Compare Datadog and UptimeRobot 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (48.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (72.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
$0.00
Datadog
Star Rating
(543)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 plansUptimeRobot
Star Rating
(227)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (72.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Browse all 4 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Datadog excels in its Alerting functionality, with a score of 9.2, while UptimeRobot shines even brighter with a score of 9.6. Reviewers mention that UptimeRobot's multi-channel alerting system is particularly effective in ensuring timely notifications.
- Reviewers mention that UptimeRobot offers superior Ease of Use with a score of 9.5 compared to Datadog's 8.2. Users on G2 appreciate UptimeRobot's straightforward interface, making it easier for small businesses to navigate and utilize effectively.
- G2 users highlight Datadog's robust Multi-Cloud Management capabilities, scoring 6.7, but note that UptimeRobot's focus on small-business needs provides a more tailored experience, even if it lacks some advanced features.
- Users say that Datadog's Performance Monitoring is highly rated at 9.2, with features like real-time analytics and diverse systems monitoring, while UptimeRobot, with a score of 8.8, is praised for its simplicity in monitoring performance without overwhelming users.
- Reviewers mention that Datadog's Quality of Support is rated at 8.3, which is commendable, but UptimeRobot outperforms with a score of 9.2, with users appreciating the quick response times and helpful resources available.
- Users report that while Datadog provides advanced Data Visualization tools with a score of 8.9, UptimeRobot's simpler dashboards, rated at 8.5, are more accessible for users who prioritize ease of understanding over complexity.
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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
UptimeRobot
Free Plan
$0.00
Good for hobby projects. No credit card required!
- 50 monitors
- 5 minute monitoring interval
- HTTP, port & ping monitoring
Free Trial
Datadog
Free Trial is available
UptimeRobot
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.7
467
9.3
178
Ease of Use
8.2
471
9.5
190
Ease of Setup
8.4
246
9.5
146
Ease of Admin
8.3
213
9.4
124
Quality of Support
8.3
415
9.2
111
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
200
9.4
107
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
452
8.9
175
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
9.0
128
9.3
58
9.5
137
9.0
52
9.5
135
8.7
45
9.0
127
8.8
47
9.0
124
8.9
40
8.1
114
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
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
Not enough data
8.9
87
Not enough data
8.9
97
Not enough data
7.3
82
Not enough data
8.4
88
Not enough data
Response
8.8
104
Not enough data
8.8
92
Not enough data
7.9
85
Not enough data
Performance
8.5
99
Not enough data
8.2
85
Not enough data
Functionality
8.4
87
Not enough data
8.0
79
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
93
Not enough data
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 UptimeRobot are categorized as Website Monitoring
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, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, Log Analysis, Incident Response, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), API Marketplace, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Network Monitoring, and Cloud Cost Management
UptimeRobot has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
UptimeRobot
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
21.4%
Computer Software
11.8%
Marketing and Advertising
8.2%
Computer & Network Security
5.0%
Non-Profit Organization Management
4.5%
Other
49.1%
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.
UptimeRobot
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Achir s.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
The best thing about UR is the clean dashboard. There is no mess or a lot of options to scroll, it is a clean and easy-to-view dashboard to monitor the sites. I really like the keyword-based monitoring and alerts feature through this we never miss any...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Ben M.
Verified User
They've changed the plan capabilities 5 months into an 12 month commitment without any notice or compensation. I have sent multiple queries making why they have decided to change what has already been paid for instead of providing us with a "grandfather" or...
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...
Achir s.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
The best thing about UR is the clean dashboard. There is no mess or a lot of options to scroll, it is a clean and easy-to-view dashboard to monitor the sites. I really like the keyword-based monitoring and alerts feature through this we never miss any...
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.
Ben M.
Verified User
They've changed the plan capabilities 5 months into an 12 month commitment without any notice or compensation. I have sent multiple queries making why they have decided to change what has already been paid for instead of providing us with a "grandfather" or...
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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
Where is UptimeRobot located?
1 comment
CF
I don't know. But according to their website: "We verify incidents from various geo-locations to prevent false-positives."Read more
Is there a limit of the number of sites to be monitored?
1 comment
JL
Right now it looks like UptimeRobot lets you monitor 50 sites for free at 5-minute intervals. If you want shorter monitoring intervals (1 minute), that's a...Read more
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