Compare Datadog and Dynatrace 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (48.4% of reviews)
Enterprise (69.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
Starts at $69 per month billed annually, per 8 GB Host
Datadog
Star Rating
(544)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (48.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansDynatrace
Star Rating
(1,332)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (69.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starts at $69 per month billed annually, per 8 GB Host
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Dynatrace excels in "Real-Time Monitoring" with a score of 9.2, which reviewers mention provides comprehensive insights into application performance, while Datadog, with a score of 8.7, is noted for its solid but slightly less robust monitoring capabilities.
- Reviewers mention that Dynatrace's "AI/ML Integration" feature, scoring 8.3, offers advanced anomaly detection, whereas Datadog shines in "Machine Learning" with a higher score of 8.6, indicating a more user-friendly approach to predictive analytics.
- G2 users highlight Dynatrace's "Alerting" functionality, scoring 9.0, as being highly customizable and effective, while Datadog's alerting system, with a score of 9.2, is praised for its multi-channel alerting capabilities, making it easier for teams to respond quickly.
- Users on G2 report that Dynatrace's "User Behavior" tracking features, such as "Click Tracking" and "Frustration Tracking," score impressively at 8.9 and 8.4 respectively, providing deep insights into user interactions, while Datadog's similar features are slightly less rated, indicating a potential area for improvement.
- Reviewers say that Dynatrace's "Quality of Support" is rated at 8.7, with many users appreciating the responsiveness and expertise of the support team, while Datadog, with a score of 8.3, is noted for good support but with some users mentioning longer wait times for complex issues.
- Users report that Dynatrace's "Performance Monitoring" capabilities are top-notch, scoring 9.2, which reviewers say allows for detailed performance baselines and analysis, while Datadog, also scoring 9.2, is recognized for its ease of use in performance tracking, making it a strong contender for teams looking for simplicity.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Datadog
Free
$0
Per host, per month
Core collection and visualization features
- Discussion Group Supported
- 1-Day Metric Retention
- Up to 5 Hosts
Dynatrace
Full-stack monitoring
Starts at $69
per month billed annually, per 8 GB Host
Advanced observability for apps and infrastructure across hybrid and multi-clouds at scale
- Application performance
- Infrastructure monitoring
- AIOps
Free Trial
Datadog
Free Trial is available
Dynatrace
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
468
8.8
1,045
Ease of Use
8.2
472
8.3
1,054
Ease of Setup
8.4
247
8.4
647
Ease of Admin
8.3
213
8.2
615
Quality of Support
8.3
416
8.7
988
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
200
8.7
613
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
453
9.3
1,019
Features by Category
Operations
7.3
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
6.7
7
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cost Optimization
7.6
7
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.0
5
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
User Behavior
Not enough data
8.9
113
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
84
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
102
|
Verified
A/B Testing
Not enough data
8.5
98
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
73
Not enough data
8.7
107
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
72
Visitor Information
Not enough data
8.6
114
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
109
|
Verified
Functionality
8.6
45
8.9
57
9.3
59
8.9
57
9.0
53
8.5
54
8.7
46
8.0
54
8.9
48
8.6
50
8.9
41
8.4
54
Experience
Not enough data
9.1
156
Not enough data
8.4
135
Not enough data
8.5
132
Management
Not enough data
8.4
125
Not enough data
8.7
152
Not enough data
7.8
100
Performance
Not enough data
9.1
149
Not enough data
9.4
154
Not enough data
8.5
146
Not enough data
9.1
146
Functionality
9.2
95
8.9
71
9.1
96
