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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (47.0% of reviews)
Mid-Market (56.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
Free Trial
Datadog
Star Rating
(685)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (47.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
Free Trial is available
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Star Rating
(383)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (56.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Free Trial is available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that both Datadog and Progress WhatsUp Gold have a strong performance monitoring capability, with Datadog scoring 9.2 and WhatsUp Gold at 9.0. Reviewers mention that Datadog's integration with various cloud services enhances its monitoring capabilities, while WhatsUp Gold is praised for its comprehensive network performance insights.
- Reviewers mention that Datadog excels in alerting features, scoring 9.3 compared to WhatsUp Gold's 9.1. Users say that Datadog's customizable alerting system allows for precise notifications, which helps teams respond quickly to issues, while WhatsUp Gold's alerting is effective but slightly less flexible.
- Users on G2 highlight the ease of use of Progress WhatsUp Gold, which scored 8.5 against Datadog's 8.2. Reviewers mention that WhatsUp Gold's user interface is more intuitive for new users, making it easier to navigate and utilize its features effectively.
- Reviewers mention that Datadog shines in scalability with a score of 9.1, indicating its ability to handle growing data loads seamlessly. Users report that its cloud-native architecture allows for easy scaling, while WhatsUp Gold, with a score of 8.6, is noted for being effective but may require more manual adjustments as the network grows.
- Users report that both products have strong support, but Progress WhatsUp Gold edges out with a score of 8.8 compared to Datadog's 8.3. Reviewers mention that WhatsUp Gold's support team is responsive and helpful, while Datadog's support is good but can sometimes be slower to respond during peak times.
- G2 users highlight that Datadog's anomaly detection feature, scoring 7.8, could be improved compared to WhatsUp Gold's 8.2. Reviewers mention that while Datadog provides useful insights, WhatsUp Gold's anomaly detection is more robust and offers clearer actionable insights for network issues.
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
Free Trial
Datadog
Free Trial is available
Progress WhatsUp Gold
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
508
8.8
282
Ease of Use
8.2
609
8.5
294
Ease of Setup
8.3
375
8.2
216
Ease of Admin
8.3
229
8.2
198
Quality of Support
8.3
453
8.8
276
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
216
8.8
191
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
493
8.5
280
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
Configuration
Not enough data
8.9
20
Not enough data
8.9
20
Not enough data
9.1
20
Agentic AI - Network Automation Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network
Not enough data
8.9
20
Not enough data
8.6
20
Not enough data
8.8
20
Not enough data
8.1
20
Logistics
Not enough data
9.1
19
Not enough data
8.7
19
Not enough data
8.9
16
Security - Network Automation
Not enough data
8.7
19
Not enough data
8.6
19
Not enough data
8.7
19
Not enough data
8.9
19
Functionality
8.7
54
Not enough data
9.3
71
Not enough data
9.1
62
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
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
9.0
160
9.3
57
9.1
169
8.2
43
7.9
132
8.5
45
8.7
138
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
9.3
5
8.8
27
9.0
5
8.8
26
9.3
5
9.2
25
Management
8.7
49
8.4
145
9.0
50
8.6
141
8.8
47
8.3
126
Analytics - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
8.1
25
9.0
5
7.9
25
Security - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
8.5
25
9.0
5
7.9
25
9.0
5
8.0
25
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
8.3
25
9.0
5
8.3
25
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
8.3
5
7.6
25
8.7
5
7.9
25
8.7
5
7.7
25
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
7.9
26
Not enough data
7.9
26
Not enough data
8.3
25
Not enough data
7.9
24
Not enough data
7.6
25
Not enough data
7.9
25
Not enough data
7.9
25
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
95
Not enough data
8.3
93
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
Analysis
8.5
112
Not enough data
8.9
120
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
8.2
46
8.1
7
8.0
45
Feature Not Available
