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Datadog
Datadog
(689)
4.4 out of 5
Datadog
By Datadog
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groundcover
groundcover
(26)
4.8 out of 5
groundcover
By Groundcover
At a Glance
Datadog
Datadog
Star Rating
(689)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (47.2% of reviews)
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Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
Free Trial is available
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groundcover
groundcover
Star Rating
(26)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (50.0% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 3 Users
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
  • G2 reviewers report that Datadog excels in overall user satisfaction, boasting a significantly higher G2 Score compared to groundcover. Users appreciate its ability to integrate infrastructure, applications, logs, and security signals into one platform, making it easier to understand complex environments.
  • Users say that groundcover offers a unique advantage with its fast data loading and querying capabilities. Reviewers highlight that it loads data much quicker than many competitors, which can enhance productivity when troubleshooting issues.
  • According to verified reviews, Datadog's user interface is praised for its intuitiveness, allowing users to gain insights from data effortlessly. Many users find the setup process straightforward, with easy integration options that get them up and running quickly.
  • Reviewers mention that groundcover provides excellent control over data retention and costs, as all data is stored locally. This feature is particularly appealing to users who want to avoid unexpected expenses and maintain full oversight of their data management.
  • G2 reviewers highlight that while groundcover has a higher star rating, Datadog's extensive review count indicates a broader user base and more reliable feedback. This suggests that Datadog's performance is consistently validated by a larger number of users.
  • Users report that Datadog's support is responsive and helpful, which is crucial for teams needing quick assistance. In contrast, while groundcover's support is also noted as quick, the overall volume of feedback on Datadog suggests a more established support framework.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Datadog
Free
$0
Per host, per month
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groundcover
Free Plan
Free
3 Users
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Free Trial
Datadog
Free Trial is available
groundcover
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
512
9.1
24
Ease of Use
8.2
613
8.8
26
Ease of Setup
8.3
379
9.2
24
Ease of Admin
8.3
231
8.8
10
Quality of Support
8.3
456
9.4
18
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
218
9.8
11
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
497
10.0
25
Features by Category
Cloud Cost ManagementHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
7.8
8
Not enough data
Operations
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
7.1
8
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Cost Optimization
7.7
8
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
Administration
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Cloud Cost Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Website MonitoringHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
8.1
77
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
55
Not enough data
9.3
71
Not enough data
9.1
63
Not enough data
8.8
57
Not enough data
8.9
57
Not enough data
9.0
50
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Website Monitoring
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)Hide 17 FeaturesShow 17 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Experience
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
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
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
Performance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Database MonitoringHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
9.0
110
Not enough data
Functionality
9.2
104
Not enough data
9.1
105
Not enough data
9.3
89
Not enough data
8.9
104
Not enough data
8.8
88
Not enough data
8.9
93
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Database Monitoring
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network MonitoringHide 27 FeaturesShow 27 Features
8.9
62
Not enough data
Functionality
9.2
52
Not enough data
9.3
57
Not enough data
8.2
43
Not enough data
8.5
45
Not enough data
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
Management
8.7
49
Not enough data
9.0
50
Not enough data
8.8
47
Not enough data
Analytics - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cloud Infrastructure MonitoringHide 20 FeaturesShow 20 Features
8.3
143
9.0
12
Monitoring
8.9
120
9.7
12
8.6
116
9.4
12
8.8
110
9.0
12
8.8
130
9.3
12
8.3
7
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
114
9.3
12
8.5
96
8.8
11
8.3
93
7.3
10
8.6
7
Not enough data
Analysis
8.5
112
8.9
11
8.9
121
9.2
12
Feature Not Available
8.8
11
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
7.3
8
Not enough data
7.5
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
8.1
7
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)Hide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
8.6
13
Not enough data
Automation
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
10
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
Incident Management
8.6
12
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
AIOps PlatformsHide 18 FeaturesShow 18 Features
9.1
22
Not enough data
Functionality
9.1
16
Not enough data
8.5
17
Not enough data
9.4
21
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
9.0
19
Not enough data
9.1
16
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Management
8.7
19
Not enough data
9.6
19
Not enough data
8.9
19
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AIOps Platforms
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Log MonitoringHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
8.1
106
8.9
14
Visibility
8.9
93
9.4
14
8.9
91
8.8
14
8.8
81
8.9
14
Monitoring and Management
8.2
83
8.6
13
8.6
85
8.2
13
9.0
91
9.2
13
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
7.3
8
Not enough data
7.1
8
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
7.3
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
7.3
8
Not enough data
7.5
8
Not enough data
Server MonitoringHide 18 FeaturesShow 18 Features
8.1
78
Not enough data
Visibility
8.9
77
Not enough data
8.6
72
Not enough data
8.2
70
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.4
70
Not enough data
7.6
65
Not enough data
8.4
67
Not enough data
9.0
71
Not enough data
8.8
66
Not enough data
