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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

    SymphonyAI Apex Aspen

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/ASymphonyAI Apex Aspen is an AI-native platform that unifies IT Service Management (ITSM) and IT Asset Management (ITAM) on a single intelligence layer. Designed for growth-oriented enterprises, the platform leverages Generative AI and Predictive AI to automate service delivery, deflect routine support requests, and optimize the management of IT hardware and software assets throughout their lifecycle.N/A
    Pricing
    DatadogSymphonyAI Apex Aspen
    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
    DatadogSymphonyAI Apex Aspen
    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
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    50 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    41 Answers
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    52 Answers
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    32 Answers
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    36 Answers
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    Features
    DatadogSymphonyAI Apex Aspen
    Monitoring Tasks
    Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Datadog and SymphonyAI Apex Aspen
    Feature
    Datadog
    7.9
    2 Ratings
    6% below category average
    SymphonyAI Apex Aspen
    -
    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 SymphonyAI Apex Aspen
    Feature
    Datadog
    6.1
    1 Ratings
    12% below category average
    SymphonyAI Apex Aspen
    -
    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 SymphonyAI Apex Aspen
    Feature
    Datadog
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    SymphonyAI Apex Aspen
    -
    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 SymphonyAI Apex Aspen
    Feature
    Datadog
    6.7
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    SymphonyAI Apex Aspen
    -
    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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    User Ratings
    DatadogSymphonyAI Apex Aspen
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (65 ratings)
    8.9
    (20 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.3
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (44 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DatadogSymphonyAI Apex Aspen
    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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    SymphonyAI
    It is best for handling daily incidents and change records in the organization. And also provide features like which incident will have higher priority, and which have less and on the basis of that developer do their daily activities to resolve them. It also helps in managing our compliance change logs, which help the compliance team.
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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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    SymphonyAI
    • The Design Studio is an easy solution for L3 support professionals to improve existing workflows without technical support quickly.
    • The process and UI are more seamless, robust, and attractive than existing solutions.
    • The copilot AI addition has removed a lot of repetitive tasks and improved UX.
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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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    SymphonyAI
    • Business Rule Designer - Since it has many automation we are unable to use it properly, because of BRD related jobs not getting executed
    • Creation of sub tenant under tenant
    • 5 why analysis method in the problem management can be designed more efficiently rather than its designed now
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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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    SymphonyAI
    The overall satisfaction is great and it offers great features. By expanding to using AI feature of Symphony Summit, we look forward to automate even ticket tracking and ticket resolution. The support provided by the symphony SummitAI team is also robust compared to industry standards and the team also conducts regular reviews to find out any dissatisfaction from the clients.
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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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    SymphonyAI
    No answers on this topic
    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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    SymphonyAI
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Datadog
    Documentation was difficult to work through, rollout was catastrophic (completely outage)
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    SymphonyAI
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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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    SymphonyAI
    The main reason for choosing Symphony Summit is the customization. We wanted to have a separate tool for our business unit. Compared to ServiceNow, which requires a license to approve a request, Symphony does not require a license. In addition, it is much easier to customize and scale.
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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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    SymphonyAI
    • When rolled out in its entirety, SymphonyAI is expected to directly reduce the CTC of technical user support by 40%.
    • SymphonyAI has dramatically improved user experience, helping NPS levels cross over 60%.
    • It has been instrumental in deploying workflows to production by more than 50%.
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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.

    SymphonyAI Apex Aspen Screenshots

    Screenshot of an example of the AI-powered IT and enterprise service workflows available on the platform.Screenshot of the service portal, designed to make it easy for end users to get all their service issues addressed. By consolidating the user’s service needs into one place, users can find what they need quickly and easily.Screenshot of employee self-service, where employees can get answers and help. This helps to reduce call deflection and improve service experience.Screenshot of digitized work processes.Screenshot of the administration interface to launch new services. These can be rolled out with a few drag and drops using the Design Studio that includes 50 built-in modern controls to build forms, workflows, business rules and SLAs of any complexity.Screenshot of the 24/7 Omnichannel service desk experience. This delivers always on, natural language service experience to users with the AI-powered SymphonyAI Digital Agent. The agent features auto-resolve capabilities, multichannel support, and advanced natural language understanding.