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Market Segments
Enterprise (39.5% of reviews)
Mid-Market (46.7% of reviews)
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Amazon CloudWatch
Star Rating
(380)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (39.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Star Rating
(630)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (46.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
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AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Datadog excels in multi-cloud management with a score of 6.7, while Amazon CloudWatch shines with a higher score of 7.4, indicating better capabilities in managing resources across different cloud environments.
- Reviewers mention that Datadog's alerting features are highly rated at 9.2, providing robust multi-channel alerting options, whereas Amazon CloudWatch's alerting is rated slightly lower at 8.6, suggesting that Datadog may offer more flexibility and effectiveness in alert management.
- G2 users highlight Datadog's superior real-time monitoring capabilities with a score of 9.2, which allows for immediate insights into system performance, compared to Amazon CloudWatch's score of 8.6, indicating that Datadog may provide a more responsive monitoring experience.
- Reviewers mention that Datadog's logging functionality is rated at 9.3, which is significantly higher than Amazon CloudWatch's 8.4, suggesting that Datadog offers more comprehensive logging features that can enhance troubleshooting and performance analysis.
- Users on G2 report that Datadog's data visualization tools are rated at 8.9, providing intuitive dashboards and insights, while Amazon CloudWatch's visualization features are rated lower at 8.0, indicating that Datadog may offer a more user-friendly experience for data interpretation.
- Reviewers say that Datadog's anomaly detection capabilities are rated at 7.7, which is lower than Amazon CloudWatch's 8.2, suggesting that Amazon CloudWatch may have a slight edge in identifying unusual patterns in data, which is crucial for proactive monitoring.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon CloudWatch
No pricing availableDatadog
Free
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Per host, per month
Core collection and visualization features
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- 1-Day Metric Retention
- Up to 5 Hosts
Free Trial
Amazon CloudWatch
No trial information availableDatadog
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.6
289
8.7
478
Ease of Use
8.1
289
8.2
558
Ease of Setup
8.4
147
8.3
328
Ease of Admin
8.5
142
8.3
214
Quality of Support
8.3
264
8.3
425
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
134
8.5
201
Product Direction (% positive)
8.1
279
8.9
463
Features by Category
Operations
8.7
42
7.3
5
8.6
46
8.0
5
7.4
37
6.7
7
8.6
49
Not enough data
Cost Optimization
8.4
39
7.6
7
7.9
39
7.3
5
8.1
42
Not enough data
Administration
8.4
52
8.0
5
7.9
52
7.8
6
8.3
43
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Cloud Cost Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
48
Not enough data
9.3
62
Not enough data
9.0
56
Not enough data
8.8
49
Not enough data
8.9
51
Not enough data
8.9
44
Agentic AI - Website Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
9.2
99
Not enough data
9.0
100
Not enough data
9.3
85
Not enough data
8.9
100
Not enough data
8.8
84
Not enough data
8.9
89
Agentic AI - Database Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
9.2
48
Not enough data
9.2
53
Not enough data
8.1
39
Not enough data
8.5
41
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
8.6
45
Not enough data
9.0
46
Not enough data
8.8
43
Analytics - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.8
36
8.9
114
8.4
35
8.6
110
8.0
32
8.8
105
8.6
36
8.7
124
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.8
33
8.5
109
7.5
26
8.5
89
8.3
30
8.3
88
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
8.2
32
8.5
107
8.0
34
8.8
112
8.2
28
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automation
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
8
Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
9.1
9
Incident Management
Not enough data
8.5
11
Not enough data
9.1
11
Not enough data
8.9
11
Functionality
Not enough data
9.0
15
Not enough data
8.4
16
Not enough data
9.3
20
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
9.0
18
Not enough data
9.0
15
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Management
Not enough data
8.6
18
Not enough data
9.5
18
Not enough data
8.9
18
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AIOps Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
Not enough data
8.8
80
Not enough data
9.0
79
Not enough data
8.8
73
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
8.3
75
Not enough data
8.7
77
Not enough data
9.0
81
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
Not enough data
8.8
71
Not enough data
8.6
65
Not enough data
8.2
63
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
8.4
64
Not enough data
7.6
59
Not enough data
8.3
61
Not enough data
9.0
64
Not enough data
8.7
60
Not enough data
8.3
65
Cloud environment support
Not enough data
8.1
57
Not enough data
7.9
54
Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
8.4
36
Not enough data
8.6
36
Not enough data
8.8
38
Not enough data
7.8
32
Management
Not enough data
8.4
35
Not enough data
8.6
38
Not enough data
8.1
35
Not enough data
9.0
40
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Sources
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Metrics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Device Recognition
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Provisioning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Data Preparation
Not enough data
8.5
58
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
57
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
55
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
55
|
Verified
Analysis
Not enough data
8.6
53
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
64
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
54
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
52
|
Verified
