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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    GTmetrix

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AGtmetrix is an analytics tool focused on determining website performance with features like page load speed details, video capture, and the ability to test from multiple regions around the world.

    $10.67

    per month

    Pricing
    DatadogGTmetrix
    Editions & Modules
    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
    Solo
    $10.67
    per month
    Starter
    $21.25
    per month
    Growth
    $42.50
    per month
    Basic
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DatadogGTmetrix
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing. Multi-Year/Volume discounts available (500+ hosts/mo).—
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    Features
    DatadogGTmetrix
    Monitoring Tasks
    Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Datadog and GTmetrix
    Feature
    Datadog
    7.9
    2 Ratings
    6% below category average
    GTmetrix
    -
    Ratings
    Remote monitoring8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network device monitoring7.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Server Monitoring7.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-device monitoring7.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated alerts and notifications8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Tasks
    Comparison of Management Tasks features of Datadog and GTmetrix
    Feature
    Datadog
    6.1
    1 Ratings
    12% below category average
    GTmetrix
    -
    Ratings
    Patch Management7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service configuration management6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
    Software and hardware inventory5.51 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy-based automation5.51 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting
    Comparison of Reporting features of Datadog and GTmetrix
    Feature
    Datadog
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    GTmetrix
    -
    Ratings
    Performance data reports8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reporting7.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data visualization8.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Risk analysis8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Datadog and GTmetrix
    Feature
    Datadog
    6.7
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    GTmetrix
    -
    Ratings
    Data backup and recovery6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
    Antivirus and malware management7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Administrator access control6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
    Testing and Experimentation
    Comparison of Testing and Experimentation features of Datadog and GTmetrix
    Feature
    Datadog
    -
    Ratings
    GTmetrix
    9.4
    5 Ratings
    11% above category average
    a/b experiment testing00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Split URL testing00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Multivariate testing00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Multi-page/funnel testing00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Cross-browser testing00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Mobile app testing00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Test significance00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Visual / WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Advanced code editor00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Page surveys00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Visitor recordings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Preview mode00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Test duration calculator00 Ratings7.53 Ratings
    Experiment scheduler00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Experiment workflow and approval00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Dynamic experiment activation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Client-side tests00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Server-side tests00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Mutually exclusive tests00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Audience Segmentation & Targeting
    Comparison of Audience Segmentation & Targeting features of Datadog and GTmetrix
    Feature
    Datadog
    -
    Ratings
    GTmetrix
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Standard visitor segmentation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Behavioral visitor segmentation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Traffic allocation control00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Website personalization00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Results and Analysis
    Comparison of Results and Analysis features of Datadog and GTmetrix
    Feature
    Datadog
    -
    Ratings
    GTmetrix
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Heatmap tool00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Click analytics00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Scroll maps00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Form fill analysis00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Conversion tracking00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Goal tracking00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Test reporting00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Results segmentation00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    CSV export00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Experiments results dashboard00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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    DatadogGTmetrix
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    Amazon CloudWatch
    Score7.8 out of 10
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    Score6.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LogicMonitor
    Score8.9 out of 10
    AB Tasty
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    ManageEngine Site24x7
    Score10 out of 10
    Google Content Experiments (discontinued)
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    DatadogGTmetrix
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (65 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (44 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (7 ratings)
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DatadogGTmetrix
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    group.one
    GTmetrix is very well suited for small organizations or startups that do not have sufficient technical staff for site optimization. GTmetrix also comes with the free version, which allows users to use their service for free for up to three websites, which is a good option. However, this might not be the best option for a large organization that works in different technical domains and have a good number of technical staff.
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    Pros
    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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    • Really complete report of performance issues.
    • Get reports from PageSpeed and YSlow at same time.
    • Gives a score from each separate tool, also displays loading time, page size and total requests very easily.
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    Cons
    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
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    • Deeper knowledge of page elements and their importance
    • Knowing which areas will have great impact beyond time of load speeds
    • Should drop any elements that do not reach a certain level of impact - to save distraction and get important issues dealt with
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Datadog
    Definitely will not revisit after our issues and, in my opinion, poor support.
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    Usability
    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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    group.one
    It's easy to use fast, data is easy to read and take aways are great too.
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    Support Rating
    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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    group.one
    I have never had the need to use GTmetrix support. Therefore, there is really no way for me to give a grade here. However, if you are on a paid plan my guess and it is a guess, is that their support is as good as the tool is. There are a lot more features in the paid plans, reporting. monitoring etc. I could see where support could come into play as these features are added to the account
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    Implementation Rating
    Datadog
    Documentation was difficult to work through, rollout was catastrophic (completely outage)
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    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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.
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    group.one
    Given we are doing the work to improve in Google to a large degree - the Google product is essential. But GTMetrix may use their info as well as other independent stuff to be a little better. I appreciate the way GTMetrix provides the info - cleaner and clearer and thus quicker to address.
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    Return on Investment
    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.
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    group.one
    • It made my sites more stable.
    • I can fix my issues easily.
    • My site visitors increased with the help of this software.
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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.