8.7
41
Monitoring
8.6
39
8.8
42
9.1
41
9.2
42
8.7
43
8.9
42
9.0
38
9.2
42
Automation
8.2
38
8.2
41
8.4
36
8.3
41
Analysis
8.2
41
8.3
43
8.3
44
8.3
41
9.1
43
8.5
42
8.5
42
8.3
41
Issue Resolution
8.3
37
8.1
42
7.6
39
8.0
42
8.4
35
8.6
41
Generative AI
7.5
17
6.1
11
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
7.4
7
6.0
5
7.9
7
5.7
5
8.8
7
6.1
6
7.9
7
5.0
5
8.1
6
5.0
5
7.9
7
4.7
5
8.3
7
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
8.3
10
Not enough data
8.8
8
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
8.7
9
Not enough data
9.0
10
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
9.2
10
Not enough data
8.3
9
8.0
5
8.7
10
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
9.3
9
Not enough data
8.5
8
9.0
5
AI Features - Observability
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
Response
Feature Not Available
7.5
46
Feature Not Available
8.1
48
Feature Not Available
6.8
40
7.9
47
7.7
40
Records
9.2
55
8.5
46
8.9
53
8.4
46
8.5
60
8.8
46
Management
9.3
58
8.9
48
8.4
52
8.2
44
Feature Not Available
8.4
41
Generative AI
7.1
13
6.7
6
7.9
13
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 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
18.8%
Computer Software
17.6%
Financial Services
8.6%
Internet
4.1%
Computer & Network Security
3.1%
Other
47.7%
Information Technology and Services
16.4%
Financial Services
10.2%
Computer Software
9.3%
Insurance
8.9%
Banking
8.4%
Other
46.8%
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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