Compare Datadog and Scout Monitoring 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (48.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (57.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
$0.00 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 plansScout Monitoring
Star Rating
(69)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (57.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00 Per Month
Browse all 6 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Datadog excels in its multi-cloud management capabilities, with a score of 6.7, but reviewers mention that it could improve in this area compared to Scout Monitoring, which has a higher ease of setup score of 9.6, indicating a more user-friendly experience.
- Reviewers mention that Scout Monitoring shines in ease of use with a score of 9.2, while Datadog's score of 8.2 suggests that users may find it slightly more complex to navigate.
- Users on G2 highlight Datadog's robust alerting functionality with a score of 9.2, which is crucial for real-time monitoring, whereas Scout Monitoring's alerting score of 9.1 indicates it is also effective but may not be as comprehensive.
- Reviewers say that Scout Monitoring's quality of support is exceptional, scoring 9.4, which is higher than Datadog's 8.3, suggesting that users may receive more responsive and helpful assistance with Scout Monitoring.
- G2 users report that Datadog's data visualization features are highly rated at 8.9, providing insightful dashboards, while Scout Monitoring's score of 8.6 indicates it is effective but may lack some of the advanced visualization options found in Datadog.
- Users say that Scout Monitoring's performance monitoring capabilities are impressive, scoring 9.2, which is higher than Datadog's 8.8, suggesting that Scout may offer more detailed insights into system performance.
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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
Scout Monitoring
The FREE plan
$0.00
Per Month
Up to 300,000 transactions/month; No per seat, host, or instance fees
- 30-Day Metric Retention
- App Performance Monitoring
- Database Monitoring
Free Trial
Datadog
Free Trial is available
Scout Monitoring
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
467
9.0
52
Ease of Use
8.2
471
9.2
52
Ease of Setup
8.4
246
9.6
23
Ease of Admin
8.3
213
9.6
23
Quality of Support
8.3
415
9.4
43
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
200
9.5
22
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
452
8.0
47
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
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
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
Not enough data
8.6
104
Not enough data
8.8
99
Not enough data
8.7
118
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
104
Not enough data
8.5
84
Not enough data
8.2
83
Not enough data
Analysis
8.5
102
Not enough data
8.8
106
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Bug Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
95
8.6
11
8.9
87
8.9
11
8.9
97
9.2
10
7.3
82
Feature Not Available
8.4
88
8.7
9
Response
8.8
104
8.6
11
8.8
92
8.1
9
7.9
85
8.7
9
Performance
8.5
99
6.7
7
8.2
85
7.9
8
Functionality
8.4
87
8.1
6
8.0
79
8.1
6
Feature Not Available
6.7
7
8.5
93
7.1
7
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
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 Scout Monitoring are categorized as 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, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, Log Analysis, Incident Response, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), API Marketplace, Network Monitoring, and Cloud Cost Management
Scout Monitoring is categorized as Bug Tracking
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Scout 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
20.3%
Computer Software
17.9%
Financial Services
8.1%
Internet
5.1%
Retail
3.2%
Other
45.5%
Computer Software
26.5%
Information Technology and Services
14.7%
Financial Services
5.9%
Internet
4.4%
Education Management
4.4%
Other
44.1%
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.
Scout Monitoring
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
Scout let us take a look at performance trends for our endpoints and background processes over the course of time. Superimposing deployment information also helps us see whether performance degradation is correlated with a change in the codebase.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Emanuel C.
Verified User in Entertainment
Hard to name something in particular, I really enjoy the features ScoutApp offers.
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 Hospital & Health Care
Scout let us take a look at performance trends for our endpoints and background processes over the course of time. Superimposing deployment information also helps us see whether performance degradation is correlated with a change in the codebase.
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.
Emanuel C.
Verified User in Entertainment
Hard to name something in particular, I really enjoy the features ScoutApp offers.
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
How it compares with other tools like Datadog or New Relic?
1 comment
Official Response from Scout Monitoring
Scout is built in Ruby on Rails and provides better visualizations of performance abnormalities in Ruby applications than New Relic or DataDog. Customers who...Read more
Is there any way to trigger alerts for background jobs?
1 comment
Official Response from Scout Monitoring
We DO support alerting for background jobs - here is a link to our docs and the section on setting up alerting for background jobs:...Read more
What is APM software?
1 comment
Official Response from Scout Monitoring
APM stands for Application Performance Monitoring and allows developers to see exactly what your applications are doing, and why, while they execute the...Read more
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