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At a Glance
Datadog
Datadog
Star Rating
(683)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (46.9% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
Free Trial is available
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SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server
SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server
Star Rating
(15)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (53.8% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
  • Users report that Datadog excels in its multi-cloud management capabilities, allowing seamless integration across various cloud platforms, while SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is noted for its log management features, which provide robust incident reporting and alerting functionalities.
  • Reviewers mention that Datadog's real-time monitoring is highly effective, with a score of 9.2, making it a preferred choice for users needing immediate insights, whereas SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server shines in incident management, with users appreciating its detailed incident logs and automated response features.
  • G2 users highlight that Datadog's data visualization tools are user-friendly and provide comprehensive dashboards, scoring 8.9, while SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server's dashboards and visualizations received mixed reviews, with some users finding them less intuitive, scoring 7.8.
  • Users on G2 report that Datadog's alerting system is highly customizable and effective, achieving a score of 9.2, which is a significant advantage for teams needing tailored notifications. In contrast, SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server's alerting features, while functional, scored lower at 8.6, indicating room for improvement.
  • Reviewers mention that Datadog's performance monitoring capabilities are robust, with a score of 9.2, making it ideal for users focused on application performance. SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server, however, is recognized for its asset management features, scoring 8.7, which is beneficial for users managing a large number of devices.
  • Users say that Datadog's AI and machine learning integration, scoring 9.2, provides advanced analytics and anomaly detection, which enhances operational efficiency. Conversely, SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server's AI features, while present, received a lower score of 7.9, suggesting that users may not find them as impactful.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Datadog
Free
$0
Per host, per month
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SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server
No pricing available
Free Trial
Datadog
Free Trial is available
SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
507
9.1
11
Ease of Use
8.2
608
9.5
11
Ease of Setup
8.3
374
9.4
8
Ease of Admin
8.3
228
9.6
8
Quality of Support
8.3
452
9.1
11
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
215
8.5
8
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
492
7.1
12
Features by Category
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
8.1
74
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
54
Not enough data
9.3
70
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
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
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
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
140
Not enough data
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
119
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
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
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
8.1
104
Not enough data
Visibility
8.9
89
Not enough data
8.9
88
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
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
8.1
78
Not enough data
Visibility
8.9
77
Not enough data
8.6
71
Not enough data
8.2
69
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.4
70
Not enough data
7.6
65
Not enough data
8.4
67
Not enough data
9.0
70
Not enough data
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
8.3
54
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
47
Not enough data
8.8
48
Not enough data
9.0
51
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
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
8.3
77
Not enough data
Data Preparation
8.6
64
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Verified
Not enough data
8.4
63
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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
Application Performance Monitoring (APM)Hide 19 FeaturesShow 19 Features
8.3
144
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.6
113
Not enough data
8.9
106
Not enough data
8.8
117
Not enough data
7.3
99
Not enough data
8.4
105
Not enough data
Response
8.9
122
Not enough data
8.8
109
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
Functionality
8.5
104
Not enough data
8.1
96
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
111
Not enough data
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
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
8.5
10
Not enough data
Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability
8.3
9
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
8.5
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
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
8.3
8
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
8.4
64
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
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Datadog
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
19.6%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
46.9%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
33.5%
SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server
SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
0%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
46.2%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
53.8%
Reviewers' Industry
Datadog
Datadog
Information Technology and Services
19.0%
Computer Software
17.3%
Financial Services
8.7%
Internet
4.2%
Computer & Network Security
3.1%
Other
47.7%
SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server
SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server
Information Technology and Services
30.8%
Computer & Network Security
15.4%
Retail
7.7%
Oil & Energy
7.7%
Information Services
7.7%
Other
30.8%
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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
SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server
SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server Discussions
Is Kiwi syslog server a SIEM?
1 Comment
Jitendra K.
JK
The Kiwi Syslog server is not a SIEM. syslog collects logs from your devices on central location and stores their database. SIEM working on the...Read more
Monty the Mongoose crying
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