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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (47.3% of reviews)
Enterprise (49.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
Free Trial 1 Host
Datadog
Star Rating
(690)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (47.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansRakuten SixthSense Observability
Star Rating
(52)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (49.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial 1 Host
Learn more about Rakuten SixthSense ObservabilitySummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Datadog excels in overall user satisfaction, boasting a high G2 Score of 93.14 in server monitoring and 95.53 in enterprise monitoring. Users appreciate its ability to integrate infrastructure, applications, logs, and security signals into one platform, making it easier to understand complex environments.
- Users say that Rakuten SixthSense Observability offers a clean and intuitive dashboard that consolidates all logs, metrics, and traces in one place. This feature allows for quick navigation from alerts to the specific line of code causing issues, which many find enhances their troubleshooting efficiency.
- According to verified reviews, Datadog's implementation process is praised for its simplicity, with users noting that setting up agents is straightforward and quick. This ease of setup contributes to a smoother onboarding experience, allowing teams to start leveraging the tool's capabilities almost immediately.
- Reviewers mention that Rakuten SixthSense Observability shines in its alerting and notification features, which users find particularly helpful for real-time monitoring. The ability to receive timely alerts helps teams respond swiftly to potential issues, enhancing operational efficiency.
- G2 reviewers highlight that while Datadog has a larger user base and more reviews, Rakuten SixthSense Observability has a slightly higher star rating of 4.6 compared to Datadog's 4.4. This suggests that users of Rakuten may feel more positively about their experience, particularly in areas like support and ease of use.
- Users report that Datadog's user interface is intuitive, making it easy to gain insights from data. However, some users feel that Rakuten SixthSense Observability's layout is even cleaner and easier to learn, which may appeal to teams looking for a more user-friendly experience.
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
Rakuten SixthSense Observability
VM-Based Full Stack Observability
Free Trial
1 Host
The Agent is based on the per host with 150GB/month
Metrics, logs, events & traces are captured by default
Supports Node.js, Dotnet 2.1 +, Java, Python, and PHP
24/7 email and chat support
30 days retention period
- Application Performance Monitoring
- VM Monitoring
- Log Monitoring
Free Trial
Datadog
Free Trial is available
Rakuten SixthSense Observability
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
513
8.9
50
Ease of Use
8.2
614
9.4
50
Ease of Setup
8.3
380
9.3
37
Ease of Admin
8.3
231
9.2
16
Quality of Support
8.3
457
9.3
50
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
218
9.2
16
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
498
10.0
50
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
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
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
9.5
16
9.1
105
9.8
16
9.3
89
9.4
16
8.9
104
9.6
16
8.8
88
9.6
16
8.9
93
9.4
16
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
120
9.4
6
8.6
116
9.2
6
8.8
110
8.9
6
8.8
130
9.4
6
8.3
7
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
114
9.2
6
8.5
96
9.2
6
8.3
93
8.9
6
8.6
7
Not enough data
Analysis
8.5
112
8.9
6
8.9
121
8.6
6
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
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
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
Management Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Incident 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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
9.1
16
9.0
7
8.5
17
8.8
7
9.4
21
9.5
7
Issue Resolution
9.0
19
9.4
6
9.1
16
9.3
7
Feature Not Available
8.3
7
Management
8.7
19
9.2
6
9.6
19
9.5
7
8.9
19
8.6
7
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring and 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
Agentic AI - Hardware 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
Visibility
8.9
93
9.3
19
8.9
91
9.1
19
8.8
81
8.8
19
Monitoring and Management
8.2
83
9.4
19
8.6
85
9.0
19
9.0
91
9.6
19
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
9.6
8
8.6
72
8.8
8
8.2
70
8.8
8
Monitoring and Management
8.4
70
9.0
8
7.6
65
Feature Not Available
8.4
67
8.8
8
9.0
71
9.4
8
8.8
66
9.2
8
8.3
71
9.6
8
Cloud environment support
8.1
62
8.3
8
8.0
59
8.3
8
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
8.7
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
API Management
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Security Testing
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Security Management
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
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
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
Monitoring
8.6
113
8.7
47
8.9
106
8.8
47
8.9
118
9.1
47
7.3
99
7.9
46
8.4
105
8.7
46
Response
8.9
123
8.9
47
8.8
110
9.1
47
8.0
107
9.0
46
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
9.1
45
8.3
103
9.0
46
Functionality
8.5
106
8.6
46
8.1
96
8.6
45
Feature Not Available
8.5
45
8.5
112
8.6
46
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
7.5
17
9.2
10
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
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
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
8.8
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 Rakuten SixthSense Observability are categorized as Observability Software, Enterprise Monitoring, Server Monitoring, Log Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, Database Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), and Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
Unique Categories
Datadog is categorized as Observability Pipeline, Network Traffic Analysis (NTA), IoT Device Management Platforms, IoT Analytics Platforms, Website Monitoring, Log Analysis, Incident Response, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), API Marketplace, Network Monitoring, and Cloud Cost Management
Rakuten SixthSense Observability is categorized as API Security, Incident Management, and Hardware Monitoring
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Rakuten SixthSense Observability
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
18.8%
Computer Software
17.6%
Financial Services
8.6%
Internet
4.1%
Computer & Network Security
3.1%
Other
47.7%
Information Technology and Services
19.6%
Financial Services
9.8%
Education Management
9.8%
Computer Software
9.8%
Computer Games
9.8%
Other
41.2%
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
Rakuten SixthSense Observability has no discussions with answers
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