Compare Datadog and FusionReactor APM 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (48.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (60.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
Starting at $49.00 Per Month
Datadog
Star Rating
(544)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (48.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansFusionReactor APM
Star Rating
(171)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (60.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $49.00 Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 2 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Datadog excels in its real-time monitoring capabilities, providing comprehensive insights into cloud infrastructure performance, while FusionReactor APM is noted for its real user monitoring (RUM) that offers detailed user experience metrics.
- Reviewers mention that Datadog's multi-cloud management feature is less robust, scoring 6.7, compared to FusionReactor APM's perfect score of 10.0, indicating that FusionReactor APM is better suited for users managing diverse cloud environments.
- G2 users highlight that FusionReactor APM has superior quality of support, with a score of 9.7, while Datadog's support is rated at 8.3, suggesting that users may find more responsive assistance with FusionReactor APM.
- Users on G2 report that Datadog's alerting functionality is highly effective, scoring 9.2, but FusionReactor APM's alerting is slightly lower at 8.9, indicating that Datadog may provide a more proactive alerting experience.
- Reviewers mention that Datadog's data visualization tools are user-friendly and score 8.9, while FusionReactor APM's tools score slightly higher at 9.0, suggesting that both products offer strong visualization capabilities, but FusionReactor APM edges out in this area.
- Users say that Datadog's automation features are rated at 8.0, which some find lacking compared to FusionReactor APM's automation capabilities, which are rated at 7.4, indicating that users may prefer Datadog for more automated monitoring solutions.
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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
FusionReactor APM
Starter
Starting at $49.00
Per Month
A rich observability platform
- Enables you to monitor applications, cloud environments, and systems
- Infrastructure monitoring
- Log management
Free Trial
Datadog
Free Trial is available
FusionReactor APM
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
467
9.5
136
Ease of Use
8.2
471
8.7
139
Ease of Setup
8.4
246
9.0
102
Ease of Admin
8.3
213
9.0
98
Quality of Support
8.3
415
9.7
117
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
200
9.4
90
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
452
9.3
128
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
Functionality
8.6
44
Not enough data
9.3
58
Not enough data
9.0
52
Not enough data
8.7
45
Not enough data
8.8
47
Not enough data
8.9
40
Not enough data
Functionality
9.2
95
9.4
65
9.1
96
8.9
55
9.3
81
9.2
62
8.9
96
9.4
63
8.8
80
9.1
58
8.9
85
9.0
64
Functionality
9.2
46
Not enough data
9.2
51
Not enough data
8.1
37
Not enough data
8.4
39
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
9.0
44
Not enough data
8.7
41
Not enough data
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
8.5
13
8.6
104
7.9
13
8.8
99
7.8
12
8.7
118
8.9
12
Administration
8.5
104
9.0
14
8.5
84
7.7
10
8.2
83
7.8
12
Analysis
8.5
102
8.8
14
8.8
106
9.4
14
Feature Not Available
7.1
11
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
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Bug Monitoring
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Functionality
9.2
14
Not enough data
8.6
15
Not enough data
9.4
19
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
9.1
17
Not enough data
9.2
14
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Management
8.6
17
Not enough data
9.6
17
Not enough data
8.9
17
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Visibility
8.8
76
Not enough data
9.0
75
Not enough data
8.8
69
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.2
71
Not enough data
8.6
73
Not enough data
8.9
77
Not enough data
Visibility
8.8
67
9.2
56
8.6
61
8.9
48
8.1
59
Feature Not Available
Monitoring and Management
8.5
60
9.3
39
7.5
55
Feature Not Available
8.3
57
Feature Not Available
9.0
60
9.5
53
8.8
56
9.0
26
8.2
61
9.0
27
Cloud environment support
8.0
53
8.9
19
7.9
50
9.0
20
Functionality
8.4
32
8.3
13
8.6
32
8.9
16
8.8
34
9.7
16
7.8
28
6.9
6
Management
8.4
31
9.5
14
8.5
34
9.3
17
8.1
31
9.4
15
9.0
36
8.6
15
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
53
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
52
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
50
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
50
|
Verified
Not enough data
Analysis
8.5
48
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
55
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
56
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
49
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
47
|
Verified
Not enough data
Visualization
8.9
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
51
|
Verified
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.5
95
9.4
39
8.9
87
9.3
45
8.9
97
9.5
45
7.3
82
7.5
27
8.4
88
8.9
34
Response
8.8
104
9.1
46
8.8
92
8.8
40
7.9
85
9.2
40
Performance
8.5
99
8.8
34
8.2
85
9.1
43
Functionality
8.4
87
8.4
24
8.0
79
8.4
32
Feature Not Available
8.0
23
8.5
93
8.7
27
Alerts management
8.7
36
Not enough data
8.0
38
Not enough data
8.6
40
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.7
31
Not enough data
9.2
34
Not enough data
8.7
36
Not enough data
9.2
31
Not enough data
Automation
8.5
31
Not enough data
8.6
29
Not enough data
Analysis
8.2
34
Not enough data
8.4
37
Not enough data
9.3
36
Not enough data
8.5
35
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
8.4
30
Not enough data
7.7
33
Not enough data
8.6
28
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
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
Response
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.0
40
Not enough data
Records
9.3
47
Not enough data
9.0
45
Not enough data
8.5
52
Not enough data
Management
9.3
48
Not enough data
8.4
44
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
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
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Datadog and FusionReactor APM are categorized as Observability Solution Suites, Enterprise Monitoring, Server Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, Database Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, Container Monitoring, and Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Unique Categories
Datadog is categorized as Observability Pipeline, Log Monitoring, Network Traffic Analysis (NTA), IoT Device Management Platforms, IoT Analytics Platforms, Website Monitoring, IT Alerting, Log Analysis, Incident Response, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), API Marketplace, Network Monitoring, and Cloud Cost Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
FusionReactor APM
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
20.3%
Computer Software
17.9%
Financial Services
8.1%
Internet
5.1%
Retail
3.2%
Other
45.5%
Information Technology and Services
17.0%
Computer Software
11.5%
Internet
7.3%
Marketing and Advertising
4.2%
Financial Services
4.2%
Other
55.8%
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.
FusionReactor APM
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Education Management
FusionReactor's ability to monitor the system is second to none. It was able to help us find and fix performance issues we had been chasing for months. I would highly recommend you take advantage of their training session; it allowed us to hit the ground...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
I do not like the Enterprise Dashboard, for monitoring multiple servers in a single window
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...
Verified User in Education Management
FusionReactor's ability to monitor the system is second to none. It was able to help us find and fix performance issues we had been chasing for months. I would highly recommend you take advantage of their training session; it allowed us to hit the ground...
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.
Verified User in Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
I do not like the Enterprise Dashboard, for monitoring multiple servers in a single window
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
CAN I HAVE FREE INSTALLATION ASSISTANCE FROM SUPPORT?
1 comment
Official Response from FusionReactor APM
Yes, your FusionReactor trial comes with our Premium Support package. We offer installation support for the current version of FusionReactor on all...Read more
What is FusionReactor?
1 comment
Official Response from FusionReactor APM
FusionReactor is an application, database and server Application Performance Monitor – built for monitoring production environments running Java Applications...Read more
How can I evaluate FusionReactor?
1 comment
Official Response from FusionReactor APM
We offer a 14-day free trial of FusionReactor Ultimate Edition. After 14 days, the Trial simply disables itself, without the need to uninstall it. Evaluators...Read more
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