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Compare Datadog and Google Cloud Monitoring 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (48.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (50.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
No pricing available
Datadog
Star Rating
(541)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 plansGoogle Cloud Monitoring
Star Rating
(71)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (50.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Google Cloud MonitoringSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Datadog excels in Alerting with a score of 9.2, while Google Cloud Monitoring follows closely with a score of 9.1. Reviewers mention that Datadog's alerting system is highly customizable, allowing for tailored notifications based on specific metrics.
- Reviewers mention that Datadog's Multi-Site Monitoring feature scores 9.0, which is particularly beneficial for organizations with distributed systems. In contrast, Google Cloud Monitoring's score in this area is not specified, indicating a potential gap in functionality for users needing extensive multi-site capabilities.
- Users on G2 highlight Datadog's superior Logging capabilities with a score of 9.3, while Google Cloud Monitoring scores slightly lower at 8.7. Reviewers say that Datadog's logging features provide comprehensive insights into application performance, making it easier to troubleshoot issues.
- G2 users report that Datadog's Real-Time Monitoring is rated at 9.2, showcasing its effectiveness in providing immediate insights into system performance. Google Cloud Monitoring, however, has a higher score of 9.0 in this area, indicating that both products are strong contenders for real-time monitoring needs.
- Users say that Datadog's Performance Monitoring feature is rated at 9.2, which reviewers mention is particularly useful for tracking application health. Google Cloud Monitoring, with a score of 8.3, may not offer the same depth of performance insights, which could be a consideration for performance-focused users.
- Reviewers mention that Datadog's Data Visualization capabilities score 8.9, providing users with intuitive dashboards. In comparison, Google Cloud Monitoring's score of 9.0 suggests it may have a slight edge in this area, with users appreciating its clean and user-friendly interface for visualizing data.
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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
Google Cloud Monitoring
No pricing availableFree Trial
Datadog
Free Trial is available
Google Cloud Monitoring
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.7
465
8.5
61
Ease of Use
8.2
469
8.5
62
Ease of Setup
8.4
244
8.0
15
Ease of Admin
8.3
212
8.1
13
Quality of Support
8.3
413
8.5
55
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
199
8.2
13
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
450
7.2
59
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
43
Not enough data
9.2
57
Not enough data
9.0
51
Not enough data
8.7
44
Not enough data
8.8
46
Not enough data
8.8
39
Not enough data
Functionality
9.2
95
Not enough data
9.1
96
Not enough data
9.3
81
Not enough data
8.9
96
Not enough data
8.8
80
Not enough data
8.9
85
Not enough data
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
Management
8.6
43
Not enough data
9.0
44
Not enough data
8.7
41
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.9
108
8.8
23
8.6
104
8.6
23
8.8
99
8.7
22
8.7
118
9.0
23
Administration
8.5
104
9.0
22
8.5
84
8.4
23
8.2
83
8.3
23
Analysis
8.5
102
8.8
22
8.8
106
9.0
23
Feature Not Available
8.7
21
Automation
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
Functionality
8.8
8
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
7.6
7
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
Incident Management
8.5
10
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.0
10
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
8.6
61
Not enough data
8.1
59
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.5
60
Not enough data
7.5
55
Not enough data
8.3
57
Not enough data
9.0
60
Not enough data
8.8
56
Not enough data
8.2
61
Not enough data
Cloud environment support
8.0
53
Not enough data
7.9
50
Not enough data
Functionality
8.4
32
Not enough data
8.6
32
Not enough data
8.8
34
Not enough data
7.8
28
Not enough data
Management
8.4
31
Not enough data
8.5
34
Not enough data
8.1
31
Not enough data
9.0
36
Not enough data
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
93
8.3
6
8.9
85
7.8
6
8.9
95
8.3
6
7.3
80
8.3
6
8.4
86
8.0
5
Response
8.8
102
7.8
6
8.8
90
7.3
5
7.9
83
7.5
6
Performance
8.4
97
7.7
5
8.2
83
7.5
6
Functionality
8.4
85
7.8
6
8.0
77
7.3
5
Feature Not Available
8.1
6
8.5
91
7.5
6
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
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
105
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 Google Cloud Monitoring are categorized as Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring and Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Unique Categories
Datadog is categorized as Observability Pipeline, Observability Solution Suites, Enterprise Monitoring, Server Monitoring, Log Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, Network Traffic Analysis (NTA), Database Monitoring, IoT Device Management Platforms, IoT Analytics Platforms, Website Monitoring, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, Log Analysis, Incident Response, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), API Marketplace, Network Monitoring, and Cloud Cost Management
Google Cloud Monitoring has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Google Cloud Monitoring
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
20.2%
Computer Software
17.9%
Financial Services
8.1%
Internet
5.1%
Retail
3.2%
Other
45.5%
Computer Software
29.0%
Information Technology and Services
20.3%
Education Management
7.2%
Financial Services
5.8%
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
2.9%
Other
34.8%
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.
Google Cloud Monitoring
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Halo K.
Verified User in Fine Art
I think I like the simplicity and the help it gives for any problems i've had attempting to use this software. It's very simple, but even the simplest of things can be difficult haha
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Building Materials
I believe this is one of the newest products of Google like anything new it just has a few kinks to work out. But overall, you get the gist of what this is capable of doing.
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...
Halo K.
Verified User in Fine Art
I think I like the simplicity and the help it gives for any problems i've had attempting to use this software. It's very simple, but even the simplest of things can be difficult haha
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 Building Materials
I believe this is one of the newest products of Google like anything new it just has a few kinks to work out. But overall, you get the gist of what this is capable of doing.
Discussions
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 use of Datadog?
1 comment
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 Datadog use AWS?
1 comment
IG
Yes, the backbone of Datadog infrastructure is sitting within AWS.Read more
What is Google Cloud Monitoring used for?
1 comment
AG
It is designed to help users monitor, analyze, and gain insights into the performance, health, and availability of resources within the Google Cloud environmentRead more
Google Cloud Monitoring has no more discussions with answers
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