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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (46.9% of reviews)
Mid-Market (49.3% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
No pricing available
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 plansSumo Logic
Star Rating
(369)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (49.3% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
Learn more about Sumo LogicSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Datadog excels in Real-Time Monitoring with a score of 9.0, while Sumo Logic trails behind at 8.4. Reviewers mention that Datadog's ability to provide instant insights into system performance is a game-changer for proactive issue resolution.
- Reviewers mention that Datadog's Log Management feature is highly rated at 9.4, compared to Sumo Logic's 9.3. Users appreciate the intuitive interface and powerful search capabilities that make troubleshooting much easier with Datadog.
- Users on G2 highlight Datadog's superior Alerts and Notifications system, scoring 9.0 versus Sumo Logic's 8.1. Reviewers say that the customizable alerting options in Datadog help teams respond quickly to critical issues.
- Reviewers mention that both products perform well in Dashboards and Visualizations, but Datadog edges out with a score of 8.8 compared to Sumo Logic's 8.4. Users say that Datadog's visualizations are more user-friendly and provide better insights at a glance.
- Users report that Datadog's Performance Monitoring capabilities are impressive, scoring 8.9, while Sumo Logic scores 8.2. Reviewers mention that Datadog's detailed performance metrics help teams optimize their applications effectively.
- G2 users highlight the API Monitoring feature in Datadog, which scores 9.1, significantly outperforming Sumo Logic's 7.8. Reviewers say that the comprehensive API monitoring tools in Datadog allow for better integration and oversight of services.
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
Sumo Logic
No pricing availableFree Trial
Datadog
Free Trial is available
Sumo Logic
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
499
8.8
320
Ease of Use
8.2
600
8.2
326
Ease of Setup
8.3
368
8.3
160
Ease of Admin
8.4
224
8.4
112
Quality of Support
8.3
446
8.6
274
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
211
8.7
109
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
484
8.8
316
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
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
119
8.9
38
8.6
115
8.7
36
8.8
110
8.8
38
8.7
129
8.7
35
8.3
7
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
114
8.4
37
8.5
94
8.3
34
8.3
93
8.2
34
8.6
7
Not enough data
Analysis
8.5
112
8.8
38
8.9
117
9.0
38
Feature Not Available
8.6
33
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
8.9
87
8.2
62
9.0
86
8.2
62
8.8
79
8.3
62
Monitoring and Management
8.2
82
7.5
62
8.7
84
7.8
61
9.0
88
8.4
62
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
7.1
7
6.5
9
7.4
7
6.9
8
8.1
7
6.9
8
7.4
7
7.1
7
7.9
7
6.7
7
7.4
7
6.9
7
7.6
7
7.3
8
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
Functionality
8.6
45
Not enough data
8.8
45
Not enough data
8.9
47
Not enough data
7.9
41
Not enough data
Management
8.5
44
Not enough data
8.6
47
Not enough data
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
Activity Monitoring
Not enough data
8.8
22
Not enough data
8.6
18
Not enough data
8.9
19
Not enough data
8.8
19
Security
Not enough data
8.2
19
Not enough data
8.7
19
Not enough data
8.3
19
Administration
Not enough data
8.7
17
Not enough data
8.5
18
Not enough data
8.8
16
Agentic AI - Cloud Security Monitoring and Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
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
8.3
54
|
Verified
8.4
62
|
Verified
8.0
50
|
Verified
7.9
60
|
Verified
7.6
51
|
Verified
7.9
60
|
Verified
8.0
48
|
Verified
Analysis
8.6
59
|
Verified
8.1
50
|
Verified
8.4
66
|
Verified
7.6
50
|
Verified
8.8
67
|
Verified
8.3
51
|
Verified
8.5
70
|
Verified
8.6
54
|
Verified
8.6
60
|
Verified
8.1