Visualization
Not enough data
8.9
66
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
56
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
8.6
102
Not enough data
8.9
94
Not enough data
8.9
104
Not enough data
7.3
89
Not enough data
8.5
95
Response
Not enough data
8.8
112
Not enough data
8.8
99
Not enough data
8.0
92
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
8.5
106
Not enough data
8.2
92
Functionality
Not enough data
8.5
94
Not enough data
8.0
86
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
101
Alerts management
Not enough data
8.7
39
Not enough data
8.0
41
Not enough data
8.6
43
Monitoring
Not enough data
8.6
34
Not enough data
9.1
37
Not enough data
8.7
39
Not enough data
9.1
34
Automation
Not enough data
8.4
34
Not enough data
8.6
32
Analysis
Not enough data
8.2
37
Not enough data
8.4
40
Not enough data
9.2
39
Not enough data
8.5
38
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
8.3
33
Not enough data
7.6
36
Not enough data
8.5
31
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.3
11
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Management - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
6.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
6.4
7
Performance - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
5.8
6
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
6.9
7
AI - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
6.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Compliance - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visualization & Dashboards - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Features - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Response
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
42
Records
Not enough data
9.2
49
Not enough data
8.9
47
Not enough data
8.5
54
Management
Not enough data
9.2
50
Not enough data
8.4
46
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.2
9
Not enough data
7.8
9
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)Hide 14 FeaturesShow 14 Features
Not enough data
8.9
13
Network Management
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
9.4
11
Incident Management
Not enough data
9.2
11
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.1
11
Security Intelligence
Not enough data
8.2
11
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
8.8
12
Agentic AI - Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon CloudWatch and Datadog are categorized as Cloud Cost Management and Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Unique Categories
Amazon CloudWatch has no unique categories
Datadog is categorized as Observability Pipeline, Observability Software, Enterprise Monitoring, Server Monitoring, Log Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, Network Traffic Analysis (NTA), Database Monitoring, IoT Device Management Platforms, IoT Analytics Platforms, Website Monitoring, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, Log Analysis, Incident Response, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), API Marketplace, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), and Network Monitoring
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon CloudWatch
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
26.3%
Computer Software
18.3%
Internet
6.5%
Financial Services
4.1%
Marketing and Advertising
2.9%
Other
41.9%
Information Technology and Services
19.1%
Computer Software
16.8%
Financial Services
8.9%
Internet
4.5%
Retail
3.1%
Other
47.7%
Most Helpful Reviews
Amazon CloudWatch
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Dorrin P.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Ability to monitor services' stats and alert on them based on my desired limits. Also graphing the stats.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Telecommunications
It doesn't log everything possible, but that would be unexpected if it could.
Datadog
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Debabrata P.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
With datadog you can quickly get up and running. May be the easiest among all out there. Since it enables you to put everything into one dashboard irrespective of their zone,VPC or environment type we can have one bookmarked place to look at for the first...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Computer Software
As described in the previous section, the lack of support resulting in us not being able to resolve a deployment mistake and resulting billing issue.
Dorrin P.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Ability to monitor services' stats and alert on them based on my desired limits. Also graphing the stats.
Debabrata P.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
With datadog you can quickly get up and running. May be the easiest among all out there. Since it enables you to put everything into one dashboard irrespective of their zone,VPC or environment type we can have one bookmarked place to look at for the first...
Verified User in Telecommunications
It doesn't log everything possible, but that would be unexpected if it could.
Verified User in Computer Software
As described in the previous section, the lack of support resulting in us not being able to resolve a deployment mistake and resulting billing issue.
Discussions
What is AWS CloudWatch metrics?
1 comment
IO
The metrics of AWS CloudWatch are numerical data that represent the performance and state of Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources. They are collected from...Read more
What can CloudWatch monitor?
1 comment
GM
Every resource in AWS environment and on-premises tooRead more
Amazon CloudWatch has no more discussions with answers
Does Datadog use AWS?
2 comments
IG
Yes, the backbone of Datadog infrastructure is sitting within AWS.Read more
What is the use of Datadog?
2 comments
CJ
Datadog is a software platform that facilitates data sharing across various teams within an organization, thereby breaking down silos between development,...Read more
Does it preserves history of logs?
1 comment
AN
Depends on your plan, log retention can be 7,15, 30 days etc, for long term you need to setup s3 archivingRead more
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