Datadog
Full-stack managed observability — metrics, logs, traces, and APM in one SaaS platform.
Proprietary apmsaasobservability
Pricing
Usage-based, from roughly $15/host/month.
Datadog is the answer for teams who want observability without operating any of the infrastructure it runs on — metrics, logs, and traces arrive pre-correlated with minimal setup.
Key features
- All-in-one: metrics, logs, traces, APM, RUM
- Excellent out-of-the-box dashboards per integration
- Strong anomaly detection and alerting
- Wide integration catalog, minimal agent config
Self-hosted vs. cloud
Fully managed SaaS — there is no self-hosted option. That’s the trade: zero ops, but your telemetry data leaves your infrastructure and usage-based billing needs watching.
Quick start
DD_API_KEY=<key> bash -c "$(curl -L https://install.datadoghq.com/scripts/install_script_agent7.sh)"
Alternatives
Grafana + Prometheus gets you most of the same visibility self-hosted, at the cost of running it yourself.