8.3
71
Not enough data
Cloud environment support
8.1
62
Not enough data
8.0
59
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
Enterprise MonitoringHide 15 FeaturesShow 15 Features
8.3
57
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
47
Not enough data
8.8
48
Not enough data
9.0
53
Not enough data
7.9
42
Not enough data
Management
8.6
47
Not enough data
8.6
52
Not enough data
8.2
44
Not enough data
9.0
51
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
7.8
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
7.5
10
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
IoT Analytics PlatformsHide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
Not enough data
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
IoT Device Management PlatformsHide 10 FeaturesShow 10 Features
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
Log AnalysisHide 19 FeaturesShow 19 Features
8.3
79
Not enough data
Data Preparation
8.6
65
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Verified
Not enough data
8.4
63
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
Analysis
8.6
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
67
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
68
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
71
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
Visualization
8.9
75
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
63
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
7.8
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
Application Performance Monitoring (APM)Hide 19 FeaturesShow 19 Features
8.3
147
8.6
11
Monitoring
8.6
113
8.8
10
8.9
106
9.3
10
8.9
118
9.3
10
7.3
99
6.9
9
8.4
105
9.3
9
Response
8.9
123
9.4
9
8.8
110
8.5
9
8.0
107
8.7
9
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
7.4
13
Not enough data
8.1
13
Not enough data
7.9
13
Not enough data
8.1
13
Not enough data
7.8
13
Not enough data
Performance
8.5
118
9.2
8
8.3
103
9.6
8
Functionality
8.5
106
8.1
8
8.1
96
7.9
8
Feature Not Available
7.4
9
8.5
112
8.5
10
Container MonitoringHide 16 FeaturesShow 16 Features
8.5
52
Not enough data
Alerts management
8.7
43
Not enough data
8.0
45
Not enough data
8.6
47
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.6
39
Not enough data
9.1
41
Not enough data
8.7
43
Not enough data
9.0
38
Not enough data
Automation
8.2
38
Not enough data
8.4
36
Not enough data
Analysis
8.2
41
Not enough data
8.3
44
Not enough data
9.1
43
Not enough data
8.5
42
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
8.3
37
Not enough data
7.6
39
Not enough data
8.4
35
Not enough data
Data ObservabilityHide 15 FeaturesShow 15 Features
Not enough data
8.3
6
Functionality
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
6
Management
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
9.7
5
Generative AI
Not enough data
5.3
6
Agentic AI - Data Observability
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
IT AlertingHide 8 FeaturesShow 8 Features
8.0
18
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.5
17
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
7.4
7
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
Observability PipelineHide 20 FeaturesShow 20 Features
7.1
9
Not enough data
Data Management - Observability Pipeline
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
7.0
9
Not enough data
Performance - Observability Pipeline
6.7
8
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
7.0
9
Not enough data
AI - Observability Pipeline
6.4
7
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
6.7
6
Not enough data
Compliance - Observability Pipeline
6.9
6
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Pipeline
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Observability SoftwareHide 20 FeaturesShow 20 Features
8.7
13
Not enough data
Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability
8.3
10
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Software
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visualization & Dashboards - Observability
8.7
9
Not enough data
9.0
10
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
9.2
10
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
9.3
9
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
AI Features - Observability
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
AWS MarketplaceHide 3 FeaturesShow 3 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AWS Marketplace
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Incident ResponseHide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features
8.4
66
Not enough data
Response
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
47
Not enough data
Records
9.2
55
Not enough data
8.9
53
Not enough data
8.5
60
Not enough data
Management
9.3
58
Not enough data
8.4
52
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.1
13
Not enough data
7.9
13
Not enough data
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)Hide 14 FeaturesShow 14 Features
8.8
14
Not enough data
Network Management
8.8
11
Not enough data
8.3
11
Not enough data
9.4
12
Not enough data
Incident Management
9.3
12
Not enough data
9.2
11
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
Security Intelligence
7.9
12
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
8.8
11
Not enough data
8.6
13
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Datadog
Datadog
groundcover
groundcover
Unique Categories
Datadog
groundcover
groundcover is categorized as Data Observability and AWS Marketplace
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Datadog
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
19.4%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
47.2%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
33.4%
groundcover
groundcover
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
38.5%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
50.0%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
11.5%
Reviewers' Industry
Datadog
Datadog
Information Technology and Services
18.8%
Computer Software
17.7%
Financial Services
8.6%
Internet
4.2%
Computer & Network Security
3.1%
Other
47.6%
groundcover
groundcover
Computer Software
34.6%
Information Technology and Services
15.4%
Financial Services
11.5%
Computer & Network Security
11.5%
Consulting
3.8%
Other
23.1%
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groundcover
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Discussions
Datadog
Datadog Discussions
What is the use of Datadog?
3 Comments
Chirag J.
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?
2 Comments
IG
Yes, the backbone of Datadog infrastructure is sitting within AWS.Read more
Does it preserves history of logs?
1 Comment
Alon N.
AN
Depends on your plan, log retention can be 7,15, 30 days etc, for long term you need to setup s3 archivingRead more
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