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Datadog vs Observium

Datadog
150 Ratings
Observium
11 Ratings

Datadog

150 Ratings
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Score 8.3 out of 100

Based on 150 reviews and ratings

Observium

11 Ratings
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Score 5 out of 100

Based on 11 reviews and ratings

Attribute Ratings

  • Datadog is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Support Rating

Likelihood to Recommend

9.0

Datadog

90%
19 Ratings
2.1

Observium

21%
3 Ratings

Usability

10.0

Datadog

100%
1 Rating

Observium

N/A
0 Ratings

Support Rating

8.8

Datadog

88%
10 Ratings
5.0

Observium

50%
2 Ratings

Likelihood to Recommend

Datadog

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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Observium

  • If you are on a budget, this is one heck of a tool for the price (including the ~$200/year for the Pro subscription).
  • If you are OK with maintaining and updating open source tools, this is a great tool.
  • If you are afraid of the Linux command line or live in a Windows-centric world, this might not be the tool for you.
  • If you can't stand things occasionally not working, this is probably not a good fit.

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Derek Dolan | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Pros

Datadog

  • 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 | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Observium

  • SNMP monitoring
  • Easy to set up initially
  • Alerting

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Cons

Datadog

  • 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 | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Observium

  • The UI is pretty robust and succinct. It might be beneficial to have favorites for complex network schemas.
  • Historical searching based on X time frame.
  • More customized dashboards.

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Pricing Details

Datadog

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
  1. Per Host Per Month
  2. Per Million Log Events
  3. Per Host Per Month
SaaS Edition
Free$01
Standard$15/host2
EnterpriseCustom3
  1. Up to 5 hosts
  2. Up to 500 hosts
  3. 500+ hosts
Additional Pricing Details
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Observium

General

Free Trial
—
Free/Freemium Version
—
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—
Entry-level set up fee?
—

Starting Price

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Observium Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details
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Usability

Datadog

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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Observium

No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic

Support Rating

Datadog

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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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Observium

Observium 5.0
Based on 2 answers
It's open source. Your mileage may vary. Sometimes the provided documentation is beyond frustrating, other times it's right on the mark.

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Derek Dolan | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Alternatives Considered

Datadog

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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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Observium

SolarWinds does when Observium can do but for a much larger price tag. That is what the decision came down to.

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Return on Investment

Datadog

  • 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 | TrustRadius Reviewer
Rajeshh Raghavan
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Observium

  • Observium is enterprise-level network monitoring without the cost involved.

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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