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ChaosSearch vs Datadog comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 6, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

ChaosSearch
Ranking in Log Management
49th
Average Rating
6.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.6
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Datadog
Ranking in Log Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
187
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (1st), Network Monitoring Software (4th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (2nd), Container Monitoring (2nd), Cloud Monitoring Software (2nd), AIOps (1st), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Log Management category, the mindshare of ChaosSearch is 0.0%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Datadog is 5.9%, down from 7.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Log Management
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2593014 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cost-effective logging solution with room for search and interface improvement
Our primary use case is logging for everything within the company. We have a custom LogShipper, and for whatever deployments we have, we add the LogShipper into our containers, apply customer configurations to parse log files, and send desired fields to ChaosSearch. We then review logs on…
Kevin Palmer - PeerSpot reviewer
Useful log aggregation and management with helpful metrics aggregation
Datadog provides us value in three major ways: First, Datadog provides best-in-class functionality in many, if not all, of the products to which we subscribe (infrastructure, APM, log management, serverless, synthetics, real user monitoring, DB monitoring). In my experience with other tools that provide similar functionality, Datadog provides the largest feature set with the most flexibility and the best performance. Second, Datadog allows us to access all of those services in one place. Having to learn and manage only one tool for all of those purposes is a major benefit. Third, Datadog provides significant connectivity between those services so that we can view, summarize, organize, translate and correlate our data with maximum effect. Not needing to manually integrate them to draw lines between those pieces of information is a huge time savings for us.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"ChaosSearch is considered a cheaper alternative to Elastic."
"ChaosSearch is considered a cheaper alternative to Elastic."
"When I reflect on the ways we used to track down issues, I can't imagine how we ever managed before Datadog."
"The infrastructure monitoring capabilities, especially for our Kubernetes clusters, have helped us optimize resource allocation and reduce costs."
"APM and tracing are super useful."
"Dashboards are helpful for reviewing occasionally to get a higher-level overview of what's happening."
"Datadog is easy to use and easy to deploy. It's a better solution compared to others on the market in terms of being budget friendly for our customers."
"Even if we don't end up using Datadog, it revealed problems and optimizations to us that weren't obvious before."
"Thanks to the logs, we manage to make better reports through Jira and also to trace the request with more facility than we would be able to do otherwise."
"Datadog's seamless integration with Slack and PagerDuty helped us to receive alerts right to the most common notification methods we use (our mobile devices and Slack)."
 

Cons

"The user interface could be more intuitive and requires improvement."
"During my time at Klarna, I didn't see any improvements from using ChaosSearch."
"I sometimes log in and see items changed, either in the UI or a feature enabled. To see it for the first time without proper communication can sometimes come as a shock."
"One area where I was really looking for improvement was the CSPM product line. I had really wanted to have team-level visibility for findings, since the team managing the resources has much more context and ability to resolve the issue, as the service owner. However, this has been added to the announcement in a recent keynote."
"At the beginning, when we started throwing logs at it, there was a bit of hiccup. However, this was during their beta period, so hiccups were expected."
"The product needs a better Datadog agent installation."
"More pre-configured "Monitor Alerts" would be helpful."
"Their security features could be improved. We looked at their Security Monitoring feature but it was early in its development. Datadog are just getting into the security space so I'm sure this will improve in the future."
"Some of the interface is still confusing to use."
"The more tools that they can build that allow you to run AWX playbooks, or other similar fixes, would benefit clients greatly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It is easy to run up a large bill, so become familiar with the cost of each piece of your bill and use the metrics they supply to estimate and monitor your bill."
"At my last company, we did see ROI, specifically around response time. We could get to mission critical things that were down and losing revenue on immediately. So, the product paid itself back."
"Licensing is based on the retention period of logs and metrics."
"Pricing seemed easy until the bill came in and some things were not accounted for."
"If you do your homework, you'll find that if you're really concerned with cost, it's good."
"The solution is fairly priced but history and log storage can get costly depending on your needs."
"The price is better than some competing products."
"I am not satisfied with its licensing. Its payment is based on the exported data, and there was an explosion of the data for three or four weeks. My customer was not alerted, and there was no way for them to see that there has been an explosion of data. They got a big invoice for one or two months. The pricing model of Datadog is based on the data. The customer was quite surprised about not being alerted about this explosion of data. They should provide some kind of alert when there is an increase in usage."
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Top Industries

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Educational Organization
20%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ChaosSearch?
Pricing was a significant factor in choosing ChaosSearch, especially as an alternative to more expensive solutions like Elastic.
What needs improvement with ChaosSearch?
The user interface could be more intuitive and requires improvement. The search function often feels wonky, making it difficult to find specific messages. There should be documentation or feature e...
What is your primary use case for ChaosSearch?
Our primary use case is logging for everything within the company. We have a custom LogShipper, and for whatever deployments we have, we add the LogShipper into our containers, apply customer confi...
Any advice about APM solutions?
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Datadog vs ELK: which one is good in terms of performance, cost and efficiency?
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Which would you choose - Datadog or Dynatrace?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether the Datadog or Dynatrace network monitoring software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Dynatrace. Dynatrace offers network ...
 

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