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At a Glance
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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Logz.io
Logz.io
Star Rating
(171)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (53.4% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.92
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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 Logz.io. Users appreciate the platform's ability to integrate infrastructure, applications, logs, and security signals seamlessly, making it easier to understand complex environments.
  • Users say that Datadog's implementation process is notably quick and intuitive, with many highlighting the ease of setting up agents and the multiple integrations available. In contrast, while Logz.io is also praised for its user-friendly dashboard, it lacks the same level of comprehensive integration options that Datadog offers.
  • Reviewers mention that Datadog's user interface is highly intuitive, allowing for easy data insights. Users specifically noted the detailed log traces and the ability to search logs based on labels and facets, which enhances their monitoring capabilities. Logz.io, while user-friendly, does not provide the same depth of log detail, which some users find limiting.
  • According to verified reviews, Datadog's support quality is rated highly, with users appreciating the responsive assistance they receive. In comparison, Logz.io's support is also commended for being knowledgeable and polite, but Datadog's higher overall satisfaction suggests a more robust support experience.
  • G2 reviewers highlight that Datadog offers superior log management features, with a score of 9.4, which is significantly higher than Logz.io's 8.7. Users have noted the effectiveness of Datadog's log management in identifying issues quickly, while Logz.io's capabilities, although effective, do not match the same level of performance.
  • Users report that both platforms provide valuable customization options, but Logz.io stands out for its affordability and extensive alerting features. However, Datadog's comprehensive monitoring capabilities and advanced analytics tools are often seen as more beneficial for teams needing in-depth insights and performance tracking.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Datadog
Free
$0
Per host, per month
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Logz.io
Log Management
$0.92
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Free Trial
Datadog
Free Trial is available
Logz.io
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
513
9.0
137
Ease of Use
8.2
614
8.8
137
Ease of Setup
8.3
380
8.7
64
Ease of Admin
8.3
231
9.0
51
Quality of Support
8.3
457
9.3
115
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
218
9.2
47
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
498
8.9
132
Features by Category
7.8
8
Not enough data
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
8.1
77
Not enough data
Functionality
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
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
Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)Hide 17 FeaturesShow 17 Features
Not enough data
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
9.0
110
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
8.9
62
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
Cloud Infrastructure MonitoringHide 20 FeaturesShow 20 Features
8.3
143
8.3
21
Monitoring
8.9
120
8.6
17
8.6
116
8.3
15
8.8
110
8.5
16
8.8
130
8.3
18
8.3
7
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
114
Feature Not Available
8.5
96
Feature Not Available
8.3
93
Feature Not Available
8.6
7
Not enough data
Analysis
8.5
112
8.7
17
8.9
121
8.4
18
Feature Not Available
7.6
14
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
Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)Hide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
8.6
13
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
9.1
22
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
8.1
108
8.0
34
Visibility
8.9
93
8.1
33
8.9
91
8.0
32
8.8
81
8.1
32
Monitoring and Management
8.2
83
7.4
31
8.6
85
8.2
28
9.0
91
8.3
31
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
8.1
79
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
8.3
59
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
47
Not enough data
8.8
49
Not enough data
9.0
54
Not enough data
7.9
42
Not enough data
Management
8.6
48
Not enough data
8.6
52
Not enough data
8.2
44
Not enough data
9.0
52
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
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
Not enough data
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
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
79
8.4
58
Data Preparation
8.6
65
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Verified
8.8
50
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Verified
8.4
63
|
Verified
8.4
47
|
Verified
8.0
61
|
Verified
8.0
44
|
Verified
7.9
62
|
Verified
8.4
43
|
Verified
Analysis
8.6
60
|
Verified
8.2
46
|
Verified
8.4
67
|
Verified
7.9
47
|
Verified
8.8
68
|
Verified
8.3
42
|
Verified
8.5
71
|
Verified
8.8
50
|
Verified
8.6
62
|
Verified
8.8
49
|
Verified
8.7
59
|
Verified
8.5
41
|
Verified
Visualization
8.9
75
|
Verified
8.1
48
|
Verified
8.7
63
|
Verified
8.1
45
|
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
Application Performance Monitoring (APM)Hide 19 FeaturesShow 19 Features
8.3
147
7.7
18
Monitoring
8.6
113
7.8
17
8.9
106
8.0
17
8.9
118
7.7
17
7.3
99
7.3
16
8.4
105
8.0
16
Response
8.9
123
7.6
17
8.8
110
7.7
16
8.0
107
7.7
17
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
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
Not enough data
Performance
8.5
118
Feature Not Available
8.3
103
7.9
16
Functionality
8.5
106
7.3
16
8.1
96
8.0
16
Feature Not Available
7.7
16
8.5
112
7.8
17
8.5
52
Not enough data
Alerts management
8.7
43
Not enough data
8.0
45
Not enough data
8.6
47
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.6
39
Not enough data
9.1
41
Not enough data
8.7
43
Not enough data
9.0
38
Not enough data
Automation
8.2
38
Not enough data
8.4
36
Not enough data
Analysis
8.2
41
Not enough data
8.3
44
Not enough data
9.1
43
Not enough data
8.5
42
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
8.3
37
Not enough data
7.6
39
Not enough data
8.4
35
Not enough data
8.0
18
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.5
17
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
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
Not enough data
Observability PipelineHide 20 FeaturesShow 20 Features
7.1
9
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
Observability SoftwareHide 20 FeaturesShow 20 Features
8.7
13
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
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
9.3
9
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
AI Features - Observability
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
8.4
66
Not enough data
Response
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
47
Not enough data
Records
9.2
55
Not enough data
8.9
53
Not enough data
8.5
60
Not enough data
Management
9.3
58
Not enough data
8.4
52
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.1
13
Not enough data
7.9
13
Not enough data
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)Hide 14 FeaturesShow 14 Features
8.8
14
8.6
32
Network Management
8.8
11
8.8
24
|
Verified
8.3
11
8.3
13
|
Verified
9.4
12
8.7
26
|
Verified
Incident Management
9.3
12
8.7
25
|
Verified
9.2
11
8.4
20
|
Verified
9.2
12
8.8
21
|
Verified
Security Intelligence
7.9
12
8.8
22
|
Verified
8.0
10
8.9
15
|
Verified
8.8
11
8.3
22
|
Verified
8.6
13
8.5
24
|
Verified
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
Datadog
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
19.4%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
47.3%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
33.3%
Logz.io
Logz.io
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
29.8%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
53.4%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
16.8%
Reviewers' Industry
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%
Logz.io
Logz.io
Computer Software
21.7%
Information Technology and Services
16.1%
Internet
6.2%
Marketing and Advertising
5.6%
Financial Services
5.6%
Other
44.7%
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Discussions
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
Logz.io
Logz.io Discussions
Is there any easy way to create and use Dashboard.
1 Comment
JG
Using the Kibana interface - it is easy to create visualizations and then place them into dashboards. You can have many visualizations of your data in one...Read more
What is Logz.io used for?
1 Comment
MV
Logz.io is an observability platformRead more
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