8.9
69
9.3
81
8.6
66
8.9
96
9.0
70
8.8
80
8.2
67
8.9
85
8.7
69
Functionality
9.2
46
9.0
45
9.2
51
8.9
44
8.1
37
8.6
40
8.4
39
8.1
41
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
8.6
43
8.7
44
9.0
44
8.8
44
8.7
41
Feature Not Available
Analytics - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.9
108
9.0
196
8.6
104
8.2
182
8.8
99
8.9
180
8.7
118
9.0
190
Administration
8.5
104
8.5
167
8.5
84
8.5
148
8.2
83
8.4
153
Analysis
8.5
102
8.2
177
8.8
106
8.6
193
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Automation
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
9
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
9.1
9
Not enough data
Incident Management
8.5
11
Not enough data
9.1
11
Not enough data
8.9
11
Not enough data
Bug Reporting
Not enough data
8.5
36
Not enough data
7.8
33
Not enough data
8.1
33
Bug Monitoring
Not enough data
8.4
34
Not enough data
8.1
34
Not enough data
7.8
34
Functionality
9.2
14
8.5
37
8.6
15
8.3
37
9.4
19
8.7
41
Issue Resolution
9.1
17
8.7
41
9.2
14
8.6
40
Feature Not Available
8.4
41
Management
8.6
17
8.6
41
9.6
17
8.6
42
8.9
17
8.2
40
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Visibility
8.8
77
9.0
66
9.0
76
8.9
65
8.8
70
8.5
66
Monitoring and Management
8.2
72
8.8
59
8.6
74
8.9
65
9.0
78
9.2
65
Visibility
8.8
68
Not enough data
8.6
62
Not enough data
8.1
60
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.5
61
Not enough data
7.6
56
Not enough data
8.3
58
Not enough data
9.0
61
Not enough data
8.8
57
Not enough data
8.2
62
Not enough data
Cloud environment support
8.1
54
Not enough data
8.0
51
Not enough data
Functionality
8.4
32
8.8
52
8.6
32
8.8
53
8.8
34
9.1
51
7.8
28
8.3
48
Management
8.4
31
8.4
50
8.5
34
8.4
52
8.1
31
8.9
51
9.0
36
9.0
51
Data Sources
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Metrics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Device Recognition
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Provisioning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Data Preparation
8.5
54
|
Verified
8.7
57
|
Verified
8.5
53
|
Verified
8.0
54
|
Verified
8.0
51
|
Verified
8.1
53
|
Verified
7.8
51
|
Verified
8.1
53
|
Verified
Analysis
8.5
49
|
Verified
8.4
55
|
Verified
8.4
56
|
Verified
8.4
54
|
Verified
8.7
57
|
Verified
8.6
55
|
Verified
8.6
60
|
Verified
8.2
55
|
Verified
8.8
50
|
Verified
8.4
59
|
Verified
8.7
48
|
Verified
7.9
51
|
Verified
Visualization
8.9
62
|
Verified
9.0
59
|
Verified
8.8
52
|
Verified
8.5
56
|
Verified
Monitoring
8.5
96
8.7
97
8.9
88
8.8
97
8.9
98
8.9
102
7.3
83
7.7
89
8.4
89
8.5
95
Response
8.8
105
8.7
100
8.9
93
8.7
100
7.9
86
8.1
98
Performance
8.5
100
8.6
99
8.2
86
8.1
99
Functionality
8.4
88
8.5
95
8.0
80
8.3
98
Feature Not Available
7.8
92
8.5
94
8.5
98
Alerts management
8.7
36
8.2
38
8.0
38
7.8
38
8.6
40
8.7
38
Monitoring
8.7
31
8.8
39
9.2
34
9.1
39
8.7
36
8.9
39
9.2
31
9.2
39
Automation
8.5
31
8.2
38
8.6
29
8.2
38
Analysis
8.2
34
8.3
40
8.4
37
8.1
38
9.3
36
8.5
39
8.5
35
8.3
38
Issue Resolution
8.4
30
8.3
39
7.7
33
8.1
39
8.6
28
8.8
38
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Management - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
6.4
6
Not enough data
Performance - Observability Pipeline
5.7
5
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
6.7
6
Not enough data
AI - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Compliance - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) ToolsHide 4 FeaturesShow 4 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Threat Detection & Response - Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Response
Feature Not Available
7.6
44
Feature Not Available
8.1
46
Feature Not Available
7.0
38
8.0
40
7.8
38
Records
9.3
47
8.6
44
9.0
45
8.4
44
8.5
52
8.8
44
Management
9.3
48
8.9
45
8.4
44
8.2
42
Feature Not Available
8.4
39
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)Hide 10 FeaturesShow 10 Features
8.9
13
Not enough data
Network Management
9.2
10
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
9.4
11
Not enough data
Incident Management
9.2
11
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.1
11
Not enough data
Security Intelligence
8.2
11
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
8.8
12
Not enough data
ServiceNow Apps
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
