Datadog Customer Reviews 2025 | SoftwareReviews

Datadog

Composite Score

8.3 /10

CX Score

8.4 /10

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What is Datadog?

Datadog is a monitoring service for hybrid cloud applications, assisting organizations in improving agility, increasing efficiency, and providing end-to-end visibility across the application and organization. Datadog is the essential monitoring platform for cloud applications that brings together data from servers, containers, databases, and third-party services to make your stack entirely observable. These capabilities help DevOps teams avoid downtime, resolve performance issues, and ensure customers are getting the best user experience.

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Datadog Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

86 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

2
Since last award

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+85 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Datadog?

0% Negative

8% Neutral

92% Positive

Pros

Enables Productivity
Unique Features
Effective Service
Acts with Integrity

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Transaction Request Performance

Server Monitoring

Application Metric Reporting

Scalability

Error Reporting

Synthetic Monitoring (RUM)

Code Performance Monitoring

Application Logging

Enterprise Cloud Platform Support

Automated Diagnostics

Application Request Tracing

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

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Datadog Reviews

Sushmita S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Powerful tool for monitoring and observability

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Datadog from other similar products?

What sets Datadog apart is its incredible integration ecosystem and unified platform approach. Unlike competitors who often require multiple tools, Datadog brings logs, metrics, APM, and security monitoring under one roof. The real-time collaboration features and built-in correlation between different data types make troubleshooting much faster than with other solutions I've used.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect is definitely the dashboard creation experience. The flexibility to combine different data sources, create custom widgets, and share live dashboards with teammates is fantastic. I love how I can drag-and-drop elements, use template variables, and quickly clone dashboards to create new views. It's intuitive yet powerful.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The pricing model can be a pain point - it's not always transparent how costs will scale as your usage grows. We've had some surprise bills when certain metrics spiked. Also, the number of features and options can be overwhelming at first, making it tough for new team members to get up to speed without dedicated training.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you're considering Datadog, I'd recommend starting with a focused use case rather than trying to implement everything at once. Begin with infrastructure monitoring or APM, get comfortable with that, then expand.

Pros

Client Friendly Policies
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable

Aakansha R.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Trustworthy
Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2024

Software Engineer

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Datadog Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

2 Since last award

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+85 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Datadog?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Transaction Request Performance Tracking the performance of all web and other transactions within your system.

Server Monitoring Monitor usage and performance of all application dependencies like databases, servers, containers, web services, caching, etc.

Application Metric Reporting Tracking of both custom and basic application framework metrics.

Scalability Scalability refers to the transaction size per second / time taken to put a transaction in the block and the time taken to reach a consensus.

Error Reporting Tracking and automatic notification of alerts or errors within the system.

Synthetic Monitoring (RUM) Synthetic front-end monitoring simulates user interactions with online applications, including fully scripted transactions.

Code Performance Monitoring Tracking application performance at the code-base level.

Application Logging Capture and store transaction and application data for use in debugging and tracing.

Enterprise Cloud Platform Support Monitoring capabilities for cloud platforms such as Cloud Foundry, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Azure ServiceFabric.

Automated Diagnostics Automated diagnostics providing prebuilt workflows for problem detection, correlation of application behavior and performance, and determination of cause.

Application Request Tracing Detail key attributes of application requests and transactions.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

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Datadog Reviews

Sushmita S.

Powerful tool for monitoring and observability

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Aakansha R.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Software Engineer

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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