Check Point Infinity vs Datadog comparison

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Check Point Infinity and Datadog based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two AI Observability solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Check Point Infinity vs. Datadog Report (Updated: February 2026).

Check Point Infinity vs. Datadog

February 2026

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score

5.8

Check Point Infinity enhances security and ROI with streamlined management, remote connectivity, and justified pricing for Portuguese businesses.

Sentiment score

6.5

Datadog is praised for high ROI, cost-effectiveness, reducing downtime, optimizing infrastructure, and improving efficiency and reliability.

When I use different Check Point tools, I save support time overall.

Carol Berrocal

IT at a security firm with 51-200 employees

The value is in the capacity to protect against problems or attacks with technology, developing and strengthening cybersecurity policies and administration.

PM at SECURE SOFT

I would say we can save about 90% of our budget with Check Point Infinity.

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Advisor at Rossell Techsys (Division of Rossell India Limited)

Previously we had thirteen contractors doing the monitoring for us, which is now reduced to only five.

Prakash Pandey

IT Manager at Liberty Mutual Insurance

Datadog has delivered more than its value through reduced downtime, faster recovery, and infrastructure optimization.

reviewer2767362

Sr. Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

Datadog is something which I can 100% rely on, and it is very cost-effective and totally worth it.

Yash Dhawan

Tech Ops Engineer at Zeller

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.2

Check Point Infinity's customer service is praised for responsiveness and knowledge, but some users experience delays and slow ticket processes.

Sentiment score

6.7

Datadog's support is responsive and helpful, though some users seek faster resolutions and consistent communication for complex issues.

As soon as we raise a ticket, they engage promptly, indicating strong vendor support.

Muluken Mekonene

Network Engineer at Insa

The technical support is excellent with quick response times.

PM at SECURE SOFT

Check Point support is very responsive.

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Advisor at Rossell Techsys (Division of Rossell India Limited)

When I have additional questions, the ticket is updated with actual recommendations or suggestions pointing me in the correct direction.

Laurie Mordick

Applications Web Services Technical Engineer at Ace Hardware

Overall, the entire Datadog comprehensive experience of support, onboarding, getting everything in there, and having a good line of feedback has been exceptional.

Thomas Harrison

Systems Administrator at Townsquare Interactive

I've had a couple instances where I reached out to Datadog's support team, and they have been really super helpful and very kind, even reaching back out after resolving my issues to check if everything's going well.

Nikki L.

Security Engineer at Invitation Homes

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.6

Check Point Infinity offers scalable flexibility, efficiently managing growth and diverse requirements for businesses of all sizes and capacities.

Sentiment score

7.6

Datadog offers scalable performance across varied environments, integrates with cloud services, but requires budget monitoring as data grows.

The Infinity Portal lets us manage on-premises, cloud and edge environments from a single elastic console.

Chetan Bhati

Network Security Engineer at Arrow PC Network Pvt Ltd

We have not faced any issues with scalability.

Raxit Manandhar

Team Lead, Network & Security at Max international

Check Point Infinity is scalable because Check Point has a deployment ecosystem with technical support and the quality of the final information from these tools.

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PM at SECURE SOFT

Datadog's scalability has been great as it has been able to grow with our needs.

Prakash Pandey

IT Manager at Liberty Mutual Insurance

We did, as a trial, engage the AWS integration, and immediately it found all of our AWS resources and presented them to us.

Thomas Harrison

Systems Administrator at Townsquare Interactive

Datadog's scalability is strong; we've continued to significantly grow our software, and there are processes in place to ensure that as new servers, realms, and environments are introduced, we're able to include them all in Datadog without noticing any performance issues.

Corey Peoples

Senior Custom Software Development Consultant at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

8.5

Check Point Infinity is highly rated for stability, with mature components and minimal issues, often scoring 8-10 out of 10.

Sentiment score

8.0

Datadog is praised for its stability, consistent uptime, swift issue resolution, and robust performance, even during peak times.

Check Point Infinity is a very stable solution; I don't remember experiencing any downtime.

reviewer2751120

Private User at a educational organization with 5,001-10,000 employees

Check Point Infinity is very stable for our company.

K.Q

IT Support at a security firm with 51-200 employees

Check Point Infinity has achieved a 99.9% block rate on zero-day malware in the 2025 Miercom test.

Chetan Bhati

Network Security Engineer at Arrow PC Network Pvt Ltd

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Datadog is very stable, as there hasn't been any downtime or issues since I've been here, and it's always on time.

Nikki L.

Security Engineer at Invitation Homes

Datadog seems stable in my experience without any downtime or reliability issues.

Daniel Dolan

Full Stack Developer at Townsquare Interactive

Datadog seems to be more stable, and I really want to have a complete demo before making a call to decide on this.

