We performed a comparison between Datadog and SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Log Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Because of our client focus, it is easy for us to sell. This is because it is easy to use and easy to set up."
"Most of the features in the way Datadog does monitoring are commendable and that is the reason we choose it. We did some comparisons before picking Datadog. Datadog was recommended based on the features provided."
"It has a nice UI."
"Its integration is most valuable because you can integrate it with various service providers such as AWS, .Net, etc."
"The interface and the integrations make it so easy to connect to the cloud or to the on-premise environment."
"The ease of correcting these dashboards and widgets when needed is amazing."
"For us to have visibility into our app stack and the hardware we run has been highly beneficial."
"It has scaled great. I haven't run into any problems anywhere that I've used it. They have handled everything that we have needed them to."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is its performance and management. Additionally, the solution integrates well."
"Simplicity is the most valuable feature."
"We are very happy with the stability of the solution."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the alerting based on the security logs."
"The best thing about Kiwi Syslog is that it filters logs into different levels."
"We would like to see some versioning system for the Synthetic Tests so that we could have a backup of our tests since they are time-consuming to make and very easy to damage in a moment of error."
"I'm not sure if Datadog can monitor K8s deployments in real-time. For instance, being able to see a deployment step by step visually. This would be helpful if there were any incidents during the deployment."
"ECS could be improved by including more tutorials for beginners to reduce the barriers to entry."
"Datadog could be improved if it could detect other software in a container or server."
"We need a lot of modules since we collect all data logs from all operating systems."
"We would like to see smaller or shorter tutorials and video sessions."
"When it comes to storing the logs with Datadog, I'm not sure why it costs so much to store gigabytes or terabytes of information when it's a fraction of the cost to do so myself."
"Once Datadog has gained wide adoption, it can often be overwhelming to both know and understand where to go to find answers to questions."
"I would like to have email notifications for emergency logs."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly and customizable dashboard."
"SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server could improve by reducing the price."
"Technical support could definitely be better."
"I would like to see better search functions and better filters in the next release."
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Datadog is ranked 2nd in Log Management with 137 reviews while SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is ranked 30th in Log Management with 5 reviews. Datadog is rated 8.6, while SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Datadog writes "Very good RUM, synthetics, and infrastructure host maps". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server writes "Shows login failures and server issues but search functions and filters could be improved". Datadog is most compared with Dynatrace, Azure Monitor, New Relic, AWS X-Ray and AppDynamics, whereas SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server is most compared with syslog-ng, SolarWinds Log Analyzer, Wazuh and Fortinet FortiAnalyzer. See our Datadog vs. SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server report.
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