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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

    ibi WebFOCUS

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AThe ibi™ WebFOCUS® product is an enterprise business intelligence and analytics solution equipped with data management, visual discovery, predictive analytics, and visualizations. Combining these capabilities and data science in one unified containerized platform, the WebFOCUS® solution can be used to make data-driven decisions across the enterprise and provide reports, dashboards, and customer-facing applications at scale.N/A
    Pricing
    Datadogibi WebFOCUS
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Datadogibi WebFOCUS
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    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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    Community Pulse
    Datadogibi WebFOCUS
    Considered Both Products
    Datadog
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    50 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    41 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    52 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    32 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    36 Answers
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    Features
    Datadogibi WebFOCUS
    Monitoring Tasks
    Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Datadog and ibi WebFOCUS
    Feature
    Datadog
    7.9
    2 Ratings
    6% below category average
    ibi WebFOCUS
    -
    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 ibi WebFOCUS
    Feature
    Datadog
    6.1
    1 Ratings
    12% below category average
    ibi WebFOCUS
    -
    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 ibi WebFOCUS
    Feature
    Datadog
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    ibi WebFOCUS
    -
    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 ibi WebFOCUS
    Feature
    Datadog
    6.7
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    ibi WebFOCUS
    -
    Ratings
    Data backup and recovery6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
    Antivirus and malware management7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Administrator access control6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Datadog and ibi WebFOCUS
    Feature
    Datadog
    -
    Ratings
    ibi WebFOCUS
    7.7
    11 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Datadog and ibi WebFOCUS
    Feature
    Datadog
    -
    Ratings
    ibi WebFOCUS
    9.3
    13 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Datadog and ibi WebFOCUS
    Feature
    Datadog
    -
    Ratings
    ibi WebFOCUS
    8.2
    11 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings6.010 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Datadog and ibi WebFOCUS
    Feature
    Datadog
    -
    Ratings
    ibi WebFOCUS
    6.3
    10 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings6.08 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings6.07 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Datadog and ibi WebFOCUS
    Feature
    Datadog
    -
    Ratings
    ibi WebFOCUS
    9.0
    11 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Datadog and ibi WebFOCUS
    Feature
    Datadog
    -
    Ratings
    ibi WebFOCUS
    5.9
    11 Ratings
    27% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings3.32 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Datadog and ibi WebFOCUS
    Feature
    Datadog
    -
    Ratings
    ibi WebFOCUS
    8.6
    3 Ratings
    10% above category average
    REST API00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Datadogibi WebFOCUS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (65 ratings)
    7.0
    (16 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.3
    (2 ratings)
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (44 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (7 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (12 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (12 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Datadogibi WebFOCUS
    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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    Cloud Software Group
    I would less recommend it because it looks like IBI is receding a bit from the European market. I would not be certain for future support. Knowledge in the market in western Europe is limited Functional wise the application suits almost all situations. I would for sure recommend it purely based on its capabilities
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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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    Cloud Software Group
    • One thing that has always been good at WebFOCUS is how they interact with the customer on items. They take suggestions and implement them. In addition technical support is timely and very detailed.
    • I think they keep up with and lead in implementing new technologies in the BI space. One case of this are the ability for user to create their own easy dashboard using the green plus buttons. Also the ability to link d3 into and have the ability to implement new types of graphs is nice.
    • I have been to a spoke at one of their user conferences and they are worth going to. In addition to all of the great seminars the interaction you get with vendors and other users is key in the growth of your knowledge. I've learned so much for my time at these conferences.
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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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    Cloud Software Group
    • The newest versions of WebFOCUS have an unnecessarily complicated security layout that makes configuration difficult to accomplish without bringing in the vendor for installs.
    • This software tries to cover too many bases allowing you to switch from writing code manually to creating reports using only GUI tools. This sometimes complicates screens and functionality where the two methods don't always work well together. -though its nice to have the choice.
    • The sales force is not as top notch as many software companies
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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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    Cloud Software Group
    This software is deeply engrained with my organization and has become a tool that would not easily be replaced without spending more money and resources to get the same results. License cost is comparable to other report writing tools and the capabilities are greater than the competition without having to buy multiple apps to do the same thing.
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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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    Cloud Software Group
    Best BI tool/product I have used. The others don't compare overall. Some can look fancier, but when you actually use them with large data and data from numerous systems/sources that is where most of the competition falls away. I also don't like downtime. I have basically none for a large user base with WebFocus. Even SAP Crystal Reports went down for 4 days once - 4 days because the admin password got locked out due to a glitch and we had zero reports for 4 days. WebFocus has never had more than a few minutes of downtime. It's like a tank that just keeps rolling. There is no other choice for reliable BI.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Datadog
    No answers on this topic
    Cloud Software Group
    Tracking availability formally for almost two years and we are at 99.8%
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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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    Cloud Software Group
    They have extremely knowledgeable techs that I have worked with over the years. Some have actually become really good friends of mine. I see them often at local user groups and when we show them how we are using their tools to save millions of dollars throughout the company
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    Online Training
    Datadog
    No answers on this topic
    Cloud Software Group
    It's hit and miss, the last class was overcrowded and people were having trouble connecting which took up much of the time. Instructors vary
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    Implementation Rating
    Datadog
    Documentation was difficult to work through, rollout was catastrophic (completely outage)
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    Cloud Software Group
    Plan ahead on what data will be accessible and the type of security required on the database and if you will want to use security that is built into the software. It is worth consulting with the vendor on what your plan is and how they recommend you proceed in order to get results you are happy with.
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    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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    Cloud Software Group
    Webfocus handles the side of our business that is involved with our catalogs. Our catalogs is a huge revenue driver for us and this tool has been extremely useful with planning feature catalogs. Tableau is used more for marketing and merchandising purchases since we can filter data based on website sales.
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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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    Cloud Software Group
    • We are not yet a success story. Though we've been implementing WebFOCUS for over a year, we have very few products in our Production portal. Of course, this is not all the responsibility of Information Builders, but we were ill-advised by our 'training coordinator' in our training of staff and coming up to speed with the tools has been very slow.
    • Once skilled analysts and professional IT staff achieve a grasp of the products, they are able to very quickly create polished and well-received products.
    • The DW/BI project has helped us to establish standards and protocols of communication that will allow us to more quickly meet knowledge transfer requirements
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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.