Automated alerts and notifications
System generates alerts and notifications to provide timely intervention if required
Cat avg: 8.9
Top Performing Features
Risk analysis
Indicators of risk factors that need to be addressed
Cat avg: 7.9
Data visualization
Ability to produce visualizations to simplify understanding of data
Cat avg: 8.8
Remote monitoring
Monitoring of network operational activities through the use of remote devices known as monitors or probes
Cat avg: 8.7
Worst Performing Features
Software and hardware inventory
Management of the physical and software from acquisition through disposal.
Cat avg: 6.8
Service configuration management
Service configuration management looks at all stages of the service lifecycle in order to provide information about an organization’s performance
Cat avg: 7.9
Data backup and recovery
Backup and recovery of lost data
Cat avg: 8.2
Datadog Features from Reviews
Monitoring Tasks
Various types of monitoring
8.3+1%
Remote monitoring
Monitoring of network operational activities through the use of remote devices known as monitors or probes
Category average: 8.7
Network device monitoring
Monitor the real-time performance and health of devices on your network
Category average: 7.2
Multiple Server Monitoring
Server Monitoring is a process to monitor server's system resources like CPU Usage, Memory Consumption, I/O etc.
Category average: 8.7
Multi-device monitoring
Network device monitoring in real time for any devices on your network
Category average: 7.5
Automated alerts and notifications
System generates alerts and notifications to provide timely intervention if required
Category average: 8.9
Management Tasks
Various tasks required to keep systems running smoothly
6.5-9%
Patch Management
Patch management involves acquiring, testing, and installing multiple patches (code changes) to an administered computer system.
Category average: 6.7
Service configuration management
Service configuration management looks at all stages of the service lifecycle in order to provide information about an organization’s performance
Category average: 7.9
Software and hardware inventory
Management of the physical and software from acquisition through disposal.
Category average: 6.8
Policy-based automation
Policy-based management is an administrative approach used to simplify the system management by drafting rules to deal with common situations
Category average: 6.9
Reporting
Report generation to help with system monitoring tasks
8.4+4%
Performance data reports
Standardized reports containing system monitoring data and metrics
Category average: 8
Customizable reporting
Administrators can use reporting engine to build custom reports
Category average: 7.6
Data visualization
Ability to produce visualizations to simplify understanding of data
Category average: 8.8
Risk analysis
Indicators of risk factors that need to be addressed
Category average: 7.9
Security
Management of security aspects of system monitoring
7.2-2%
Data backup and recovery
Backup and recovery of lost data
Category average: 8.2
Antivirus and malware management
Detection of security risks like malware and viruses
Category average: 6.9
Administrator access control
Management and restriction of user access to specific system assets
Category average: 7.3
Datadog Features from the Vendor
Additional Features
Vendor-contributedDatadog's APM traces requests from end to end across distributed systems
Logs from all services, applications, and platforms can be explored and analyzed
Proactively monitor critical user journeys and visualize user experience data in one place
Frontend performance can be correlated with business impact using user experience metrics
Real-time interactive dashboards can be built to monitor metrics, traces, and logs
Visualized traffic flow in cloud-native environments
Monitoring of ephemeral systems without fatigue using machine learning-based alerts
Detects threats in real-time across applications, network, and infrastructure with Security Monitoring
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