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What is Datadog?
Datadog is a monitoring service for hybrid cloud applications, assisting organizations in improving agility, increasing efficiency, and providing end-to-end visibility across the application and organization. Datadog is the essential monitoring platform for cloud applications that brings together data from servers, containers, databases, and third-party services to make your stack entirely observable. These capabilities help DevOps teams avoid downtime, resolve performance issues, and ensure customers are getting the best user experience.
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90 Likeliness to Recommend
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96 Plan to Renew
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83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+85 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Datadog?
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Acts with Integrity
- Enables Productivity
- Saves Time
How to read the Emotional Footprint
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While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Data Visualization
Incident Management Automation
Event & Alert Management Automation
Operational Task Automation
Predictive Analytics
Security Operations Automation
Analyze Discovery Data
Performance & Capacity Management Automation
Explainable and Trainable Algorithms
Problem Management Automation
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Breadth of Features
Ease of Implementation
Business Value Created
Ease of IT Administration
Usability and Intuitiveness
Vendor Support
Ease of Data Integration
Quality of Features
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Availability and Quality of Training
Ease of Customization
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Score 8.8
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Score 8.8
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Score 8.2
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Score 7.1
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Datadog Reviews
Rajeshh R.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Entertainment
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Jul 2021
Definitely a One Stop Monitoring Tool!
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Datadog from other similar products?
Vast number of products can be integrated with datadog which helps to monitor them easily
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
It is maintenance free as it’s managed by datadog itself. It’s totally customizable based on our requirements specific to different databases and applications.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Sometimes it could result in too many alerts but if it’s configured right then too many alerts can be avoided.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
As an Administrator I can totally Vogue that DataDog would definitely make life easy when the organization has tons of databases and application to be monitored and managed. It’s worth the cost and great support as well.
Pros
- Efficient Service
- Acts with Integrity
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
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- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Jun 2021
Needs a major update.
Likeliness to Recommend
Pros
- Trustworthy
- Efficient Service
- Saves Time
- Acts with Integrity
Cons
- Less Generous
- Charges for Enhancements
- Under Delivered
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Karan S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jun 2021
"A versatile product at an excellent price"
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Datadog from other similar products?
Has several out-of-the-box integrations with various cloud providers, technologies, and apps.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Datadog's limitless integration options are something I really enjoy about it. It integrates seamlessly with Slack and AWS. When it comes to visuals, the dashboards always present all of the important information on the same screen. They're also simple to personalise and read. The user interface is sleek and simple.
What do you dislike most about this product?
It is not simple to learn to handle the platform from one second to the next; it takes a lot of effort and expertise to be able to accomplish the proper approach to utilise it so that everything runs smoothly.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Datadog would be ideal for cloud-centric businesses seeking for a monitoring service, especially given its low cost. However, you should be aware that in order to get the most out of it, you may need to devote some time to learning how to set it properly.
Pros
- Respectful
- Client Friendly Policies
- Transparent
- Appreciates Incumbent Status
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