8.4
52
8.5
9
8.4
55
Functionality
8.7
10
8.7
55
8.0
10
8.2
51
8.0
9
8.7
64
9.2
10
8.6
59
Incident Management
8.6
12
8.8
59
9.2
12
8.8
60
9.0
12
8.4
56
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
89
8.8
60
8.9
88
9.1
59
8.8
81
8.5
59
Monitoring and Management
8.2
83
8.4
55
8.6
85
8.5
55
9.0
89
9.0
56
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
8.5
102
8.6
71
8.8
103
8.2
69
8.3
98
Monitoring and Management
8.4
70
8.6
88
7.6
65
8.0
81
8.4
67
8.3
91
9.0
70
8.9
101
8.8
66
8.9
105
8.3
71
8.4
94
Cloud environment support
8.1
62
8.0
70
8.0
59
8.1
72
Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
7.7
5
7.5
14
8.0
5
7.9
14
9.0
5
8.0
14
7.0
5
7.5
14
7.3
5
7.7
14
7.0
5
8.0
14
7.7
5
7.7
14
Functionality
8.7
47
Not enough data
8.8
48
Not enough data
9.0
52
Not enough data
7.9
42
Not enough data
Management
8.6
46
Not enough data
8.6
51
Not enough data
8.2
44
Not enough data
9.0
51
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
64
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
63
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
61
|
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
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
Visualization
8.9
74
|
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
8.9
61
8.9
106
9.1
62
8.9
118
9.2
63
7.3
99
8.2
50
8.4
105
9.0
60
Response
8.9
122
8.8
65
8.8
109
9.0
61
8.0
106
8.6
55
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
8.4
52
8.3
103
8.5
48
Functionality
8.5
105
8.4
48
8.1
96
8.4
48
Feature Not Available
8.4
46
8.5
111
8.3
45
Functionality
Not enough data
9.7
15
Not enough data
9.2
15
Not enough data
9.6
16
Not enough data
9.2
15
Not enough data
9.6
16
Not enough data
9.3
15
Not enough data
9.6
16
Not enough data
9.6
16
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
Management
Not enough data
8.7
31
Not enough data
8.9
32
Not enough data
8.8
30
Not enough data
8.7
32
Not enough data
8.9
33
Monitoring
Not enough data
8.8
33
Not enough data
8.7
33
Not enough data
8.7
33
Support
Not enough data
8.9
32
Not enough data
8.2
32
Not enough data
8.4
32
Agentic AI - Network Management Tools
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
6.7
5
Not enough data
6.7
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
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
8.9
9
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
9.1
9
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
9.2
8
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
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
9.2
57
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 and Progress WhatsUp Gold are categorized as Server Monitoring, Log Monitoring, Network Traffic Analysis (NTA), Application Performance Monitoring (APM), and Network Monitoring
Unique Categories
Datadog is categorized as Observability Pipeline, Observability Software, Enterprise Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, 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, Cloud Cost Management, and Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
Progress WhatsUp Gold is categorized as Dark Web Monitoring, Network Automation Tools, and Network Management Tools
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Progress WhatsUp Gold
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
19.0%
Computer Software
17.5%
Financial Services
8.7%
Internet
4.2%
Computer & Network Security
3.1%
Other
47.6%
Information Technology and Services
13.2%
Hospital & Health Care
5.4%
Education Management
5.1%
Higher Education
4.3%
Financial Services
4.3%
Other
67.7%
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
Can we monitor F5 load balancer and VPN Tunnels through WhatsUp Gold tool?
1 Comment
Official Response from Progress WhatsUp Gold
Yes, you can monitor anything the device could populate data about. Note that, directly out of the box there are no built-in F5 specific monitors. However,...Read more
What is the best option for reporting to cell phones without paying for some of the SMS services needed for this? What is the best option to make sure we don't get alot of alerts that are basically white noise.
1 Comment
Official Response from Progress WhatsUp Gold
Hi Eric, I would love to assist you with this further. Do you mind clarifying your end goal or problem so we can direct you better?
Thanks,
The Progress...Read more
What is WhatsUp Gold monitoring tool?
1 Comment
NP
Progress WhatsUp Gold is a network monitoring and management software designed to help IT professionals keep track of their network's performance,...Read more
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