--- description: Discover the benefits and disadvantages of Datadog. Learn the software price, see the description, and read the most helpful reviews for UK business users. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Datadog Pricing, Cost & Reviews - Capterra UK 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Website Monitoring Software](/directory/10021/website-monitoring/software) > [Datadog](/software/135453/datadog-cloud-monitoring) # Datadog Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/135453/datadog-cloud-monitoring Page: 1 / 16\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/135453/datadog-cloud-monitoring?page=2) > Cloud-based observability platform unifying infrastructure monitoring, APM, log management, user experience monitoring, and cloud. > > Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 369 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Datadog? Businesses of all sizes across technology, financial services, healthcare, e-commerce, media, telecommunications, pharma, automotive, and public sector industries. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 369 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Datadog - **Founded**: 2010 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$15.00 - **Pricing model**: Other (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Starts at $15 per host per month. Pay-as-you-go or subscription terms available. Service includes unlimited integrations per monitored host. 14-day free trial included in all plans. All plans include custom metrics and events. Pro plans include 13 months data retention, metric alerts, and email support. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish - **Available Countries**: Australia, Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - Alerts/Escalation - Alerts/Notifications - Asset Tracking - Availability Testing - Capacity Management - Collaboration Tools - Continuous Deployment - Continuous Integration - Dashboard - Data Aggregation - Data Collection - Data Migration - Data Storage Management - Device Auto Discovery - Diagnostic Tools - Event Logs - Graphical User Interface - High Volume Processing - Historical Trend Analysis - IT Monitoring - Incident Management - Incident Reporting - KPI Monitoring - Log Analysis - Log Collection - Network Analysis - Network Monitoring - Network Provisioning - Performance Management - Performance Metrics - Performance Monitoring - Policy Management - Query Analysis - Real-Time Analytics - Real-Time Data - Real-Time Monitoring - Reporting & Statistics - Reporting/Analytics - Server Logs - Status Tracking - Third-Party Integrations - Threat Intelligence - Threat Response - Troubleshooting - Uptime Reporting - Visual Analytics - Vulnerability Scanning - Web-Application Security - Website Analytics - Workflow Management ... and 48 more features ## Integrations (31 total) - AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) - AWS Lambda - Amazon EC2 - Amazon EKS - Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) - Azure Databricks - Azure Portal - Bitbucket - Claude - Codex - Cursor - Elsevier Pure - Google Cloud Console - Google Cloud Storage - Jam.dev ... and 16 more integrations ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Website Monitoring Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/10021/website-monitoring/software) ## Related Categories - [Website Monitoring Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/10021/website-monitoring/software) - [Network Monitoring Tools](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/30019/network-monitoring/software) - [Application Performance Management Tools](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/30208/application-performance-management-software/software) - [Server Monitoring Tools](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/32713/server-monitoring/software) - [IoT Analytics Platform](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/32938/iot-analytics/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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We get the required support needed from the datadog team. > > **Cons**: Im not sure about datadog ability to immediately update response report when i switch online from offline time, except incases where i have to relog in. I understand this helps with data security. > > Overall, datadog has been a high level security structure for our entire system. Fixing bugs could help greatly. ----- ### "Powerful and Comprehensive Monitoring Platform" — 5.0/5 > **Shiv** | *23 September 2026* | Banking | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Datadog provides excellent visibility across applications, infrastructure, logs, and cloud services through a single platform. I particularly liked its real-time monitoring, customizable dashboards, and powerful alerting capabilities, which make it easier to identify performance issues and troubleshoot problems quickly. The platform integrates seamlessly with a wide range of technologies, helping teams gain actionable insights and maintain system reliability. > > **Cons**: Not applicable. ----- ### "Datadog the one stop shop for all observability needs" — 5.0/5 > **Vaibhav** | *18 December 2025* | Oil & Energy | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: I find Datadog's Observability offering quite comprehensive. It's like our 1-stop shop for all monitoring needs and has helped us get rid of other tools as most could be done here effectively. The ease of use and friendly UI, tagging and integrations all add to reason of having it as your preferred tool. > > **Cons**: There is lot of products renaming and navigation updates that always keep going on with the platform. Sometimes the products are made GA without 100% diligence about bugs and usability. Billing \& Usage although transparent, can sometimes be difficult to understand. > > Datadog is our strategic Observability platform which is perceived well within the entire organization. We find Datadog always staying ahead of other platforms for tech adoption and building observability around it. ----- ### "Great live monitoring tool" — 5.0/5 > **Flavio** | *1 November 2025* | Banking | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Great tool to live monitoring logs from front end interface with customers. Easy to track and identify bugs and issues, even reproduce customers steps to visualize users behaviours. > > **Cons**: User interface is sometimes a bit tricky to find hidden functionalities, but not that a good reading through documentation doesn’t solve. ----- ### "Tagging is essential" — 4.0/5 > **Sam** | *11 August 2026* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: With the correct tagging strategy, datadog becomes very easy to use. This does take some planning is well worth the effort. > > **Cons**: Very expensive tool, with new solution costing more and more on top of the standard ingestion costs. ----- Page: 1 / 16\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/135453/datadog-cloud-monitoring?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/135453/datadog-cloud-monitoring) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | ja | | | ko | | | nb | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pl | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | | sv | | ----- ## Structured Data