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Attribute Ratings
- Datadog is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Usability, Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend

9.0
Datadog
90%
19 Ratings
8.4
SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
84%
12 Ratings
Usability

10.0
Datadog
100%
1 Rating
8.2
SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
82%
1 Rating
Support Rating

8.8
Datadog
88%
10 Ratings
8.2
SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
82%
1 Rating
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.

Verified User
Director in Research & Development
Financial Services Company, 1-10 employeesSolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
I have found the toolset especially useful for scanning subnets to discover devices, and for setting up temporary real-time monitors when we are troubleshooting or setting up new connections. The most useful aspect has been the ability to apply the tools to help troubleshoot and pinpoint intermittent issues. More general tools like Orion often do not have the granularity to detect issues like intermittent packet loss which are especially impactful to applications like Voice. The toolset gives us another level of capability to dig into issues.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Medical Device Company, 10,001+ employeesPros
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
ServiceNow Lead Engineer/Architect
WayfairInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
- Various monitoring
- Stores history
- Suggests indices
- Helps to find the SQL query text
- Helps to see what machines/users the bad queries are coming from
- Shows current blocking session

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Telecommunications Company, 5001-10,000 employeesCons
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.
Software Architect
SpringAheadInternet, 51-200 employees
SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
- Its one of the more expensive solutions
- Quite difficult to understand as a beginner
- Name has been tarnished due to the password leak
Technical Architect
Computerworld GroupInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees
Pricing Details
Datadog
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—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 |
- Per Host Per Month
- Per Million Log Events
- Per Host Per Month
SaaS Edition
Free | $01 |
---|---|
Standard | $15/host2 |
Enterprise | Custom3 |
- Up to 5 hosts
- Up to 500 hosts
- 500+ hosts
Additional Pricing Details
—SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$1,585 Per Instance
SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset Editions & Modules
Edition
One Time Price | $1,5851 |
---|
- Per Instance
Additional Pricing Details
—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.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 501-1000 employeesSolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset 8.2
Based on 1 answer
Very easy to use and intuitive. Just be careful with the WAN Killer...it does what it says.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Law Practice Company, 1001-5000 employeesSupport 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.

Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Consumer Goods Company, 51-200 employeesSolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset 8.2
Based on 1 answer
Our organization uses it regularly. It is reliable, and we keep finding new uses for it

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Law Practice Company, 1001-5000 employeesAlternatives 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.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 201-500 employeesSolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
I haven't compared any tools similar to SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset. This might be because I'm pretty biased when it comes to monitoring, and reporting solutions. I've found that SolarWinds provides the biggest bang for the buck in my opinion. I'm sure there are other solutions on the market that compete, but I haven't tried any of them because I've been very satisfied with SolarWinds.
Network System Administrator
CentralSquare TechnologiesInformation Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees
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
Systems Analyst, Engineering
Dreamworks AnimationEntertainment, 1001-5000 employees
SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
- Spend less time downloading free buggy tools
- All the tools in one spot, so you don't have to look around for tools
- Get to the solution sooner
Senior System Engineer
CASTOReal Estate, 201-500 employees