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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Dell Compellent (discontinued)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASince it's acquisition in 2011 Compellent became a Dell product line of storage solutions (e.g. Dell Compellent Storage Center). Compellent products became part of the Dell EMC SC Series of enterprise flash and SAN storage devices and are now EOL.N/A

    Datadog

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ADatadog is a monitoring service for IT, Dev and Ops teams who write and run applications at scale, and want to turn the massive amounts of data produced by their apps, tools and services into actionable insight.

    $18

    per month per host

    Pricing
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)Datadog
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Log Management
    $1.27
    per month (billed annually) per host
    Infrastructure
    $15.00
    per month (billed annually) per host
    Standard
    $18
    per month per host
    Enterprise
    $27
    per month per host
    DevSecOps Pro
    $27
    per month per host
    APM
    $31.00
    per month (billed annually) per host
    DevSecOps Enterprise
    $41
    per month per host
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)Datadog
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Discount available for annual pricing. Multi-Year/Volume discounts available (500+ hosts/mo).
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    Community Pulse
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)Datadog
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Datadog
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Would buy again
    50 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    41 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    52 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    32 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    36 Answers
    Features
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)Datadog
    Enterprise Flash Array Storage
    Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of Dell Compellent (discontinued) and Datadog
    Feature
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)
    8.3
    3 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Datadog
    -
    Ratings
    Flash Array Performance8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flash Array Integration8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Compression8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Non-Intrusive Upgrades8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Simplicity9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Power Savings9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring Tasks
    Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Dell Compellent (discontinued) and Datadog
    Feature
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Datadog
    7.9
    2 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Remote monitoring00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    Network device monitoring00 Ratings7.72 Ratings
    Multiple Server Monitoring00 Ratings7.72 Ratings
    Multi-device monitoring00 Ratings7.72 Ratings
    Automated alerts and notifications00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    Management Tasks
    Comparison of Management Tasks features of Dell Compellent (discontinued) and Datadog
    Feature
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Datadog
    6.1
    1 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Patch Management00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Service configuration management00 Ratings6.41 Ratings
    Software and hardware inventory00 Ratings5.51 Ratings
    Policy-based automation00 Ratings5.51 Ratings
    Reporting
    Comparison of Reporting features of Dell Compellent (discontinued) and Datadog
    Feature
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Datadog
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Performance data reports00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    Customizable reporting00 Ratings7.72 Ratings
    Data visualization00 Ratings8.62 Ratings
    Risk analysis00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Dell Compellent (discontinued) and Datadog
    Feature
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Datadog
    6.7
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Data backup and recovery00 Ratings6.41 Ratings
    Antivirus and malware management00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Administrator access control00 Ratings6.41 Ratings
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    Everpure FlashArray
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)Datadog
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.9
    (65 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.3
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (44 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Dell Compellent (discontinued)Datadog
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    All in all this series great in addressing issues applications that need flash storage as a backend storage supply. It addresses the need for fast, responsive servers that need to boot quickly. It is easy to use and for the most part there are few issues and none that can't be addressed/fixed quickly.
    Incentivized
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    Datadog
    Datadog may be better suited for teams that have a more out-of-the-box infrastructure, on the primary platforms Datadog supports. You may also have better results if you have a bigger team dedicated to devops and/or a bigger budget. We found that trying to adapt it to our use case (small team, .NET on AWS Fargate) wasn't feasible. We continually ran into roadblocks that required us to dig through documentation (and at times, having to figure out some documentation was wrong), go back and forth with support, and in my opinion, waste money on excessive and unintended usages due to opaque pricing models and inaccurate usage reports, as well as broken/non-functional rate sampling controls.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Dell Compellent support (Co-Pilot) and the add-on service (Optimize) are critical services that Dell Compellent does very well. Alerts from the array are sent to Co-Pilot where tickets are automatically generated and customers are notified of events. Of greater importance at times is the proactive support Co-Pilot and Optimize provide by contacting us of inefficiencies in the array and consulting on resolutions.
