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Datadog
Datadog
(690)
4.4 out of 5
Datadog
By Datadog
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UptimeRobot
UptimeRobot
(264)
4.7 out of 5
UptimeRobot
By Uptime Robot
At a Glance
Datadog
Datadog
Star Rating
(690)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (47.3% of reviews)
Information
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Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
Free Trial is available
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UptimeRobot
UptimeRobot
Star Rating
(264)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (72.6% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Browse all 4 pricing plans
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
  • G2 reviewers report that Datadog excels in providing a comprehensive view of infrastructure and application performance, with users appreciating its ability to integrate logs and security signals in one platform. This holistic approach allows teams to quickly move from detection to action, enhancing operational efficiency.
  • Users say that UptimeRobot stands out for its simplicity and reliability, particularly in website monitoring. Many reviewers highlight how easy it is to set up and receive notifications, which helps them address issues promptly and maintain website uptime effectively.
  • Reviewers mention that Datadog's user interface is intuitive, making it easier to gain insights from data. Users have noted that the setup process for Datadog agents is straightforward, allowing teams to get started quickly with minimal hassle.
  • According to verified reviews, UptimeRobot's dashboard is praised for being user-friendly and easy to understand. This simplicity is a significant advantage for small businesses that may not have extensive technical resources, allowing them to monitor their services without a steep learning curve.
  • G2 reviewers highlight that while Datadog has a robust feature set, some users feel it may be more complex than necessary for smaller operations. This complexity can lead to a steeper learning curve compared to UptimeRobot, which is often described as straightforward and efficient.
  • Users report that both products offer strong alerting capabilities, but UptimeRobot edges out with higher satisfaction in this area. Reviewers appreciate UptimeRobot's timely notifications, which they find crucial for quickly addressing any service disruptions.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Datadog
Free
$0
Per host, per month
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UptimeRobot
Free Plan
$0.00
Browse all 4 pricing plans
Free Trial
Datadog
Free Trial is available
UptimeRobot
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
513
9.3
206
Ease of Use
8.2
614
9.5
222
Ease of Setup
8.3
380
9.5
178
Ease of Admin
8.3
231
9.5
144
Quality of Support
8.3
457
9.3
131
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
218
9.5
125
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
498
9.1
205
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
7.8
168
Functionality
8.7
55
9.1
153
9.3
71
9.5
166
9.1
63
9.5
160
8.8
57
9.0
151
8.9
57
9.0
145
9.0
50
8.2
134
Agentic AI - Website Monitoring
7.3
5
7.2
13
7.3
5
6.5
12
8.3
5
7.9
12
7.3
5
6.5
12
7.3
5
6.3
10
7.3
5
6.4
11
7.3
5
6.8
11
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
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
Network MonitoringHide 27 FeaturesShow 27 Features
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
143
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.9
120
Not enough data
8.6
116
Not enough data
8.8
110
Not enough data
8.8
130
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
114
Not enough data
8.5
96
Not enough data
8.3
93
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
Analysis
8.5
112
Not enough data
8.9
121
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
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
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
Not enough data
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
Enterprise MonitoringHide 15 FeaturesShow 15 Features
8.3
59
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
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
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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
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.6
113
Not enough data
8.9
106
Not enough data
8.9
118
Not enough data
7.3
99
Not enough data
8.4
105
Not enough data
Response
8.9
123
Not enough data
8.8
110
Not enough data
8.0
107
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
106
Not enough data
8.1
96
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
112
Not enough data
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
UptimeRobot
UptimeRobot
Datadog and UptimeRobot are categorized as Website Monitoring
Unique Categories
Datadog
UptimeRobot
UptimeRobot has no unique categories
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%
UptimeRobot
UptimeRobot
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
72.6%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
20.6%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
6.7%
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%
UptimeRobot
UptimeRobot
Information Technology and Services
19.0%
Computer Software
11.5%
Marketing and Advertising
7.5%
Non-Profit Organization Management
6.0%
Computer & Network Security
5.2%
Other
50.8%
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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
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UptimeRobot
UptimeRobot Discussions
Where is UptimeRobot located?
1 Comment
Clinton F.
CF
I don't know. But according to their website: "We verify incidents from various geo-locations to prevent false-positives."Read more
Is there a limit of the number of sites to be monitored?
1 Comment
Julian L.
JL
Right now it looks like UptimeRobot lets you monitor 50 sites for free at 5-minute intervals. If you want shorter monitoring intervals (1 minute), that's a...Read more
What are the benefits and drawbacks of using UptimeRobot for website uptime monitoring?
1 Comment
Pedro P.
PP
I'm currently using UptimeRobot (free tier) to monitor 7 pages and REST API services. In this context, the benefits are free monitoring and timely email...Read more
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