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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (46.9% of reviews)
Enterprise (45.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
$15 Per host, per month
Datadog
Star Rating
(675)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (46.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansSplunk Infrastructure Monitoring
Star Rating
(48)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (45.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$15 Per host, per month
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Datadog excels in its Alerting functionality, scoring 9.2, which reviewers mention allows for highly customizable alerts across multiple channels, ensuring timely notifications. In contrast, Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring, while still strong, scores slightly lower at 9.0, indicating a less flexible alerting system.
- Reviewers mention that Datadog's Multi-Cloud Management feature, scoring 6.7, is less robust compared to Splunk's offering, which scores 8.8. Users on G2 highlight that Splunk provides better integration and visibility across various cloud environments, making it a preferred choice for enterprises managing diverse cloud infrastructures.
- G2 users note that Datadog's Data Visualization capabilities are rated at 8.9, with reviewers praising its intuitive dashboards that facilitate quick insights. However, Splunk's score of 8.7 indicates a slightly less user-friendly experience, with some users mentioning that its visualizations can be more complex to navigate.
- Users say that Datadog's Real-Time Monitoring is a standout feature, scoring 9.2, which reviewers appreciate for its speed and accuracy in tracking system performance. In comparison, Splunk's real-time monitoring is rated at 8.3, with some users expressing a desire for faster data processing.
- Reviewers mention that Datadog's Logging functionality is highly rated at 9.3, with users praising its seamless integration and ease of use. Splunk, while also strong in logging at 9.0, has users reporting that its setup can be more cumbersome, requiring more time to configure effectively.
- Users on G2 report that Datadog's Ease of Use is rated at 8.2, with many finding the interface straightforward and user-friendly. In contrast, Splunk's score of 7.7 suggests a steeper learning curve, with some reviewers mentioning that new users may struggle to navigate its more complex features.
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
Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring
SignalFx Infrastructure Monitoring
$15
Per host, per month
Get real-time visibility into your infrastructure with streaming analytics and high-resolution metrics from SignalFx
- Customizable dashboards
- Streaming analytics
- Smart alerts
Free Trial
Datadog
Free Trial is available
Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
499
8.4
43
Ease of Use
8.2
600
7.7
44
Ease of Setup
8.3
368
8.1
18
Ease of Admin
8.4
224
7.8
17
Quality of Support
8.3
446
8.7
38
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
211
9.2
17
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
484
8.6
41
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
54
Not enough data
9.3
68
Not enough data
9.1
62
Not enough data
8.8
55
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
Not enough data
9.3
57
9.0
5
8.2
43
8.0
5
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
8.7
5
8.8
47
8.7
5
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
119
9.3
9
8.6
115
9.0
7
8.8
110
9.2
8
8.7
129
8.7
9
8.3
7
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
114
9.4
9
8.5
94
8.8
7
8.3
93
9.0
8
8.6
7
Not enough data
Analysis
8.5
112
9.2
8
8.9
117
8.9
9
Feature Not Available
8.3
8
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
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
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
87
8.3
5
9.0
86
9.3
5
8.8
79
9.3
5
Monitoring and Management
8.2
82
9.7
5
8.7
84
Not enough data
9.0
88
9.3
5
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
7.1
7
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
7.6
7
Not enough data
Visibility
8.9
77
8.3
10
8.6
71
8.3
9
8.2
69
9.0
10
Monitoring and Management
8.4
70
8.3
7
7.6
65
7.7
8
8.4
67
8.6
6
9.0
70
8.3
8
8.8
66
8.3
7
8.3
71
8.3
6
Cloud environment support
8.1
62
8.3
5
8.0
59
7.7
5
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
8.6
45
8.7
5
8.8
45
9.3
5
8.9
47
9.0
5
7.9
41
Not enough data
Management
8.5
44
Not enough data
8.6
47
9.3
5
8.2
43
Not enough data
9.0
48
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
8.1
8
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
63
|
Verified
8.6
7
|
Verified
8.4
62
|
Verified
9.8
7
|
Verified
7.9
60
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.9
60
|
Verified
9.0
5
|
Verified
Analysis
8.6
59
|
Verified
9.3
5
|
Verified
8.4
66
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.8
67
|
Verified
8.8
7
|
Verified
8.5
70
|
Verified
9.0
7
|
Verified
8.6
60
|
Verified
8.8
7
|
Verified
8.7
58
|
Verified
9.4
6
|
Verified
Visualization
8.8
72
|
Verified
8.6
7
|
Verified
8.7
62
|
Verified
8.3
5
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.6
112
Not enough data
8.9
104
Not enough data
8.8
114
Not enough data
7.3
98
Not enough data
8.4
104
Not enough data
Response
8.9
121
Not enough data
8.8
108
Not enough data
8.0
102
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
7.4
12
Not enough data
8.1
12
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
8.1
12
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
Performance
8.5
116
Not enough data
8.3
102
Not enough data
Functionality
8.5
103
Not enough data
8.1
95
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
110
Not enough data
Alerts management
8.7
42
Not enough data
8.0
44
Not enough data
8.6
46
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.6
37
Not enough data
9.1
40
Not enough data
8.7
42
Not enough data
9.1
37
Not enough data
Automation
8.2
37
Not enough data
8.4
35
Not enough data
Analysis
8.1
40
Not enough data
8.3
43
Not enough data
9.2
42
Not enough data
8.5
41
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
8.3
36
Not enough data
7.6
39
Not enough data
8.4
34
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.4
16
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
7.2
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
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
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
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
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
9.0
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
9.3
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
AI Features - Observability
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
Response
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
46
Not enough data
Records
9.2
53
Not enough data
8.9
51
Not enough data
8.5
58
Not enough data
Management
9.2
54
Not enough data
8.4
50
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.1
12
Not enough data
7.9
12
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 Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring are categorized as Observability Software, Enterprise Monitoring, Server Monitoring, Log Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, Container Monitoring, Log Analysis, and Network Monitoring
Unique Categories
Datadog is categorized as Observability Pipeline, AIOps Platforms, Network Traffic Analysis (NTA), Database Monitoring, IoT Device Management Platforms, IoT Analytics Platforms, Website Monitoring, IT Alerting, Incident Response, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), API Marketplace, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Cloud Cost Management, and Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is categorized as Hardware Monitoring
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring
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
19.1%
Computer Software
17.1%
Financial Services
8.5%
Internet
4.2%
Retail
3.0%
Other
48.1%
Information Technology and Services
22.9%
Computer Software
22.9%
Internet
12.5%
Telecommunications
6.3%
Computer & Network Security
6.3%
Other
29.2%
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
Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring has no more discussions with answers
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