Aman

Enterprise solution architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

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Room For Improvement

Check Point Infinity suffers from slow support, high costs, unclear documentation, confusing licensing, and a cumbersome user experience.

Datadog should enhance AI, improve customization, offer real-time insights, and optimize transparency for better user experience and performance.

A more guided setup process or contextual help within the dashboard would make it easier for new team members to get up to speed.

TVargas

Cloud Support at a security firm with 51-200 employees

I would recommend having more comprehensive documentation, including a guide for installation and configuration of Check Point Infinity.

Muluken Mekonene

Network Engineer at Insa

I would improve Check Point Infinity by embedding some sort of analytics that indicates which attacks are coming from specific IP addresses very often so that we can block those IP addresses.

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Advisor at Rossell Techsys (Division of Rossell India Limited)

It would be great to see stronger AI-driven anomaly detection and predictive analytics to help identify potential issues before they impact performance.

reviewer2767305

Operations Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We want to be able to customize the cost part, and we would appreciate more granular access control.

Andrei Mita

Service Manager at PwC

The documentation is adequate, but team members coming into a project could benefit from more guided, interactive tutorials, ideally leveraging real-world data.

Timothy Spangler

Senior Software Engineer at Los Angeles Times Communications, LLC

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Setup Cost

Enterprises have mixed views on Check Point Infinity's pricing, appreciating flexibility but finding costs high for certain features.

Datadog offers flexible, usage-based pricing favored by SMEs, but enterprise users face complexity and potential high costs for new features.

In terms of pricing, I find Check Point Infinity to be an expensive product.

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Advisor at Rossell Techsys (Division of Rossell India Limited)

The setup cost or license is very high.

TVargas

Cloud Support at a security firm with 51-200 employees

We received a relative discount for this.

Raxit Manandhar

Team Lead, Network & Security at Max international

The setup cost for Datadog is more than $100.

reviewer1599867

Senior Performance and Architecture Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Everybody wants the agent installed, but we only have so many dollars to spread across, so it's been difficult for me to prioritize who will benefit from Datadog at this time.

Laurie Mordick

Applications Web Services Technical Engineer at Ace Hardware

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is really expensive.

reviewer2767245

Senior Site Reliability Engineer at a wholesaler/distributor with 5,001-10,000 employees

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Valuable Features

Check Point Infinity provides centralized security management with AI-driven threat prevention, enhancing efficiency and reducing complexity across platforms.

Datadog offers seamless integration, real-time monitoring, and cost-effective performance insights, making it highly favored for centralized application management.

Check Point uses robust AI software to detect and recognize all cyber-attacks, giving me the ability to prevent these attacks.

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PM at SECURE SOFT

Check Point Infinity has positively impacted my organization by making everything better, including the speed of the network and the security.

reviewer2751120

Private User at a educational organization with 5,001-10,000 employees

We have seen a faster response time and reduced effort from the network and security engineers while going through logs.

Raxit Manandhar

Team Lead, Network & Security at Max international

Our architecture is written in several languages, and one area where Datadog particularly shines is in providing first-class support for a multitude of programming languages.

Timothy Spangler

Senior Software Engineer at Los Angeles Times Communications, LLC

Having all that associated analytics helps me in troubleshooting by not having to bounce around to other tools, which saves me a lot of time.

reviewer2767245

Senior Site Reliability Engineer at a wholesaler/distributor with 5,001-10,000 employees

Datadog was able to find the alerts and trigger to notify our team in a very prompt manner before it got worse, allowing us to promptly adjust and remediate the situation in time.

Nikki L.

Security Engineer at Invitation Homes

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Categories and Ranking

Check Point Infinity

Ranking in AI Observability

5th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (9th), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (8th), AI Security (5th)

Datadog

Ranking in AI Observability

1st

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

209

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (1st), Network Monitoring Software (3rd), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (2nd), Log Management (4th), Container Monitoring (1st), Cloud Monitoring Software (1st), AIOps (1st), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the AI Observability category, the mindshare of Check Point Infinity is 0.6%. The mindshare of Datadog is 9.6%, down from 36.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

AI Observability Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Datadog	9.6%
Check Point Infinity	0.6%
Other	89.8%

AI Observability

Featured Reviews

Chetan Bhati

Network Security Engineer at Arrow PC Network Pvt Ltd

Improves daily threat prevention with real-time detection and requires better alert tuning for faster prioritization

Check Point Infinity is powerful, but there are a few areas that could improve. The learning curve for new users can be steep, especially when managing multiple modules like CloudGuard, Quantum, and Harmony together. Some alerts can be overwhelming, making it harder to prioritize without fine-tuning. While automation helps, occasional manual adjustments are still needed. Overall, it is strong, but simplifying onboarding and alert management would make it even better. Integration with third-party tools could be smoother. The reporting dashboard could be more customizable for quick insights. Performance on very large networks can sometimes slow during updates. Overall, while the platform is strong, improving user experience, alert management, and integration would make it even more efficient for daily operations.

