Azure Monitor vs Datadog

Likelihood to Recommend

We were able to get a single pane of glass for all our monitoring needs on Azure Monitor. However, we would like to see it improve to auto scale out and scale in depending on the load without human intervention. This can help us get to the No Ops model and rely on automated processes rather than manual intervention.

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Verified User

Director in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employees

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Datadog is a no-brainer for any environment that relies on multiple servers. Even for one server, it's so much better to use for monitoring and alert capability than anything else I remember looking at before we started using Datadog. Teams can even use it to track their progress of investigating an alert so multiple people aren't unknowingly looking into the same exact issue unnecessarily.

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Director in Research & Development

Financial Services Company, 1-10 employees

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Pros

It supports all the Azure PAAS services.
Can monitor both infrastructure and application

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Director in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employees

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APIs, the ability to interact with the data we pull into data dog is key. We port the information over to Servicenow, so the ability to pull everything into DataDog, then Servicenow, is a key component of our success here at Wayfair.
Simple Interface - clean, useful, effective. Allows users to use DataDog for one reason, get work done.
Lightweight agent on hosts

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Anthony Zappala

ServiceNow Lead Engineer/Architect

WayfairInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

Custom metrics
Ease of use

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Professional in Corporate

Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 11-50 employees

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User interface could be improved in some areas, looking for host information and the agent install link takes a bit of time.
Configuration of the agent is generally done via a config file which is a pro and a con. It would be nice to have some UI to configure various agent options.
Billing isn't entirely straightforward, they could use more reports to figure out the source of your monthly costs.

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Kevin Van Heusen

Software Architect

SpringAheadInternet, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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Azure Monitor Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

Starting Price

$0 Up to 5 hosts

Datadog Editions & Modules

On-premise Edition

Infrastructure	$15.00¹
Log Management	$1.27²
APM	$31.00³

Per Host Per Month
Per Million Log Events
Per Host Per Month

SaaS Edition

Free	$0¹
Standard	$15/host²
Enterprise	Custom³

Up to 5 hosts
Up to 500 hosts
500+ hosts

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Usability

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Datadog 10.0

Based on 1 answer

The user interface is quite intuitive with the exception of the network map. As a deployer of software, it is trivial to setup.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 501-1000 employees

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Support Rating

Azure Monitor 6.7

Based on 4 answers

I have not had to work with Azure Monitor support, so it is difficult to say how well the support team is. I assume that Azure has a well-versed team on the customer service side to assist with any issues customers may have. I may need them in the feature.

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Professional in Corporate

Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 11-50 employees

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Datadog 8.8

Based on 10 answers

The support team usually gets it right. We did have a rather complicate issue setting up monitoring on a domain controller. However, they are usually responsive and helpful over chat. The downside would be I don’t think they have any phone support. If that is important to you this might not be a good fit.

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Director in Information Technology

Consumer Goods Company, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

While other tools have their own unique capability, Azure Monitor helps us monitor essential PAAS services that are not supported by other tools. So even though we have one other APM tool, we still rely on Azure Monitor for some of the special PAAS services, this is a huge advantage.

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Verified User

Director in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employees

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We are still trying other products, but people still like Datadog. After setting up a dashboard, it's great for monitoring instances on Datadog. Also, the DevOps team had a good time setting up Datadog. It means Datadog was way easier to set up compared to those others.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

We are able to react quickly to the issues.
Debugging sessions are yielding quicker results to generate RCA.

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Verified User

Director in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employees

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One of our critical production databases went down a couple of weeks back. Just because we had the Datadog monitoring enabled for that database, Datadog sent the alerts to PagerDuty and we were instantly notified via pager and email alert. We could act right away and bring up the database within a few mins.
Ability to create custom screenboards have allowed us to track the critical and warning alerts in front of our eyes all the time

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Rajeshh Raghavan

Systems Analyst, Engineering

Dreamworks AnimationEntertainment, 1001-5000 employees

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Azure Monitor vs Datadog

Azure Monitor

Datadog

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Likelihood to Recommend

Azure Monitor

Datadog

Usability

Azure Monitor

Datadog

Support Rating

Azure Monitor

Datadog

Pros

Cons

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

Azure Monitor Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

Datadog Editions & Modules

On-premise Edition

SaaS Edition

Additional Pricing Details

Usability

Support Rating

Alternatives Considered

Return on Investment

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