Compare Datadog and N-able N-central 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (47.2% of reviews)
Small-Business (61.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
No pricing available
Datadog
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
Browse all 3 pricing plansN-able N-central
Star Rating
(530)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (61.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
Learn more about N-able N-centralSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Datadog excels in providing a comprehensive view of infrastructure and applications, with users appreciating its ability to integrate logs and security signals seamlessly. One user highlighted, "Datadog brings infrastructure, applications, logs, and security signals together in one place," making it easier to understand the environment.
- Users say that N-able N-central offers robust management capabilities, particularly for service providers. Reviewers noted the "ability to deploy powerful rules to manage our customers from a top level," which can be a significant advantage for businesses focused on customer management.
- According to verified reviews, Datadog's user interface is frequently praised for its intuitiveness, allowing users to gain insights quickly. One user mentioned, "The user interface is very intuitive, making it easy to gain insights from the data," which contributes to a smoother day-to-day experience.
- Reviewers mention that while N-able N-central has a wealth of information available in its portal, some users find it overwhelming. This can lead to a steeper learning curve compared to Datadog, which is noted for its straightforward setup process, with one user stating, "Setting up Datadog agents was also very easy."
- Users highlight that Datadog's performance monitoring capabilities are top-notch, with features like real-time monitoring and detailed log tracing. A user remarked, "I really like how detailed the log traces can be in Datadog," showcasing its strength in performance analytics.
- G2 reviewers indicate that while both products have similar star ratings, Datadog's higher G2 Score reflects greater overall user satisfaction. This is supported by a larger number of recent reviews, suggesting that Datadog is currently meeting user needs more effectively than N-able N-central.
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
N-able N-central
No pricing availableFree Trial
Datadog
Free Trial is available
N-able N-central
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
518
8.4
432
Ease of Use
8.2
619
7.9
442
Ease of Setup
8.3
385
7.7
374
Ease of Admin
8.3
233
7.9
368
Quality of Support
8.3
460
8.0
410
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
219
8.6
353
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
502
8.8
426
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
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
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
Inventory Management - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
Not enough data
8.7
283
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.5
10
Not enough data
8.7
9
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
9.0
281
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
157
Not enough data
7.6
278
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
281
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
10
IT Operations & Workflow - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
Not enough data
8.7
9
Service Management
Not enough data
8.6
281
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
9
Not enough data
7.9
8
Agentic AI - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
Not enough data
7.2
12
Not enough data
7.4
12
Not enough data
7.9
13
Not enough data
6.8
12
Not enough data
7.4
12
Not enough data
7.1
12
Not enough data
6.8
12
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
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
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
7.0
5
Not enough data
Scope
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
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
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
53
8.4
135
9.3
58
8.7
136
8.2
44
Feature Not Available
8.5
46
8.2
132
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
9.3
5
7.6
12
9.0
5
7.8
12
9.3
5
8.2
12
Management
8.7
50
7.8
131
9.0
51
7.7
131
8.8
48
7.2
129
Analytics - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
7.1
11
9.0
5
6.8
12
Security - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
7.6
12
9.0
5
7.9
12
9.0
5
7.8
12
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
7.2
12
9.0
5
8.8
12
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
8.3
5
6.3
12
8.7
5
7.4
12
8.7
5
6.2
11
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
6.9
7
Not enough data
6.7
7
Not enough data
6.0
7
Not enough data
7.1
7
Monitoring
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
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
115
Not enough data
8.5
97
Not enough data
8.3
94
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
Analysis
8.5
113
Not enough data
8.9
122
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
8
Not enough data
7.5
8
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
8.8
94
Not enough data
8.9
92
Not enough data
8.8
82
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.2
84
Not enough data
8.7
86
Not enough data
9.0
92
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
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
Not enough data
Visibility
8.9
78
Not enough data
8.7
73
Not enough data
8.3
71
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
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
Not enough data
Cloud environment support
8.1
62
Not enough data
8.0
59
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
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
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
49
Not enough data
8.8
50
Not enough data
9.1
58
Not enough data
7.9
42
Not enough data
Management
8.6
50
Not enough data
8.6
52
Not enough data
8.2
44
Not enough data
9.0
54
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
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
66
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
64
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
63
|
Verified
Not enough data
Analysis
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
Not enough data
Visualization
8.9
75
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
63
|
Verified
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
8.9
106
Not enough data
8.9
118
Not enough data
7.3
99
Not enough data
8.4
105
Not enough data
Response
8.9
123
Not enough data
8.8
110
Not enough data
8.0
107
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
8.3
103
Not enough data
Functionality
8.5
106
Not enough data
8.1
96
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
112
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
Generative AI
Not enough data
5.9
128
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
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
8.3
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
Services - Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR)
Not enough data
9.0
5
Response
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
48
Not enough data
Records
9.2
56
Not enough data
9.0
54
Not enough data
8.5
61
Not enough data
Management
9.3
59
Not enough data
8.4
53
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
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
System Control
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
Vulnerability Prevention
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
Not enough data
7.4
154
Platform
Not enough data
6.8
154
Not enough data
8.9
158
Not enough data
7.6
148
Not enough data
7.9
154
Not enough data
7.4
150
Security
Not enough data
8.1
152
Not enough data
8.5
156
Not enough data
7.2
148
Not enough data
8.0
151
Not enough data
7.4
148
Agentic AI - Enterprise IT Management
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
7.5
6
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Datadog and N-able N-central are categorized as Network Monitoring
Unique Categories
Datadog is categorized as Observability Pipeline, Observability Software, Enterprise Monitoring, Server Monitoring, Log Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, Network Traffic Analysis (NTA), 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), Cloud Cost Management, and Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
N-able N-central is categorized as Patch Management, Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM), Endpoint Management, Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR), Enterprise IT Management, and Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
N-able N-central
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
18.7%
Computer Software
17.6%
Financial Services
8.5%
Internet
4.1%
Computer & Network Security
3.4%
Other
47.6%
Information Technology and Services
48.1%
Computer & Network Security
21.6%
Computer Networking
4.5%
Accounting
1.6%
Information Services
1.6%
Other
22.6%
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
Why is there no "Server Down" alarm or monitoring notificaiton ?
1 Comment
Official Response from N-able N-central
Hi Robert! Hmm - I think our "How to Set up Server Alert to be Sent to a Specific Email Address" might be able to help with your challenge! Check out this...Read more
Integration with more 3rd party AV on the horizon? Such as sophos?
1 Comment
SC
Sup, Nicholas! In short, YUP - we are always looking to expand our product's capabilities by providing best-of-breed integrations with 3rd party vendors. ...Read more
What can I monitor with N-central?
1 Comment
Official Response from N-able N-central
We can monitor just about anything! N-central will automatically detect almost any IP-connected device, and with hundreds of built-in monitoring services.Read more
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