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Dhroov Patel

Site Reliability Engineer at Grainger

Has improved incident response with better root cause visibility and supports flexible on-call scheduling

Datadog needs to introduce more hard limits to cost. If we see a huge log spike, administrators should have more control over what happens to save costs. If a service starts logging extensively, I want the ability to automatically direct that log into the cheapest log bucket. This should be the case with many offerings. If we're seeing too much APM, we need to be aware of it and able to stop it rather than having administrators reach out to specific teams. Datadog has become significantly slower over the last year. They could improve performance at the risk of slowing down feature work. More resources need to go into Fleet Automation because we face many problems with things such as the Ansible role to install Datadog in non-containerized hosts. We mainly want to see performance improvements, less time spent looking at costs, the ability to trust that costs will stay reasonable, and an easier way to manage our agents. It is such a powerful tool with much potential on the horizon, but cost control, performance, and agent management need improvement. The main issues are with the administrative side rather than the actual application.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Security Firm

20%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Educational Organization

Construction Company

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	40
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	10

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	81
Midsize Enterprise	46
Large Enterprise	99

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Check Point Infinity?

Check Point Infinity's threat prevention capabilities benefitted our organization.

What needs improvement with Check Point Infinity?

Check Point Infinity could be improved with more intuitive documentation.

What is your primary use case for Check Point Infinity?

Check Point Infinity is used primarily for consolidating security across networks, including cloud and on-premise, and endpoints under one architecture. It is relied upon most for unified threat pr...

Any advice about APM solutions?

There are many factors and we know little about your requirements (size of org, technology stack, management systems, the scope of implementation). Our goal was to consolidate APM and infra monitor...

Datadog vs ELK: which one is good in terms of performance, cost and efficiency?

With Datadog, we have near-live visibility across our entire platform. We have seen APM metrics impacted several times lately using the dashboards we have created with Datadog; they are very good c...

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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Also Known As

R80, Infinity

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Overview

Check Point Infinity is the only fully consolidated cyber security architecture that provides unprecedented protection against Gen V mega-cyber attacks as well as future cyber threats across all networks, endpoint, cloud and mobile. The architecture is designed to resolve the complexities of growing connectivity and inefficient security. Learn more about Check Point Infinity

Check Point Software Technologies

Datadog integrates extensive monitoring solutions with features like customizable dashboards and real-time alerting, supporting efficient system management. Its seamless integration capabilities with tools like AWS and Slack make it a critical part of cloud infrastructure monitoring.

Datadog offers centralized logging and monitoring, making troubleshooting fast and efficient. It facilitates performance tracking in cloud environments such as AWS and Azure, utilizing tools like EC2 and APM for service management. Custom metrics and alerts improve the ability to respond to issues swiftly, while real-time tools enhance system responsiveness. However, users express the need for improved query performance, a more intuitive UI, and increased integration capabilities. Concerns about the pricing model's complexity have led to calls for greater transparency and control, and additional advanced customization options are sought. Datadog's implementation requires attention to these aspects, with enhanced documentation and onboarding recommended to reduce the learning curve.

What are Datadog's Key Features?

Sharable Dashboards: Facilitate collaboration with customizable, intuitive dashboards.
Extensive Integrations: Seamlessly connects with tools like Slack and AWS to support workflows.
APM and RUM: Provides deep insights into application performance and user interactions.
Real-Time Tools: Enables agile responses to system issues with real-time monitoring.
Unified Tagging and Visualization: Eases management of complex systems with simplified visualization.

What Benefits and ROI Should Users Look For?

Efficient Troubleshooting: Centralized logging speeds up the identification and resolution of issues.
Streamlined Workflows: Integrations with popular tools enhance operational efficiency.
Improved Observability: Comprehensive monitoring improves system reliability and performance.
Resource Optimization: Efficient microservices and container management leads to better cloud resource utilization.
Responsive Alerts: Customizable alerts ensure timely identification of critical issues.

In industries like finance and technology, Datadog is implemented for its monitoring capabilities across cloud architectures. Its ability to aggregate logs and provide a unified view enhances reliability in environments demanding high performance. By leveraging real-time insights and integration with platforms like AWS and Azure, organizations in these sectors efficiently manage their cloud infrastructures, ensuring optimal performance and proactive issue resolution.

Sample Customers

Edel AG

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