9.3
10
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Datadog and Dynatrace are categorized as Observability Solution Suites, Enterprise Monitoring, Log Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, Database Monitoring, Website Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, Log Analysis, Incident Response, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), and Network Monitoring
Unique Categories
Dynatrace is categorized as SAP Store, Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM), Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) Tools, ServiceNow Store Apps, Session Replay, and Bug Tracking
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Dynatrace
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
20.5%
Computer Software
17.8%
Financial Services
8.1%
Internet
5.1%
Retail
3.2%
Other
45.4%
Information Technology and Services
16.3%
Financial Services
10.2%
Computer Software
9.2%
Insurance
9.1%
Banking
8.5%
Other
46.8%
Most Helpful Reviews
Datadog
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Debabrata P.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
With datadog you can quickly get up and running. May be the easiest among all out there. Since it enables you to put everything into one dashboard irrespective of their zone,VPC or environment type we can have one bookmarked place to look at for the first...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Computer Software
As described in the previous section, the lack of support resulting in us not being able to resolve a deployment mistake and resulting billing issue.
Dynatrace
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Arbi A.
Verified User in Telecommunications
A very handy tool to monitor application along its whole lifecycle from startup to shutdown. Also, the collected information are so detailed (e.g. method level or GC information) that we can spot easily problems like bottleneck or parts of the application...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Jack K.
Verified User
Account team and ease of use in U/I in the tool is much better than befor
Debabrata P.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
With datadog you can quickly get up and running. May be the easiest among all out there. Since it enables you to put everything into one dashboard irrespective of their zone,VPC or environment type we can have one bookmarked place to look at for the first...
Arbi A.
Verified User in Telecommunications
A very handy tool to monitor application along its whole lifecycle from startup to shutdown. Also, the collected information are so detailed (e.g. method level or GC information) that we can spot easily problems like bottleneck or parts of the application...
Verified User in Computer Software
As described in the previous section, the lack of support resulting in us not being able to resolve a deployment mistake and resulting billing issue.
Jack K.
Verified User
Account team and ease of use in U/I in the tool is much better than befor
Discussions
Does Datadog use AWS?
2 comments
IG
Yes, the backbone of Datadog infrastructure is sitting within AWS.Read more
What is the use of Datadog?
2 comments
CJ
Datadog is a software platform that facilitates data sharing across various teams within an organization, thereby breaking down silos between development,...Read more
Does it preserves history of logs?
1 comment
AN
Depends on your plan, log retention can be 7,15, 30 days etc, for long term you need to setup s3 archivingRead more
what is the best way to AI integration in Energy and Utlilites services.
3 comments
DA
Hi. The AI is built into the Dynatrace platform and is purpose built for this use case. It's getting context from the installation of Dynatrace OneAgents...Read more
What is Dynatrace used for?
3 comments
KS
Dynatrace is a powerful tool we rely on for monitoring APIs and performing data and business analysis. It helps us keep a close eye on our APIs, spotting any...Read more
Is there any capability that Dynatrace can't provide which is offered by Splunk?
2 comments
RD
Hello -
Dynatrace can pull the same log files. We use both and Splunk is used to pull all logs and store them for a year. We have been using Dynatrace...Read more
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