Observability is a key use case, as is security.
Sr. Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Good observability and dashboards with increased visibility
Pros and Cons
- "Datadog dashboards are pretty great."
- "We need more integration with security tools like Drata."
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
With this product, we get more visibility into our K8s clusters and more intelligent alerting.
What is most valuable?
Datadog dashboards are pretty great.
What needs improvement?
We need more integration with security tools like Drata.
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For how long have I used the solution?
I've used the solution for three years.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

Senior Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Great logging and tracing features with good insights into performance
Pros and Cons
- "I have found the logging and tracing features the most valuable."
- "The documentation could be improved regarding setting up the agent properly and debugging."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution to monitor our Kubernetes clusters, nodes, deployments, daemon sets, replica sets, and pods.
How has it helped my organization?
I've been using this solution for a few months at my current company as a member of the Kubernetes team we use Datadog to provide monitoring and telemetry for our team and our customers.
This solution has improved our organization by giving us deeper insight into what's running in our clusters and their performance of it.
What is most valuable?
I have found the logging and tracing features the most valuable.
What needs improvement?
The documentation could be improved regarding setting up the agent properly and debugging.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using this solution for a few months at my current company.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Cloud Operations Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Great log, SQL, and network monitors
Pros and Cons
- "Datadog documentation on web pages has improved a lot and is pretty easy to follow and find."
- "Alerting timing should be improved to be more fine-tuned and exact."
What is our primary use case?
We primarily use the solution for monitoring applications and informing customers via Pagerduty and Statuspage. The monitoring and alerts can be personalized internally, and we are able to find problems and issues. The response time monitor has been great, and it has been validating upgrades. We can check in to see which step fails,
How has it helped my organization?
Previously, we had monitors scattered with different places and products, making troubleshooting harder and slower. Also, logs and monitors were on different platforms, making it harder to put the infrastructure puzzle together.
Datadog documentation on web pages has improved a lot and is pretty easy to follow and find.
Additionally, integrations with, for example, GCP, Network, component, and Software providers are much easier as everything is now centralized.
API and notification integrations are also a great benefit for our organization.
Datadog is listening actively for customer feedback and develops improvements for us effectively.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features of the solution include the APM, log monitor, SQL monitors, network monitors, and integrations.
What needs improvement?
Alerting timing should be improved to be more fine-tuned and exact. The current problem is that monitoring is integrated with the Statuspage and the SLA.
Also, browser support for browsers other than Chrome should be added. Browser test recording is another problem, as it does not always work in normal mode. One needs to use incognito mode or a pop-up.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for three years.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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