--- description: Learn more about Datadog price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in Australia. Read reviews from verified users and discover similar tools that fit your business needs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Datadog Cost & Reviews - Capterra Australia 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Website Monitoring Software](/directory/10021/website-monitoring/software) > [Datadog](/software/135453/datadog-cloud-monitoring) # Datadog Canonical: https://www.capterra.com.au/software/135453/datadog-cloud-monitoring Page: 1 / 16\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.com.au/software/135453/datadog-cloud-monitoring?page=2) > Gain full visibility into your applications and infrastructure with Datadog’s real-time monitoring, security, and analytics. > > Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 360 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Datadog? Datadog is a unified observability and security platform that provides IT, DevOps, and security teams with real-time monitoring, application performance insights, log management, and threat detection. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 360 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Datadog - **Founded**: 2010 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: USD 15.00 - **Pricing model**: Other (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Starts at $15 per host per month. Pay-as-you-go or subscription terms available. Service includes unlimited integrations per monitored host. 14-day free trial included in all plans. All plans include custom metrics and events. Pro plans include 13 months data retention, metric alerts, and email support. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English, Japanese - **Available Countries**: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong SAR China, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein and 18 more ## Features - Activity Dashboard - Alerts/Escalation - Alerts/Notifications - Asset Tracking - Availability Testing - Capacity Management - Collaboration Tools - Continuous Deployment - Continuous Integration - Dashboard - Data Aggregation - Data Collection - Data Migration - Data Storage Management - Device Auto Discovery - Event Logs - Graphical User Interface - High Volume Processing - IT Monitoring - Incident Reporting - KPI Monitoring - Log Analysis - Log Collection - Log Management - Multiple Data Sources - Network Analysis - Network Monitoring - Network Provisioning - Performance Analysis - Performance Management - Performance Metrics - Performance Monitoring - Policy Management - Real-Time Analytics - Real-Time Data - Real-Time Monitoring - Reporting & Statistics - Server Logs - Status Tracking - Third-Party Integrations - Threat Intelligence - Threat Response - Trend Analysis - Troubleshooting - Uptime Reporting - Virtual Machine Monitoring - Visual Analytics - Vulnerability Scanning - Web-Application Security - Website Analytics ... and 48 more features ## Integrations (166 total) - ASP.NET Zero - AWS CloudTrail - AWS IoT Analytics - AWS Lambda - AWS Step Functions - AWS X-Ray - Adobe Experience Manager - Aerospike - Airbrake - Akka - Alcide - Algorithmia - Alibaba Cloud - Amazon Cloud Search - Amazon CloudFront ... and 151 more integrations ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Website Monitoring Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/10021/website-monitoring/software) ## Related Categories - [Website Monitoring Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/10021/website-monitoring/software) - [Data Centre Management Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/10054/data-center-management/software) - [Network Monitoring Tools](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/30019/network-monitoring/software) - [Application Performance Management Tools](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/30208/application-performance-management-software/software) - [Log Management Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/30856/log-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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[Elastic Stack](https://www.capterra.com.au/software/149304/elasticsearch) — 4.6/5 (70 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Powerful Observability with Pricing to Watch" — 3.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *21 February 2026* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: I liked most about Datadog was its unified observability—metrics, logs, and traces in one intuitive, powerful platform. > > **Cons**: I liked least about Datadog was the pricing complexity—it can get expensive and harder to predict at scale. > > My overall experience with Datadog was very positive—powerful, reliable monitoring with great visibility, though pricing can scale quickly. ----- ### "Staff platform engineer" — 5.0/5 > **Jesus Alberto** | *16 December 2024* | Logistics & Supply Chain | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: The support from Datadog team along the year to tackle bugs and also beta testing new products and providing feedback > > **Cons**: The fact that we need a PhD to be able to understand Datadog pricing model XD > > It has been great, you guys rock, keep delivering good features. I would like to see more around Networking but pricing is complicated ;-) ----- ### "Datadog: Simplifying system monitoring" — 4.0/5 > **Thomas** | *2 March 2025* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: It provides an easy way for a team to analyze most logs, performance, metrics on the same platform as it connects with multiple services > > **Cons**: The pricing might be a problem in case of extremely high data volumes and the interface gets complicated to manage or it may take you some time to understand it > > Datadog is a great tool that dramatically simplifies monitoring and observability, it makes everything organized without any a need for a complex configuration, and saves time on unnecessity details ----- ### "robust and flexible platform" — 5.0/5 > **ryan** | *8 January 2026* | Design | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: My favorite thing about Datadog was the clean and modern interface that is pretty intuitive once you learn. > > **Cons**: It can get a bit pricey, with log volume, custom metrics, high-cardinality tags, and multiple products enabled. > > Overall, I find it to be a valuable tool that has generally fast queries and dependable uptime. I appreciate the flexible alert conditions and monitors. ----- ### "Data-dog’s best in the market, why?" — 4.0/5 > **Amol** | *17 December 2025* | Financial Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: UI, how fast and reliable the integrations are, we haven't faced any massive issues till now in last 3 years > > **Cons**: Cost, i think most of the customer might feel the same, for some organisation this becomes an burning issue. As when organisations try to cut cost they first go for any expensive tools they have and as far as i know the pricing model and cost is on a higher end in datadog > > Its impressive good fast reliable. As most of the integrations are very easy to implement. Documentation clear, support is highly knowledgeable, public cloud supports is unbeatable, they do prove why they are on costlier end comparing to other tools available in the marker ----- Page: 1 / 16\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.com.au/software/135453/datadog-cloud-monitoring?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.com.au/software/135453/datadog-cloud-monitoring) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | ja | | | ko | | | nb | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pl | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | | sv | | ----- ## Structured Data