    • Enterprise Manager (Dell's "single pane of glass" management framework) is a useful tool for configuration/evaluation of the array and other Compellent products.
    • Ease of management. From firmware upgrades to managing server volumes the process is much simpler than with other arrays.
    Incentivized
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    Datadog
    • The thing which Datadog does really well, one of them are its broad range of services integrations and features which makes it one step observability solution for all. We can monitor all types of our application, infrastructure, hosts, databases etc with Datadog.
    • Its custom dashboard feature which helps us to visualize the data in a better way . It supports different types of charts through those charts we can create our dashboard more attractive.
    • Its AI powered alerting capability though that we can easily identify the root cause and also it has a low noise alerting capability which means it correlated the similar type of issues.
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • The GUI could be a little more updated with a lot more information regarding usage.
    • There could be some assistance with high I/O times where snapshots go to consolidate. There seems to be issues when that attempts to occur, and there will times where the virtual machine stuns due to the I/O intensity.
    • Modification of multiple volumes or the creation of multiple volumes is a pain in the DSM management console.
    Incentivized
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    Datadog
    • Alert windows cause lag in notifications (e.g. if the alert window is X errors in 1 hour, we won't get alerted until the end of the 1 hour range)
    • I would appreciate more supportive examples for how to filter and view metrics in the explorer
    • I would like a more clear interface for metrics that are missing in a time frame, rather than only showing tags/etc. for metrics that were collected within the currently viewed time frame
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Datadog
    Definitely will not revisit after our issues and, in my opinion, poor support.
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Datadog
    There are so many features that it can be hard to figure out where you need to go for your own use case. For example, RUM monitoring us buried in a "Digital Experience" sidebar setting when this is one of our key use cases that I sometimes struggle to find in the application. It appears that ECS + Fargate monitoring was recently released which is great because we had to build a lambda reporting solution for ephemeral task monitoring. But this new feature was never on my radar until I starting clicking around the application.
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    This is not solely based on the support engineers themselves but more so that the logging and gotcha's that their array has. There have been multiple times where logs are pulled, but the folder is not large enough, and it crashes the array. Other times there are certain aspects that support either does not know of or isn't knowledgable about how to look at particular issues that could be causing problems.
    Incentivized
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    Datadog
    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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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Datadog
    Documentation was difficult to work through, rollout was catastrophic (completely outage)
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    We selected Compellent solely based on price. Honestly I would rate it only slightly better than a QNAP we used (which was even cheaper). If performance and reliability are factors in your decision (and they should be) I would recommend looking at something like a VNXe.
    Incentivized
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    Datadog
    Our logs are very important, and Datadog manages them exceptionally well. We frequently use Datadog services for our investigations. Use case: Monitor your apps, infrastructure, APIs, and user experience.


    Key features:


    Logs, metrics, and APM (Application Performance Monitoring)


    Real-time alerting and dashboards


    Supports Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, and other integrations


    RUM (Real User Monitoring) and Synthetics





    ✅ Best for backend, server, and distributed systems monitoring.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • The SC9000 has been able to serve our current and futures needs well enough to not need to upgrade anytime soon.
    Incentivized
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    Datadog
    • Saved us (time & money) from developing our own monitoring utilities that would pale in comparison
    • Alerts allow us to remedy issues before our customers even know about them
    • Tracking resource usage over time allows us to better plan for future needs, before it becomes a pain-point.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Datadog Screenshots

    Screenshot of the out-of-the-box and customizable monitoring dashboards.Screenshot of Datadog's collaboration features, where users can discuss issues in-context with production data, annotate changes and notify their teams, see who responded to that alert before, and discover what was done to fix it.Screenshot of where Datadog unifies traces, metrics, and logs—the three pillars of observability.Screenshot of some of Datadog's 400+ built-in integrations.Screenshot of Datadog's Service Map, which decomposes an application into all its component services and draws the observed dependencies between these services in real timeScreenshot of centralized log data, pulled from any source.