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Datadog
Datadog
(689)
4.4 out of 5
Datadog
By Datadog
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Paessler PRTG
Paessler PRTG
(178)
4.7 out of 5
Paessler PRTG
By Paessler GmbH
At a Glance
Datadog
Datadog
Star Rating
(689)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (47.2% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
Free Trial is available
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Paessler PRTG
Paessler PRTG
Star Rating
(178)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (57.2% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial 10000 Sensors Per Year
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Datadog vs Paessler PRTG

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Paessler PRTG easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Paessler PRTG overall.

  • Reviewers felt that Paessler PRTG meets the needs of their business better than Datadog.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Paessler PRTG is the preferred option.
  • When assessing product direction, Datadog and Paessler PRTG received similar ratings from our reviewers.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Datadog
Free
$0
Per host, per month
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Paessler PRTG
Free Trial
Free Trial
10000 Sensors Per Year
Browse all 7 pricing plans
Free Trial
Datadog
Free Trial is available
Paessler PRTG
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
512
9.3
154
Ease of Use
8.2
613
9.0
154
Ease of Setup
8.3
379
8.8
136
Ease of Admin
8.3
231
8.7
104
Quality of Support
8.3
456
8.7
141
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
218
8.6
96
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
497
9.0
145
Features by Category
Cloud Cost ManagementHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
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
Website MonitoringHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
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
Database MonitoringHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
9.0
110
8.8
32
Functionality
9.2
104
9.5
30
9.1
105
9.6
31
9.3
89
8.8
30
8.9
104
8.8
30
8.8
88
8.6
30
8.9
93
8.8
30
Agentic AI - Database Monitoring
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Network MonitoringHide 27 FeaturesShow 27 Features
8.9
62
8.1
80
Functionality
9.2
52
9.3
75
9.3
57
9.2
74
8.2
43
7.9
71
8.5
45
9.1
69
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
9.3
5
8.6
38
9.0
5
8.4
40
9.3
5
9.0
41
Management
8.7
49
8.9
68
9.0
50
8.8
70
8.8
47
8.0
67
Analytics - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
7.7
38
9.0
5
7.5
38
Security - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
8.2
38
9.0
5
7.6
37
9.0
5
7.1
38
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
7.5
38
9.0
5
7.1
38
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
8.3
5
5.7
37
8.7
5
5.5
37
8.7
5
5.8
37
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
7.4
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
8.8
8
Cloud Infrastructure MonitoringHide 20 FeaturesShow 20 Features
8.3
143
8.1
29
Monitoring
8.9
120
8.8
27
8.6
116
8.0
25
8.8
110
7.8
24
8.8
130
9.0
26
8.3
7
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
114
8.6
27
8.5
96
7.5
24
8.3
93
6.9
25
8.6
7
Not enough data
Analysis
8.5
112
8.4
27
8.9
121
8.6
26
Feature Not Available
7.1
24
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
AIOps PlatformsHide 18 FeaturesShow 18 Features
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
Hardware MonitoringHide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
Not enough data
8.2
56
Visibility
Not enough data
8.8
55
Not enough data
9.2
54
Not enough data
8.7
52
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
8.5
52
Not enough data
8.0
50
Not enough data
8.2
50
Not enough data
9.1
54
Agentic AI - Hardware Monitoring
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Log MonitoringHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
8.1
106
Not enough data
Visibility
8.9
93
Not enough data
8.9
91
Not enough data
8.8
81
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.2
83
Not enough data
8.6
85
Not enough data
9.0
91
Not enough data
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
Server MonitoringHide 18 FeaturesShow 18 Features
8.1
78
8.6
58
Visibility
8.9
77
9.1
56
8.6
72
9.3
56
8.2
70
8.9
54
Monitoring and Management
8.4
70
8.9
54
7.6
65
8.0
51
8.4
67
8.5
53
9.0
71
9.3
56
8.8
66
9.1
49
8.3
71
8.6
48
Cloud environment support
8.1
62
8.3
41
8.0
59
8.3
43
Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
7.7
5
8.6
6
8.0
5
8.6
6
9.0
5
8.3
6
7.0
5
8.6
6
7.3
5
8.3
6
7.0
5
8.3
6
7.7
5
8.6
6
Enterprise MonitoringHide 15 FeaturesShow 15 Features
8.3
57
8.9
63
Functionality
8.7
47
9.3
58
8.8
48
8.9
57
9.0
53
8.8
55
7.9
42
7.3
52
Management
8.6
47
8.9
57
8.6
52
9.2
56
8.2
44
9.1
55
9.0
51
9.3
59
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
7.8
9
9.1
24
8.3
9
9.1
23
7.8
9
9.2
24
8.1
9
9.2
24
7.5
10
9.2
24
8.1
9
9.3
25
8.1
9
9.1
24
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
Log AnalysisHide 19 FeaturesShow 19 Features
8.3
79
Not enough data
Data Preparation
8.6
65
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
63
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
Analysis
8.6
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
67
|
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
Application Performance Monitoring (APM)Hide 19 FeaturesShow 19 Features
8.3
147
8.6
23
Monitoring
8.6
113
9.2
20
8.9
106
8.8
20
8.9
118
9.3
20
7.3
99
6.8
20
8.4
105
9.3
21
Response
8.9
123
9.3
21
8.8
110
9.0
21
8.0
107
8.4
20
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
8.6
22
8.3
103
8.3
22
Functionality
8.5
106
8.6
22
8.1
96
8.8
22
Feature Not Available
8.3
22
8.5
112
8.3
23
Container MonitoringHide 16 FeaturesShow 16 Features
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
IT AlertingHide 8 FeaturesShow 8 Features
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
Incident ResponseHide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features
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
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
Datadog
Paessler PRTG
Paessler PRTG
Unique Categories
Datadog
Paessler PRTG
Paessler PRTG is categorized as Hardware Monitoring
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Datadog
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
19.4%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
47.2%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
33.4%
Paessler PRTG
Paessler PRTG
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
16.3%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
57.2%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
26.5%
Reviewers' Industry
Datadog
Datadog
Information Technology and Services
18.8%
Computer Software
17.7%
Financial Services
8.6%
Internet
4.2%
Computer & Network Security
3.1%
Other
47.6%
Paessler PRTG
Paessler PRTG
Information Technology and Services
25.9%
Telecommunications
7.8%
Computer & Network Security
4.2%
Computer Software
3.6%
Hospital & Health Care
3.0%
Other
55.4%
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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
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Paessler PRTG
Paessler PRTG Discussions
Paessler FAQ
1 Comment
GR
https://www.paessler.com/support/faqsRead more
What are the benefits and drawbacks of using PRTG Network Monitor for your IT infrastructure, and what improvements would you suggest?
1 Comment
Mohammad hanif A.
MA
Flexible Licensing: The licensing model is based on the number of sensors, allowing organizations to choose a plan that fits their specific needs and budget.Read more
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