54
|
Verified
8.7
58
|
Verified
8.1
49
|
Verified
Visualization
8.8
72
|
Verified
8.2
52
|
Verified
8.7
62
|
Verified
8.1
53
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
7.7
5
6.0
10
8.0
5
6.3
9
9.0
5
6.7
8
7.7
5
6.9
9
8.0
5
6.3
9
7.3
5
5.8
8
7.7
5
5.6
8
Responses
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automation - AI Agents
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
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Autonomy - AI Agents
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Monitoring
8.6
112
8.3
38
8.9
104
8.5
39
8.8
114
8.3
39
7.3
98
7.5
37
8.4
104
8.2
37
Response
8.9
121
8.3
39
8.8
108
8.7
41
8.0
102
8.2
39
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
7.4
12
7.2
15
8.1
12
7.7
15
7.9
12
6.8
12
8.1
12
7.4
16
7.9
12
7.1
14
Performance
8.5
116
8.2
43
8.3
102
8.3
39
Functionality
8.5
103
7.9
38
8.1
95
7.8
38
Feature Not Available
8.0
38
8.5
110
8.4
37
Alerts management
8.7
42
7.0
11
8.0
44
7.5
12
8.6
46
7.1
13
Monitoring
8.6
37
7.0
11
9.1
40
7.3
10
8.7
42
7.7
11
9.1
37
8.2
12
Automation
8.2
37
7.3
10
8.4
35
7.4
12
Analysis
8.1
40
7.9
14
8.3
43
6.5
11
9.2
42
7.1
12
8.5
41
7.1
12
Issue Resolution
8.3
36
7.0
11
7.6
39
7.0
11
8.4
34
6.5
12
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
7.3
5
8.8
7
7.0
5
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
7.0
5
8.8
7
Not enough data
9.0
7
7.3
5
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
9.0
7
8.0
5
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
9.3
7
7.7
5
8.6
7
8.1
6
AI Features - Observability
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
8.7
5
8.3
7
7.7
5
Response
Feature Not Available
7.8
72
Feature Not Available
8.2
73
Feature Not Available
7.4
67
7.9
46
7.7
67
Records
9.2
53
8.8
91
8.9
51
8.3
81
8.5
58
8.3
79
Management
9.2
54
8.6
90
8.4
50
8.0
69
Feature Not Available
8.2
74
Generative AI
7.1
12
7.1
14
7.9
12
7.6
16
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
Network Management
8.8
11
9.1
58
|
Verified
8.3
11
7.9
53
|
Verified
9.4
12
9.3
59
|
Verified
Incident Management
9.3
12
8.8
59
|
Verified
9.2
11
8.2
52
|
Verified
9.2
12
8.5
52
|
Verified
Security Intelligence
7.9
12
8.4
50
|
Verified
8.0
10
8.0
49
|
Verified
8.8
11
8.7
51
|
Verified
8.6
13
8.9
54
|
Verified
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
Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR)Hide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
Not enough data
8.4
13
Automation
Not enough data
8.6
13
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
8.8
12
Not enough data
8.5
13
Orchestration
Not enough data
8.2
13
Not enough data
8.6
11
Not enough data
8.3
12
Not enough data
8.5
12
Response
Not enough data
8.6
11
Not enough data
8.2
12
Not enough data
8.3
13
Agentic AI - AI Agents
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
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Datadog and Sumo Logic are categorized as Observability Software, Log Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, Container Monitoring, Log Analysis, Incident Response, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), and Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Unique Categories
Datadog is categorized as Observability Pipeline, Enterprise Monitoring, Server Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, Network Traffic Analysis (NTA), Database Monitoring, IoT Device Management Platforms, IoT Analytics Platforms, Website Monitoring, IT Alerting, API Marketplace, Network Monitoring, Cloud Cost Management, and Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
Sumo Logic is categorized as Cloud Security Monitoring and Analytics, Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR), and AI Agents For Business Operations
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Sumo Logic
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
21.5%
Computer Software
18.7%
Financial Services
7.1%
Retail
4.5%
Internet
2.5%
Other
45.6%
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
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