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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (46.9% of reviews)
Enterprise (50.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
No pricing available
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 plansFalcon LogScale
Star Rating
(15)4.0 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (50.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Falcon LogScaleSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Datadog excels in Alerting with a score of 9.2, providing robust multi-channel alerting capabilities that keep teams informed in real-time. In contrast, Falcon LogScale's alerting functionality, while still strong at 8.6, does not offer the same level of customization and integration options.
- Reviewers mention that Datadog's Real-Time Monitoring is highly praised, scoring 9.2, which allows for immediate insights into system performance. Falcon LogScale, while effective, scores slightly lower at 9.0, indicating that users may experience a slight delay in monitoring updates.
- G2 users highlight Datadog's superior Data Visualization features, scoring 9.0, which provide intuitive dashboards that enhance user experience. Users on G2 note that Falcon LogScale's visualization tools, scoring 8.5, are less user-friendly and may require additional training to navigate effectively.
- Reviewers say that Datadog's Multi-Cloud Management capabilities are robust, scoring 8.5, making it easier for teams to manage resources across different cloud environments. In comparison, Falcon LogScale's multi-cloud management features, scoring 8.5 as well, are noted to be less comprehensive, lacking some advanced functionalities.
- Users report that Datadog's Incident Management features, with a score of 9.2, are highly effective, allowing for seamless incident reporting and automated responses. Falcon LogScale, while scoring 9.0, is perceived to have a more cumbersome incident management process, which can slow down response times.
- Reviewers mention that Datadog's Performance Monitoring capabilities shine with a score of 9.2, providing detailed insights into system performance and user experience. Falcon LogScale, scoring 8.8, offers solid performance monitoring but lacks some of the advanced analytics features that Datadog provides.
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
Falcon LogScale
No pricing availableFree Trial
Datadog
Free Trial is available
Falcon LogScale
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
499
8.9
6
Ease of Use
8.2
600
7.5
6
Ease of Setup
8.3
368
Not enough data
Ease of Admin
8.4
224
Not enough data
Quality of Support
8.3
446
Not enough data
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
211
Not enough data
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
484
7.7
5
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
Functionality
8.7
54
Not enough data
9.3
68
Not enough data
9.1
62
Not enough data
8.8
55
Not enough data
8.9
57
Not enough data
9.0
50
Not enough data
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
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
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
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
9.3
57
Not enough data
8.2
43
Not enough data
8.5
45
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
9.0
50
Not enough data
8.8
47
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
8.6
115
Not enough data
8.8
110
Not enough data
8.7
129
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
114
Not enough data
8.5
94
Not enough data
8.3
93
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
Analysis
8.5
112
Not enough data
8.9
117
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
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
Functionality
9.1
16
Not enough data
8.5
17
Not enough data
9.4
21
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
9.0
19
Not enough data
9.1
16
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Management
8.7
19
Not enough data
9.6
19
Not enough data
8.9
19
Not enough data
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
8.9
87
Not enough data
9.0
86
Not enough data
8.8
79
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.2
82
Not enough data
8.7
84
Not enough data
9.0
88
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
8.8
45
Not enough data
8.9
47
Not enough data
7.9
41
Not enough data
Management
8.5
44
Not enough data
8.6
47
Not enough data
8.2
43
Not enough data
9.0
48
Not enough data
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
Cloud Security Monitoring and AnalyticsHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Activity 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
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Data Preparation
8.6
63
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
Analysis
8.6
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
66
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
67
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
70
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
58
|
Verified
Not enough data
Visualization
8.8
72
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
8.9
104
Not enough data
8.8
114
Not enough data
7.3
98
Not enough data
8.4
104
Not enough data
Response
8.9
121
Not enough data
8.8
108
Not enough data
8.0
102
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
7.4
12
Not enough data
8.1
12
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
8.1
12
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
Performance
8.5
116
Not enough data
8.3
102
Not enough data
Functionality
8.5
103
Not enough data
8.1
95
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
110
Not enough data
Alerts management
8.7
42
Not enough data
8.0
44
Not enough data
8.6
46
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.6
37
Not enough data
9.1
40
Not enough data
8.7
42
Not enough data
9.1
37
Not enough data
Automation
8.2
37
Not enough data
8.4
35
Not enough data
Analysis
8.1
40
Not enough data
8.3
43
Not enough data
9.2
42
Not enough data
8.5
41
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
8.3
36
Not enough data
7.6
39
Not enough data
8.4
34
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.4
16
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
7.2
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
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
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
Response
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
46
Not enough data
Records
9.2
53
Not enough data
8.9
51
Not enough data
8.5
58
Not enough data
Management
9.2
54
Not enough data
8.4
50
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.1
12
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
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
8.7
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 Falcon LogScale are categorized as Log Monitoring, Container Monitoring, and Log Analysis
Unique Categories
Datadog is categorized as Observability Pipeline, Observability Software, Enterprise Monitoring, Server Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, Network Traffic Analysis (NTA), Database Monitoring, IoT Device Management Platforms, IoT Analytics Platforms, Website Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, IT Alerting, Incident Response, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), API Marketplace, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Network Monitoring, Cloud Cost Management, and Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
Falcon LogScale is categorized as Cloud Security Monitoring and Analytics
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Falcon LogScale
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
28.6%
Financial Services
14.3%
Retail
7.1%
Oil & Energy
7.1%
Newspapers
7.1%
Other
35.7%
Alternatives
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
Falcon LogScale has no discussions with answers
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