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Comparison Buyer's Guide
Executive Summary
Updated on Jun 12, 2022

We performed a comparison between Datadog and Logz.io based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.

  • Ease of Deployment: Most Datadog users say that its initial setup is straightforward, but a small percentage disagree, and say that the setup is complex. Logz.io users say that its initial setup is straightforward.
  • Features: Users of both products are happy with their stability and scalability. Datadog reviewers praise its integration options and dashboard and say that it gives them a clear view of their infrastructure and services. Several users mention that they would like better AI capabilities. Logz.io users like its alerting tools and say that it provides them with valuable logs that help them with testing but that it occasionally has bugs.
  • Pricing: Most Datadog reviewers feel that it is an expensive product. In contrast, Logz.io reviewers feel that its price is fair..
  • ROI: Users of both solutions report an ROI.
  • Service and Support: Most reviewers of both solutions report being satisfied with the level of support they receive.

Comparison Results: Datadog is the winner in this comparison. According to reviews, Datadog appears to be a more mature and powerful solution. Logz.io does come out on top in the setup and pricing categories, however.

To learn more, read our detailed Datadog vs. Logz.io Report (Updated: March 2023).
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Pros
"The biggest thing I liked was the combination of all the things - monitoring, log aggregation, and profiling.""The solution's SaaS model is easy to manage and works well in single- or multi-cloud environments.""I have found error reporting and log centralization the most valuable features. Overall, Datadog provides a full package solution.""The most valuable aspect is the APM which can monitor the metrics and latencies.""The interface and the integrations make it so easy to connect to the cloud or to the on-premise environment.""We've found it most useful for managing Rstudio Workbench, which has its own logs that would not be picked up via Cloudwatch.""The most valuable aspect of the solution is the APM.""We have way more observability than what we had before - on the application and the overall system."

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"The visualizations in Kibana are the most valuable feature. It's much more convenient to have a visualization of logs. We can see status really clearly and very fast, with just a couple of clicks.""The other nice thing about Logz.io is their team. When it comes to onboarding, their support is incredibly proactive. They bring the brand experience from a customer services perspective because their team is always there to help you refine filters and tweak dashboards. That is really a useful thing to have. Their engagement is really supportive.""It is massively useful and great for testing. We can just go, find logs, and attach them easily. It has a very quick lookup. Whereas, before we would have to go, dig around, and find the server that the logs were connected to, then go to the server, download the log, and attach it. Now, we can just go straight to this solution, type in the log ID and server ID, and obtain the information that we want."

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Cons
"Sometimes it’s difficult to customize certain queries to find specific things, specifically with the logging solution.""Managing dashboards as IaC is a bit hard to work out at times.""The documentation could be improved regarding setting up the agent properly and debugging.""We need more advanced querying against logs.""We have contact with many customers that cover many areas, so we have cases where the infrastructure administration could be improved.""One thing we have run into is that it is so easy to add monitoring that we turn on things without really understanding the costs.""We'd like Datadog to make the log storage cheaper.""The current way accounts are billed could be vastly improved - especially when involving multiple organizations across multiple accounts in combination with reserved commitments."

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"I would like granularity on alerting so we can get tentative alerts and major alerts, then break it down between the two.""When it comes to reducing our troubleshooting time, it depends. When there are no bugs in Logz.io, it reduces troubleshooting by 5 to 10 percent. When there are bugs, it increases our troubleshooting time by 200 percent or more.""I would like them to improve how they manage releases. Some of our integrations integrate specifically with set versions. Logz.io occasionally releases an update that might break that integration. On one occasion, we found out a little bit too late, then we had to roll it back."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It has a module-based pricing model."
  • "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."
  • "Datadog does not provide any free plans to use the solution. When I start with a proof of concept it would be sensible to have a free plan to test the tool and check whether it fits the requirements of the project. Before the production stage, it is always good to have a free plan with some limited features, number of requests, or logs."
  • "They prefer monthly subscriptions."
  • "Our licensing fees are paid on a monthly basis."
  • "Sometimes it's very hard to project how much it will cost for the monthly subscription for the next month when you add certain features. Having better visibility of the cost would give a better experience."
  • "While it is an expensive product, I would rate the pricing level at four out of five."
  • "The price is better than some competing products."
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  • "You pay for what you need, and that is a good model. They are also quite happy to talk to you about your uses and your use case. They will even go as far as suggesting things that you don't need to do in order to save you money. At one point, I was quite surprised at how cheap it could be if we wanted it to be or how much they would help us manage our costs."
  • "At the time it was set up, we thought Logz.io was very reasonable for what we were getting in terms of how much time and hosting costs it was saving us, because you don't have to run the servers for it anymore."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer: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 core… more »
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:It is massively useful and great for testing. We can just go, find logs, and attach them easily. It has a very quick lookup. Whereas, before we would have to go, dig around, and find the server that… more »
    Top Answer:You pay for what you need, and that is a good model. They are also quite happy to talk to you about your uses and your use case. They will even go as far as suggesting things that you don't need to do… more »
    Top Answer:One of those areas would be allowing it to have public dashboards where you don't need a login. The reason is if we were in a studio right now, we would have a big screen TV with the dashboards on it… more »
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    Overview

    Datadog is a cloud monitoring solution that is designed to assist administrators, IT teams, and other members of an organization who are charged with keeping a close eye on their networks. Administrators can use Datadog to set real-time alerts and schedule automated report generation. They can deal with issues as they arise and keep up to date with the overall health of their network while still being able to focus on other tasks. Users can also track the historical performance of their networks and ensure that they operate at the highest possible level.

