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IN THE FIELD GUIDE
Datadog
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Datadog is a unified observability platform that monitors infrastructure metrics, distributed traces, logs, and more across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. It provides deep visibility, easy deployment, and extensive integrations to help teams maintain, optimize, and secure their systems.
THE PRODUCT, BEYOND THE PITCH
Editorially reviewed · Sources checked Sep 23, 2026
A good fit for
- Engineering teams needing unified observability across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises infrastructure.
Know the limitations
- Some products and features are unavailable on the US-FED site, limiting access for federal users.
- AI Credits reset monthly and unused credits do not roll over, which may require careful usage planning.
What you can do
- Application security and compliance monitoring including vulnerability management, cloud security posture management, and compliance frameworks support.
Features
- Infrastructure Monitoring with metrics, visualizations, and alerting for cloud or hybrid environments.
- Custom Metrics ingestion and indexing to balance cost and visibility.
- Network Monitoring that unifies visibility across multi-cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
- Application Performance Monitoring with end-to-end distributed tracing and auto-generated service overviews.
- Log Management with automatic collection, filtering, and correlation with metrics and traces.
Integrations
- Supports over 900 vendor-backed integrations including Kubernetes, serverless platforms, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, OpenTelemetry, and more.
Platforms & data export
Not confirmed yet.
THE COST FOR YOUR TEAM
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A practical workflow
- Deploy Datadog agents across environments including on-premise, hybrid, edge, and multi-cloud to start monitoring.
- Use tag-based search and analytics to slice and dice complex infrastructure data for troubleshooting.
- Correlate related metrics, traces, logs, and security signals with one click to troubleshoot issues faster.
Based on the sources below. Editorial review does not imply hands-on product testing.
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