When to Use Datadog
Good fit if you need
- ✓ Enterprise needing unified APM + logs + metrics
- ✓ Large infrastructure with 100+ hosts
- ✓ Need 700+ integrations out of the box
Not the best choice if
- ✗ Cost-sensitive — Datadog bills add up FAST ($15/host + extras)
- ✗ Want OpenTelemetry portability — Datadog converts to proprietary format
- ✗ Startup with <10 services — Grafana Cloud free tier is enough
Consider instead: grafana-labs, new-relic, signoz
Migration Guide
Difficulty: high
Data you can export: Ограниченная — проприетарный формат
API standard: Проприетарный (принимает OTel, но конвертирует)
💡 Plan 2-4 weeks minimum. Consider running parallel during migration
Works Well With
Lock-in Assessment
High Lock-in 5/5
Lock-in Score 5
High — проприетарный агент, конвертирует OTel в свой формат, per-host pricing создаёт switching cost
Data Portability: Ограниченная — проприетарный формат
API Compatibility: Проприетарный (принимает OTel, но конвертирует)
Pricing
Datadog Pricing
- Pricing Model
- usage
- Free Tier
- Yes
- Free Tier Limits
- 5 hosts free
- Entry Price
- $15/host/мес (Infra Pro)
- Enterprise Available
- Yes
- Billing Complexity
- High
- Transparency Score
- 4/5
Scale
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