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# Datadog vs Rakuten SixthSense Observability Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Pricing

**Datadog**
Free Trial

**$0** Per host, per month · Free

**Rakuten SixthSense Observability**
Free Trial

**Free Trial** 1 Host · VM-Based Full Stack Observability

**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Time to Implement

**Datadog**
3 months

Based on 29 responses

**Rakuten SixthSense Observability**
Not enough reviews yet

Return on Investment

**Datadog**
13 months

Based on 19 responses

**Rakuten SixthSense Observability**
Not enough reviews yet

Perceived Cost

**Datadog**
$$$$$

**Rakuten SixthSense Observability**
$$$$$

Average Discount

**Datadog**
13%

**Rakuten SixthSense Observability**
Not enough reviews yet

**Pros & Cons**
from reviews

**Datadog**
[
Ease of Use (145)
](https://www.g2.com/products/datadog/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1436792&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Monitoring (144)
](https://www.g2.com/products/datadog/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1438081&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Expensive (92)
](https://www.g2.com/products/datadog/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1435213&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Learning Curve (73)
](https://www.g2.com/products/datadog/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1437244&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

**Rakuten SixthSense Observability**
[
Monitoring (11)
](https://www.g2.com/products/rakuten-sixthsense-observability/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1351479&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Alerting System (9)
](https://www.g2.com/products/rakuten-sixthsense-observability/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1351212&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Complex Setup (3)
](https://www.g2.com/products/rakuten-sixthsense-observability/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1350404&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Poor Documentation (3)
](https://www.g2.com/products/rakuten-sixthsense-observability/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1349839&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

Integrations

**Datadog**
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Amazon EC2

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Amazon Elastic Container...

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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes...

](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-kubernetes-service-amazon-eks/reviews)[

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AWS CloudTrail

](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-cloudtrail/reviews)[
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**Rakuten SixthSense Observability**
Not enough data

Screenshots

**Datadog**
 ![Datadog screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/144135/ThreePillarsObservability-2a.gif)

**Rakuten SixthSense Observability**
 ![Rakuten SixthSense Observability screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/1310073/Section1.png)

**Ratings**
from reviews

Meets Requirements

**Datadog**

8.8

8.8540

**Rakuten SixthSense Observability**

8.9

8.951

Ease of Use

**Datadog**

8.2

8.2642

**Rakuten SixthSense Observability**

9.3

9.351

Ease of Setup

**Datadog**

8.3

8.3408

**Rakuten SixthSense Observability**

9.3

9.338

Ease of Admin

**Datadog**

8.4

8.4234

**Rakuten SixthSense Observability**

9.2

9.216

Quality of Support

**Datadog**

8.4

8.4480

**Rakuten SixthSense Observability**

9.3

9.351

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**Datadog**

8.5

8.5220

**Rakuten SixthSense Observability**

9.2

9.216

Product Direction (% positive)

**Datadog**

9.0

9.0521

**Rakuten SixthSense Observability**

10.0

10.051

**Features**
ratings from reviews

AIOps Platforms

9.2

24

9.0

7

Database Monitoring

8.7

112

9.6

16

IT Alerting

8.0

18

9.2

10

Application Performance Monitoring (APM)

8.4

153

8.7

49

Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring

8.3

153

9.1

6

Log Monitoring

8.2

111

9.2

20

Server Monitoring

8.2

80

9.0

8

Observability Software

8.7

13

Not enough data

Container Monitoring

8.5

52

Not enough data

API Security

Not enough data

9.3

5

Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)

8.6

13

Not enough data

Observability Pipeline

7.1

9

Not enough data

Log Analysis

8.3

82

Not enough data

Enterprise Monitoring

8.4

80

Not enough data

Network Monitoring

8.9

63

Not enough data

Website Monitoring

8.1

79

Not enough data

Cloud Cost Management

7.8

8

Not enough data

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

8.8

15

Not enough data

User Insights

**Reviewers' Company Size**

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
21.0%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
45.9%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
33.1%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
21.0%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
45.9%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
33.1%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
15.4%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
36.5%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
48.1%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
15.4%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
36.5%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
48.1%

**Reviewers' Industry**

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Datadog

Information Technology and Services
18.6%

Computer Software
17.8%

Financial Services
9.0%

Internet
4.0%

Computer & Network Security
3.3%

Other
47.4%

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Rakuten SixthSense Observability

Information Technology and Services
21.2%

Computer & Network Security
9.6%

Computer Games
9.6%

Computer Software
9.6%

Financial Services
9.6%

Other
40.4%

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