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Mid-Market (49.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
No pricing available
Datadog
Star Rating
(690)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (47.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
Free Trial is available
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Star Rating
(382)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (49.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
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- G2 reviewers report that Datadog excels in providing a comprehensive view of infrastructure, applications, logs, and security signals all in one platform. Users appreciate how this integration simplifies the process of moving from detection to action, making it easier to understand their environment.
- Users say that Sumo Logic is particularly robust at ingesting logs from various sources, including AWS and Kubernetes. This capability is highlighted as a significant advantage for teams needing to manage diverse environments effectively.
- According to verified reviews, Datadog's user interface is noted for its intuitiveness, allowing users to gain insights quickly. One user mentioned the ease of setting up Datadog agents, which contributes to a smoother onboarding experience.
- Reviewers mention that Sumo Logic's data evaluation capabilities are impressive, especially in proactively identifying security threats. This feature positions Sumo Logic as a strong tool for organizations focused on security monitoring.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Datadog's support is responsive and helpful, with users noting that getting data into the platform is straightforward due to its multiple integrations. This ease of use is a significant factor for teams looking to implement monitoring solutions quickly.
- Users report that while Sumo Logic has a strong error logging reporting mechanism, it sometimes lacks the same level of user satisfaction as Datadog, which consistently receives higher overall ratings across various quality metrics. This suggests that Datadog may offer a more polished user experience overall.
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
513
8.8
330
Ease of Use
8.2
614
8.2
336
Ease of Setup
8.3
380
8.2
170
Ease of Admin
8.3
231
8.4
114
Quality of Support
8.3
457
8.6
280
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
218
8.8
111
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
498
8.9
326
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
55
Not enough data
9.3
71
Not enough data
9.1
63
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
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
120
8.9
40
8.6
116
8.5
37
8.8
110
8.8
39
8.8
130
8.8
39
8.3
7
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
114
8.3
39
8.5
96
8.2
35
8.3
93
8.2
35
8.6
7
Not enough data
Analysis
8.5
112
8.8
39
8.9
121
9.0
41
Feature Not Available
8.6
34
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
9.0
5
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
93
8.3
65
8.9
91
8.3
64
8.8
81
8.3
63
Monitoring and Management
8.2
83
7.5
63
8.6
85
7.8
62
9.0
91
8.4
64
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
7.3
8
6.5
9
7.1
8
6.7
8
8.1
8
7.0
9
7.3
8
6.7
7
7.9
8
6.2
7
7.3
8
7.1
8
7.5
8
7.2
9
Visibility
8.9
77
Not enough data
8.6
72
Not enough data
8.2
70
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
71
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
8.7
47
Not enough data
8.8
49
Not enough data
9.0
54
Not enough data
7.9
42
Not enough data
Management
8.6
48
Not enough data
8.6
52
Not enough data
8.2
44
Not enough data
9.0
52
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
Activity Monitoring
Not enough data
8.8
23
Not enough data
8.5
19
Not enough data
9.0
20
Not enough data
8.8
19
Security
Not enough data
8.2
19
Not enough data
8.8
20
Not enough data
8.3
19
Administration
Not enough data
8.8
18
Not enough data
8.6
19
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
65
|
Verified
8.3
57
|
Verified
8.4
63
|
Verified
8.1
52
|
Verified
8.0
61
|
Verified
7.7
53
|
Verified
7.9
62
|
Verified
8.1
50
|
Verified
Analysis
8.6
60
|
Verified
8.2
52
|
Verified
8.4
67
|
Verified
7.6
52
|
Verified
8.8
68
|
Verified
8.2
52
|
Verified
8.5
71
|
Verified
8.5
57
|
Verified
8.6
62
|
Verified
8.1
56
|
Verified
8.7
59
|
Verified
8.1
50
|
Verified
Visualization
8.9
75
|
Verified
8.1
54
|
Verified
8.7
63
|
Verified
8.1
54
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
7.8
6
5.7
10
7.8
6
6.1
9
8.9
6
6.9
9
7.8
6
6.7
9
8.1
6
6.0
10
7.5
6
5.6
8
7.8
6
5.4
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
113
8.2
39
8.9
106
8.4
40
8.9
118
8.3
41
7.3
99
7.4
38
8.4
105
8.2
38
Response
8.9
123
8.3
40
8.8
110
8.5
42
8.0
107
8.2
41
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
7.4
13
6.8
15
8.1
13
7.6
15
7.9
13
6.7
12
8.1
13
7.5
17
7.8
13
7.0
14
Performance
8.5
118
8.1
44
8.3
103
8.3
41
Functionality
8.5
106
7.8
39
8.1
96
7.7
39
Feature Not Available
7.9
39
8.5
112
8.5
39
Alerts management
8.7
43
7.0
11
8.0
45
7.5
12
8.6
47
7.1
13
Monitoring
8.6
39
7.0
11
9.1
41
7.3
10
8.7
43
7.7
11
9.0
38
8.2
12
Automation
8.2
38
7.3
10
8.4
36
7.4
12
Analysis
8.2
41
7.9
14
8.3
44
6.5
11
9.1
43
7.1
12
8.5
42
7.1
12
Issue Resolution
8.3
37
7.0
11
7.6
39
7.0
11
8.4
35
6.8
13
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
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
8.3
10
6.9
6
8.8
8
6.7
6
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
6.7
6
9.0
10
5.7
5
8.8
8
6.9
6
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
9.2
10
7.8
6
8.3
9
6.7
5
8.7
10
6.7
5
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
9.3
9
7.5
6
8.5
8
7.9
7
AI Features - Observability
7.9
8
6.3
5
8.8
8
7.8
6
8.3
8
6.9
6
Response
Feature Not Available
7.8
72
Feature Not Available
8.2
73
Feature Not Available
7.4
67
7.9
47
7.7
67
Records
9.2
55
8.8
91
8.9
53
8.3
81
8.5
60
8.3
79
Management
9.3
58
8.6
90
8.4
52
8.0
69
Feature Not Available
8.2
74
Generative AI
7.1
13
7.1
14
7.9
13
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
60
|
Verified
8.3
11
7.9
54
|
Verified
9.4
12
9.3
61
|
Verified
Incident Management
9.3
12
8.9
63
|
Verified
9.2
11
8.2
53
|
Verified
9.2
12
8.5
52
|
Verified
Security Intelligence
7.9
12
8.4
51
|
Verified
8.0
10
8.0
49
|
Verified
8.8
11
8.8
54
|
Verified
8.6
13
8.9
55
|
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
15
Automation
Not enough data
8.3
14
Not enough data
8.1
14
Not enough data
8.6
13
Not enough data
8.5
14
Orchestration
Not enough data
8.1
14
Not enough data
8.7
13
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
8.5
13
Response
Not enough data
8.6
12
Not enough data
8.2
13
Not enough data
8.3
14
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 AI Agents For Business Operations, Cloud Security Monitoring and Analytics, and Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR)
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
18.8%
Computer Software
17.6%
Financial Services
8.6%
Internet
4.1%
Computer & Network Security
3.1%
Other
47.7%
Information Technology and Services
21.5%
Computer Software
17.9%
Financial Services
7.2%
Retail
4.7%
Internet
2.5%
Other
46.3%
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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