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(206)
4.4 out of 5
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Datadog
Datadog
Star Rating
(690)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (47.3% of reviews)
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Zabbix
Zabbix
Star Rating
(206)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (52.0% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free With One-Time Purchase
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
  • G2 reviewers report that Datadog excels in user experience, with many praising its intuitive interface and ease of setup. Users appreciate how quickly they can integrate various data sources, stating, "getting data into Datadog is quite simple due to the multiple integrations."
  • According to verified reviews, Zabbix is favored for its free service offerings, making it an attractive option for companies with limited budgets. Users highlight its comprehensive monitoring capabilities, noting that it "conducts comprehensive monitoring, which entails all IT systems including network, servers, database."
  • Reviewers mention that Datadog's performance monitoring features are particularly strong, with users noting the detailed log tracing capabilities. One user remarked, "I really like how detailed the log traces can be in Datadog, and how I can search for specific logs based on labels and facets."
  • Users say that while Zabbix offers robust monitoring for various IT components, it sometimes lacks the user-friendly experience that Datadog provides. Some users have expressed that Zabbix can be less intuitive, which may lead to a steeper learning curve.
  • According to recent feedback, Datadog's support is highly rated, with users describing it as responsive and helpful. This level of support is a significant advantage for teams needing quick assistance, as one user noted, "support is responsive, my team uses it every day."
  • G2 reviewers highlight that Zabbix's flexibility in monitoring diverse systems is commendable, with users appreciating its ability to monitor "almost every IT item in the company." However, some users feel that this flexibility comes at the cost of a more complex setup process compared to Datadog.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Datadog
Free
$0
Per host, per month
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Zabbix
Free & open source Zabbix
Free
With One-Time Purchase
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Free Trial
Datadog
Free Trial is available
Zabbix
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
513
8.7
174
Ease of Use
8.2
614
7.4
174
Ease of Setup
8.3
380
7.5
106
Ease of Admin
8.3
231
8.0
103
Quality of Support
8.3
457
8.0
129
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
218
8.2
81
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
498
8.5
172
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
77
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
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
Database MonitoringHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
9.0
110
8.5
26
Functionality
9.2
104
8.7
25
9.1
105
9.1
25
9.3
89
8.4
24
8.9
104
8.2
25
8.8
88
8.3
25
8.9
93
8.3
25
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
8.3
52
Functionality
9.2
52
9.3
47
9.3
57
9.2
48
8.2
43
6.9
40
8.5
45
9.0
44
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
9.3
5
8.3
5
9.0
5
9.3
5
9.3
5
9.3
5
Management
8.7
49
8.8
45
9.0
50
8.5
47
8.8
47
7.8
42
Analytics - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
8.0
5
9.0
5
9.3
5
Security - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
9.3
5
9.0
5
8.7
5
9.0
5
8.3
5
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
9.0
5
9.0
5
8.0
5
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
8.3
5
5.3
5
8.7
5
7.0
5
8.7
5
5.7
5
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
143
8.9
36
Monitoring
8.9
120
9.2
33
8.6
116
8.7
29
8.8
110
8.9
30
8.8
130
9.1
33
8.3
7
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
114
8.9
31
8.5
96
8.9
30
8.3
93
9.1
28
8.6
7
Not enough data
Analysis
8.5
112
8.9
32
8.9
121
8.8
33
Feature Not Available
8.0
25
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
Hardware MonitoringHide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
Not enough data
8.5
35
Visibility
Not enough data
8.2
33
Not enough data
8.9
33
Not enough data
8.3
32
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
9.0
29
Not enough data
7.9
29
Not enough data
8.3
30
Not enough data
8.9
31
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
Log MonitoringHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
8.1
108
Not enough data
Visibility
8.9
93
Not enough data
8.9
91
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
91
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
79
8.5
46
Visibility
8.9
77
8.6
43
8.6
72
8.8
43
8.2
70
8.5
42
Monitoring and Management
8.4
70
8.8
42
7.6
65
7.9
38
8.4
67
8.4
38
9.0
71
8.8
44
8.8
66
8.9
27
8.3
71
8.3
25
Cloud environment support
8.1
62
8.3
24
8.0
59
8.5
22
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
59
8.0
25
Functionality
8.7
47
9.2
22
8.8
49
9.2
21
9.0
54
8.6
19
7.9
42
7.8
10
Management
8.6
48
9.1
20
8.6
52
8.6
23
8.2
44
8.8
20
9.0
52
9.3
23
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
7.8
9
5.3
5
8.3
9
5.7
5
7.8
9
8.0
5
8.1
9
8.3
5
7.5
10
6.7
5
8.1
9
7.3
5
8.1
9
8.0
5
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
79
Not enough data
Data Preparation
8.6
65
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
63
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
62
|
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
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
Visualization
8.9
75
|
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
147
8.5
19
Monitoring
8.6
113
8.5
13
8.9
106
8.8
14
8.9
118
8.8
14
7.3
99
8.1
8
8.4
105
8.9
15
Response
8.9
123
8.8
15
8.8
110
8.7
15
8.0
107
8.1
12
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
Feature Not Available
8.3
103
8.5
12
Functionality
8.5
106
8.3
13
8.1
96
7.9
12
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
8.5
112
8.2
14
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
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
IT AlertingHide 8 FeaturesShow 8 Features
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
8.7
13
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
9.0
10
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
9.2
10
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
9.3
9
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
66
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
9.3
58
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
Zabbix
Zabbix
Unique Categories
Datadog
Zabbix
Zabbix is categorized as Hardware Monitoring
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Datadog
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
19.4%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
47.3%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
33.3%
Zabbix
Zabbix
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
20.8%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
52.0%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
27.2%
Reviewers' Industry
Datadog
Datadog
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%
Zabbix
Zabbix
Information Technology and Services
30.2%
Telecommunications
15.8%
Computer Software
11.9%
Computer & Network Security
5.9%
Internet
4.0%
Other
32.2%
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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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Zabbix
Zabbix Discussions
Has a way zabbix to work without agents?
2 Comments
JO
Zabbix does not require agents to use, you can setup templates to use SNMP data, however you'll gain more insight by using the appropriate agent on the...Read more
What is Zabbix used for?
2 Comments
Rohan P.
RP
Overall infrastructure monitoring with lots of additional features like alerting, prediction monitoring.Read more
What can you monitor with Zabbix?
1 Comment
LS
Every windows and linux device. You have to install an agent on all the devices you want to monitorRead more
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