    Datadog Benefits

    Some of the ways that organizations can benefit by deploying Datadog include:

    • Gain an integrated view of the services and programs that IT teams are employing across their networks. Users can view and monitor all of the disparate programs that they have running across their networks with this one solution. They can track these programs across the entirety of the data’s life cycle.
    • Analyze and utilize massive amounts of data in real time. Datadog’s dashboards gather data in real time. Administrators can utilize their network’s data the minute that it becomes relevant to them. Decisions can be made based on the most current information available.
    • Keep your cloud network secured against digital threats. Datadog enables users to create alerts that will notify the minute that threats arise. IT teams and administrators can rapidly address any issue that comes up and prevent any existing problem from growing worse.
    • Easily get it up and running. Users can set up Datadog, configure it, and employ API integrations to connect it to external solutions with ease.

    Datadog Features

    • Customizable and prefabricated monitoring dashboards. Administrators are supplied with two different types of dashboards that they can choose from when they are setting up Datadog. They can customize the dashboards to fit any specialized monitoring need. Additionally, users can choose to use prefabricated dashboards that come with the solution.
    • Disaster recovery feature. Datadog has a built-in feature that enables organizations to continue functioning if some disaster strikes their network. If the network suffers damage, Datadog can restore lost data and infrastructure. Should a digital threat do damage to the network, Datadog ensures that the damage is not irreparable.
    • Vulnerability scanning tool. Users can keep ahead of threats to their networks by employing Datadog’s vulnerability scanning feature. This tool scans the entirety of a user’s network and warns them if a vulnerability is detected. Users can then move to patch these holes in their security before the threat to their network can escalate.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Datadog is a solution that stands out when compared to many of its competitors. It can offer organizations many advantages. Two major advantages are the dashboards that users can create and the monitoring capability that it gives system administrators.

    A senior manager in charge of site reliability engineering at Extra Space Storage writes, “The dashboards we created are core indicators of the health of our system, and it is one of the most reliable sources we have turned to, especially as we have seen APM metrics impacted several times lately. We can usually rely on logs to tell us what the apps are doing.”

    Housecall Pro’s senior director of DevOps writes, “We value the monitoring capability since it allows us to be pushed alerts, rather than having to observe graphs continually.

    Logz.io is a leading cloud-native observability platform that enables engineers to use the best open source tools in the market without the complexity of operating, managing, and scaling them. Logz.io offers four products: Log Management built on ELK, Infrastructure Monitoring based on Prometheus, Distributed Tracing based on Jaeger, and an ELK-based Cloud SIEM. These are offered as fully managed, integrated cloud services designed to help engineers monitor, troubleshoot and secure their distributed cloud workloads more effectively. Engineering driven companies like Siemens, Unity and ZipRecruiter use Logz.io to simplify monitoring and security workflows, increasing developer productivity, reducing time to resolve issues, and increasing the performance and security of their mission-critical applications.

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    Adobe, Samsung, facebook, HP Cloud Services, Electronic Arts, salesforce, Stanford University, CiTRIX, Chef, zendesk, Hearst Magazines, Spotify, mercardo libre, Slashdot, Ziff Davis, PBS, MLS, The Motley Fool, Politico, Barneby's
    Dish Network, The Economist, Forbes, Holler, Kenshoo, OneSpan, Siemens, Sisense, Unity, ZipRecruiter
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    Financial Services Firm22%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    Pharma/Biotech Company5%
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    Computer Software Company19%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    Educational Organization7%
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    Computer Software Company22%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Insurance Company6%
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    Small Business37%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise43%
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    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise61%
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    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise51%
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    Datadog vs. Logz.io
    March 2023
    Find out what your peers are saying about Datadog vs. Logz.io and other solutions. Updated: March 2023.
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    Datadog is ranked 2nd in Log Management with 108 reviews while Logz.io is ranked 22nd in Log Management with 3 reviews. Datadog is rated 8.6, while Logz.io is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Datadog writes "Easy to set up and good UI but needs better customization capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Logz.io writes "Improved our troubleshooting by giving us visibility into what's going on". Datadog is most compared with Dynatrace, New Relic, Azure Monitor, Splunk Enterprise Security and Wazuh, whereas Logz.io is most compared with Coralogix, Wazuh, Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel and Elastic Security. See our Datadog vs. Logz.io report.

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