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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

    ServiceNow AI Platform

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AThe ServiceNow AI Platform is the company's workflow automation solution, and it is the unified foundation for every ServiceNow product. It brings together AI, data, workflows, and security to execute work across IT, CRM, employee experience, risk and security, and app development.N/A
    Pricing
    DatadogServiceNow AI Platform
    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
    DatadogServiceNow AI Platform
    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
    DatadogServiceNow AI Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Datadog
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    ServiceNow
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    50 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    27 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    41 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    24 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    52 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    28 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    32 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    36 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    19 Answers
    Features
    DatadogServiceNow AI Platform
    Monitoring Tasks
    Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Datadog and ServiceNow AI Platform
    Feature
    Datadog
    7.9
    2 Ratings
    6% below category average
    ServiceNow AI Platform
    -
    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 ServiceNow AI Platform
    Feature
    Datadog
    6.1
    1 Ratings
    12% below category average
    ServiceNow AI Platform
    -
    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 ServiceNow AI Platform
    Feature
    Datadog
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    ServiceNow AI Platform
    -
    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 ServiceNow AI Platform
    Feature
    Datadog
    6.7
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    ServiceNow AI Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Data backup and recovery6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
    Antivirus and malware management7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Administrator access control6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    DatadogServiceNow AI Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (65 ratings)
    9.1
    (29 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.3
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (44 ratings)
    9.1
    (22 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (7 ratings)
    7.6
    (20 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (6 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.2
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DatadogServiceNow AI Platform
    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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    ServiceNow
    ITSM is straight forward creation of Incidents and Requests. It can get more confusing as you layer more modules on top of it with event management, risk, project, etc. It also becomes more costly as everything is a different license. Integration between other external applications is very easy to do with their API. You can easily create endpoints for external apps to talk to or create REST messages for the platform to reach out directly.
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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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    ServiceNow
    • The ServiceNow platform is very good at incident management.
    • ServiceNow as an ITSM system is very as it integrates with a lot of different systems.
    • The CMDB module of ServiceNow effectively makes relationships between configuration items and other infrastructure objects in ServiceNow.
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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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    ServiceNow
    • The ServiceNow performance speed has big room for improvement, as it is quite slow in loading Dashboards with more than 5-6 widgets. We are keeping our ServiceNow version up to date with latest releases.
    • Usually there are issues with having multiple ServiceNow tabs open in the browser and have different dashboards open in those tabs.
    • The way of showing a history log of all activities on Incident ticket is not optimal and easy to use or search in and have very old design.
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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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    ServiceNow
    While we are very likely to renew, we are also assessing if we should renew all of what we currently subscribe to as we try to reduce costs. Some parts of the business feel there may be a better tool out there to fit their process requirements. We are currently working with them to identify what those requirements are to see if it makes sense while also pointing out a reduced cost of tooling is not always the best fit if we have an increased cost of customization and maintenance between tools.
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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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    ServiceNow
    It provides a lot of modification options which is wonderful for certain team usage but becomes too much of a job when it comes to the Service Desk. Also on the app support side, since too much information can be carried, it affects the GUI and makes it complex.
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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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    ServiceNow
    I was not in the team that take care of the installation of ServiceNow but their feedback was very positive. Go live was done by the planned date and their support at the beginning provided always a timely response. Their customer service is friendly and easy to reach. Today we don't use their customer service anymore because we have an internal IT dedicated to maintaining the system.
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    Implementation Rating
    Datadog
    Documentation was difficult to work through, rollout was catastrophic (completely outage)
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    ServiceNow
    We went through a re-implementation last year with a partner and were very pleased with the outcome. We looked at several partners and chose one that was able to provide an entire scope and cost upfront of what would be required to complete our requirements. We worked very closely with the dedicated team assigned to our project throughout the process and they fully delivered on all of our requirements that we presented in the initial scope.
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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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    ServiceNow
    I've used Freshservice which is very similar to ServiceNow. I can definitely say ServiceNow performs better in a larger environment. Freshservice is usually used in smaller organization or less complx environment. Plus the ServiceNow reporting and dashboard features are more accurate than Freshservice. ServiceNow is a bit costly but gives way more features that really helps my organization.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Datadog
    No answers on this topic
    ServiceNow
    1. It is not great when they can't seperate apps/products from a particular sku, forcing you to make a business case for a larger portion of functionlity than your current business case seeks to address. 2. ServiceNow reps are able to work with you when economies of scale are projected out. They are willing to start at a desired tier and provide pricing at applicable upgraded tiers
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    Professional Services
    Datadog
    No answers on this topic
    ServiceNow
    Very easy to use. Capture more data from the Incident and problem management. Easier to escalate and following the change management process to resole the issues.
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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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    ServiceNow
    • Fast implementation of our Sales & Operation/Projects controls and process - tool adapted to our needs, not us to adapt to the tool.
    • Once we are a consulting/implementation company, our customers are happy to see that we use what we sell, and it is easy to show them how this platform/tool can have an impact on our own business.
    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.