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Datadog
(685)
4.4 out of 5
Datadog
By Datadog
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Sematext Cloud
Sematext Cloud
(38)
4.7 out of 5
Sematext Cloud
By Sematext
At a Glance
Datadog
Datadog
Star Rating
(685)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (47.0% of reviews)
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$0 Per host, per month
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Sematext Cloud
Sematext Cloud
Star Rating
(38)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (44.7% of reviews)
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Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $0.00 Per Month
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AI Generated Summary
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  • Users report that Datadog excels in its Alerting functionality, with a score of 9.2, making it a preferred choice for teams needing robust notification systems. In contrast, Sematext Cloud also performs well with a score of 9.1, but some users mention that its alerting features could be more customizable.
  • Reviewers mention that Sematext Cloud shines in Real-Time Monitoring for Cloud Infrastructure, achieving a perfect score of 10.0. Users appreciate its seamless integration and immediate insights, while Datadog, with a score of 8.7, is noted for its comprehensive monitoring but lacks the same level of real-time responsiveness.
  • G2 users highlight that Datadog's Multi-Cloud Management capabilities are somewhat limited, scoring only 6.7. In contrast, Sematext Cloud offers better support for multi-cloud environments, which users find essential for their diverse infrastructure needs.
  • Users on G2 report that Sematext Cloud's Dashboards and Visualizations are particularly user-friendly, scoring 10.0, which enhances data interpretation. Datadog, while still strong at 8.8, is seen as less intuitive, with some users mentioning a steeper learning curve.
  • Reviewers say that Datadog's Quality of Support is commendable, with a score of 8.3, but Sematext Cloud outperforms it with a score of 9.4. Users appreciate the responsiveness and helpfulness of Sematext's support team, often citing quick resolution times.
  • Users report that Datadog's Performance Monitoring features are robust, scoring 9.2, but Sematext Cloud takes the lead with a score of 9.8, particularly for its Performance Analysis tools, which users find invaluable for optimizing their systems.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Datadog
Free
$0
Per host, per month
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Sematext Cloud
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Starting at $0.00
Per Month
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Free Trial
Datadog
Free Trial is available
Sematext Cloud
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
508
9.1
27
Ease of Use
8.2
609
9.3
28
Ease of Setup
8.3
375
9.0
22
Ease of Admin
8.3
229
9.2
22
Quality of Support
8.3
453
9.4
26
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
216
9.5
22
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
493
9.6
26
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
76
Not enough data
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
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
Feature Not Available
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
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
Network MonitoringHide 27 FeaturesShow 27 Features
8.9
62
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
Cloud Infrastructure MonitoringHide 20 FeaturesShow 20 Features
8.3
142
9.2
10
Monitoring
8.9
119
9.0
7
8.6
115
Not enough data
8.8
110
9.3
5
8.7
129
10.0
5
8.3
7
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
114
9.7
5
8.5
95
Not enough data
8.3
93
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
Analysis
8.5
112
8.3
7
8.9
120
9.0
7
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
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
Log MonitoringHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
8.1
104
8.7
6
Visibility
8.9
89
9.3
5
8.9
88
8.7
5
8.8
81
8.0
5
Monitoring and Management
8.2
83
Not enough data
8.6
85
Not enough data
9.0
89
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
9.5
6
Visibility
8.9
77
10.0
6
8.6
71
9.7
6
8.2
69
9.3
5
Monitoring and Management
8.4
70
9.3
5
7.6
65
Not enough data
8.4
67
9.3
5
9.0
70
9.7
5
8.8
66
Not enough data
8.3
71
Not enough data
Cloud environment support
8.1
62
Not enough data
8.0
59
Not enough data
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
Enterprise MonitoringHide 15 FeaturesShow 15 Features
8.3
57
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
47
Not enough data
8.8
48
Not enough data
9.0
52
Not enough data
7.9
42
Feature Not Available
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
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
77
8.2
6
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
8.3
5
8.5
71
|
Verified
8.3
5
8.6
61
|
Verified
8.7
5
8.7
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
Visualization
8.9
74
|
Verified
8.3
5
8.7
63
|
Verified
7.3
5
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
146
9.3
10
Monitoring
8.6
113
9.2
6
8.9
106
9.4
6
8.9
118
9.8
7
7.3
99
Not enough data
8.4
105
Not enough data
Response
8.9
122
9.8
7
8.8
109
9.3
7
8.0
106
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
9.0
5
Functionality
8.5
105
9.0
5
8.1
96
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
111
9.0
5
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
Feature Not Available
9.0
38
Feature Not Available
Automation
8.2
38
Feature Not Available
8.4
36
Feature Not Available
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
Feature Not Available
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
8.6
12
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
Incident ResponseHide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features
8.4
65
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
Datadog
Sematext Cloud
Sematext Cloud
Unique Categories
Datadog
Sematext Cloud
Sematext Cloud has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Datadog
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
19.6%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
47.0%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
33.4%
Sematext Cloud
Sematext Cloud
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
44.7%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
44.7%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
10.5%
Reviewers' Industry
Datadog
Datadog
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%
Sematext Cloud
Sematext Cloud
Information Technology and Services
21.1%
Health, Wellness and Fitness
7.9%
Computer Software
7.9%
Computer & Network Security
7.9%
Program Development
5.3%
Other
50.0%
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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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