9 categories · RankedDatadog
Datadog is a cloud monitoring and security platform that brings metrics, logs and traces together for observability across infrastructure and applications · datadoghq.com ↗
Leads at enterprise. Ranked 4 of 86 for small business buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Site24x7 is first at 27%.
Ranked first, contested: Zabbix has 23%. 6 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Ranked first. Next is Dynatrace at 25%.
Why models recommend it
“Start with Datadog if your team is already deeply invested in AWS/Azure/GCP ecosystems and you value a rich ecosystem of integrations above all else.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Direct question · first choice
“Datadog: Excellent for hybrid/cloud-native; strong AI (Watchdog for anomalies), full-stack observability... Scalable and user-friendly.”Grok 4.20 · Scale-constrained question · first choice
“All-in-One Cloud SaaS (Fast Setup) | Datadog | Broadest library of integrations, easy correlation between logs and infrastructure.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Comparative question · first choice
“my default recommendation would be Datadog if you want the strongest all-around balance of speed to deploy, breadth, and ease of use”GPT-5.4 mini · Paraphrase question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Avoid: Writing code that sends telemetry directly to third-party APIs (e.g., sending logs straight to Splunk Cloud, Datadog, or Dynatrace APIs)”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
“Alternatives to Avoid on Tight Budgets: High-end leaders like Datadog or Splunk excel in features but often lead to bill shock”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Avoid Datadog unless you have enterprise budgets and teams — it's overkill-priced for most mid-market B2B operations.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Direct question · warning
“High Caution: Datadog ... Surprise billing - Complex, à la carte pricing across 40+ products that compounds unpredictably”Kimi K2 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Datadog, over the 692 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | 37 | Compare → | |
| 395 | 41 | View → | |
| 280 | 63 | Compare → | |
| 165 | 0 | View → | |
| 137 | 9 | Compare → | |
| 135 | 10 | Compare → | |
| 116 | 1 | View → | |
| 113 | 35 | Compare → | |
| 106 | 16 | Compare → | |
| 99 | 3 | Compare → |
What the models named instead of Datadog →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Datadog's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- developers, IT operations teams and business users
- Price stated
- Subscription pricing varies based on usage.
- Starting price
- 0
- Free plan or trial
- Start a free 14-day trial.
- Integrations
- 1000
- Certifications
- SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, CCPA, CSA STAR, DORA, EU-US DPF, FedRAMP
- Hosting
- US (US1, US3, US5), US1-FED, EU1, AP1, AP2, UK1
- Customers named
- LG Electronics, Itaú, OpenAI, FICO, MidJourney, Perplexity AI, Porsche Informatik, Auth0
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 590 of the 692 answers that named Datadog and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
1,229 of the 1,229 domain citations in answers naming Datadog came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| Grok 4.20 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 |
| Mistral Small | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 |
| Kimi K2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 2,210 | 9 | 2026-09-25 | ||
| News or press | 269 | 3 | 2026-07-16 | ||
| Report or ebook | 181 | 1 | 2026-07-12 | ||
| Conference or event | 153 | 2 | 2026-09-01 | ||
| Case study | 129 | 17 | 2026-09-09 | ||
| Podcast or video | 74 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 30 | 0 | 2026-06-24 | ||
| Comparison | 4 | 1 | 2026-08-19 | ||
| Template or tool | 2 | 0 | 2026-06-25 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 2 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-09-25Rum product analytics shopify salesforce blog
- 2026-09-23Rum remote configuration blog
- 2026-09-10How we built datadog experiments blog
- 2026-09-09Getgo case study
- 2026-09-02Monitor prompt caching optimize token usage blog
- 2026-09-01Educause26 conference or event
Events in person
- August 6, 2026Pathrunner: An AWS Privilege Escalation FrameworkArsenal Station 1, Business Hall · spoke
- August 5, 2026When Queues Become Vulnerabilities: Reverse Engineering GCD, XPC Races, and macOS Detection EngineeringOceanside B, Level 2 · spoke
- August 5, 2026Emulate cloud-native attacks with Stratus Red TeamArsenal Station 1, Business Hall · spoke
- August 5, 2026BewAIre: Detecting Malicious Pull Requests at Scale with LLMsPULSE_STAGE/05 · spoke
- August 4, 2026Datadog x Expel x AWS Security Kickoff ReceptionOle Red Las Vegas · took part
- March 26, 2026Rethinking Vulnerability Backlogs: When CVSS Scores Don’t Match RealityAPP-R03 · spoke
- March 25, 2026Breakfast with OCSFIntercontinental · hosted
- March 24, 2026Building an AI SOC Agent for Insights and Accuracysouth Briefing Center Theater · spoke
- March 24, 2026Drinks and DialogueDelarosa · hosted
- March 24, 2026Cloudflare After DarkSPIN SF · took part
- March 23, 2026Datadog and RapDev Happy HourDelarosa · took part
- March 21, 2026Detecting Race Conditions on MacOSAMC Theatre 07 · spoke
- March 21, 2026Turning the Signal: Threat Detection & Hunting Jam SessionAMC Theatre 01 · spoke
- March 21, 2026The Room Where It Happens (Identity Compromise Edition): Behind the Scenes of Okta Attack CampaignsAMC IMAX · spoke
- March 21, 2026When the Supply Chain Hits a Sour NoteAMC Theatre 10 · spoke
- December 4, 2025Paws & Wine Networking Event APJ / EMEASushi Samba - The Venetian, Las Vegas, USA · took part
- December 3, 2025Women in AI BreakfastGjelina - The Venetian, Las Vegas, USA · took part
- December 3, 2025EMEA BreakfastSpritz - The Venetian, Las Vegas, USA · took part
- December 3, 2025Cocktails & ConversationGjelina - The Venetian, Las Vegas, USA · took part
- December 2, 2025After Hours ReceptionChandelier Bar - The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas, USA · took part
As the event pages on datadoghq.com state them, read September 28, 2026.
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page datadoghq.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.