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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (46.7% of reviews)
Enterprise (65.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
No pricing available
Datadog
Star Rating
(630)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (46.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
Free Trial is available
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Star Rating
(419)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (65.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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- Users report that Splunk Enterprise excels in its alerting functionality, with a score of 9.2, which reviewers mention allows for highly customizable alerts that can be tailored to specific needs, making it a strong choice for organizations that require detailed monitoring.
- Reviewers mention that Datadog shines in real-time monitoring, scoring 9.2, which users say provides immediate insights into system performance, allowing teams to quickly address issues as they arise.
- G2 users highlight that Splunk Enterprise's logging capabilities are robust, with a score of 9.3, enabling comprehensive data analysis and troubleshooting, which is particularly beneficial for enterprises with complex infrastructures.
- Users on G2 report that Datadog's AI and machine learning integration is a standout feature, scoring 9.2, which reviewers say enhances predictive analytics and anomaly detection, making it easier to identify potential issues before they escalate.
- Reviewers mention that Splunk Enterprise's dashboard and visualization tools are highly rated at 9.0, providing users with intuitive and customizable visual representations of their data, which helps in making informed decisions quickly.
- Users say that Datadog's incident management features are impressive, scoring 9.2, with reviewers noting that the automated response capabilities streamline the resolution process, significantly reducing downtime during incidents.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Datadog
Free
$0
Per host, per month
Core collection and visualization features
- Discussion Group Supported
- 1-Day Metric Retention
- Up to 5 Hosts
Splunk Enterprise
No pricing availableFree Trial
Datadog
Free Trial is available
Splunk Enterprise
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.7
478
8.9
332
Ease of Use
8.2
558
8.1
334
Ease of Setup
8.3
328
7.9
133
Ease of Admin
8.3
214
8.1
123
Quality of Support
8.3
425
8.4
275
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
201
8.7
123
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
463
7.9
322
Features by Category
Operations
7.3
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
6.7
7
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cost Optimization
7.6
7
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.0
5
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
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
Not enough data
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
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
Not enough data
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
Data Sourcing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Intelligence
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
9.2
48
Not enough data
9.2
53
Not enough data
8.1
39
Not enough data
8.5
41
Not enough data
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
8.6
45
Not enough data
9.0
46
Not enough data
8.8
43
Not enough data
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
8.9
114
Not enough data
8.6
110
Not enough data
8.8
105
Not enough data
8.7
124
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
109
Not enough data
8.5
89
Not enough data
8.3
88
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
8.5
107
Not enough data
8.8
112
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
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
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
9
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
9.1
9
Not enough data
Incident Management
8.5
11
Not enough data
9.1
11
Not enough data
8.9
11
Not enough data
Functionality
9.0
15
7.0
9
8.4
16
6.5
9
9.3
20
7.9
12
Issue Resolution
9.0
18
7.1
11
9.0
15
6.8
10
Feature Not Available
6.8
10
Management
8.6
18
7.7
10
9.5
18
8.2
12
8.9
18
7.9
12
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
9.4
18
Not enough data
9.0
19
Not enough data
9.3
19
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
9.0
16
Not enough data
8.7
14
Not enough data
8.4
18
Not enough data
9.1
19
Agentic AI - Hardware 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
Visibility
8.8
80
Not enough data
9.0
79
Not enough data
8.8
73
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.3
75
Not enough data
8.7
77
Not enough data
9.0
81
Not enough data
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
8.8
71
Not enough data
8.6
65
Not enough data
8.2
63
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
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
Not enough data
Cloud environment support
8.1
57
Not enough data
7.9
54
Not enough data
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
8.4
36
8.8
59
8.6
36
8.9
59
8.8
38
9.1
59
7.8
32
7.8
51
Management
8.4
35
8.3
52
8.6
38
8.9
58
8.1
35
8.5
58
9.0
40
9.1
58
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
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
ServiceNow Apps
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.0
5
Agentic AI - ServiceNow Store Apps
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 Preparation
8.5
58
|
Verified
9.0
65
|
Verified
8.5
57
|
Verified
8.9
64
|
Verified
7.8
55
|
Verified
8.0
59
|
Verified
7.8
55
|
Verified
8.3
59
|
Verified
Analysis
8.6
53
|
Verified
8.4
58
|
Verified
8.4
60
|
Verified
8.3
59
|
Verified
8.7
61
|
Verified
8.9
60
|
Verified
8.5
64
|
Verified
8.7
63
|
Verified
8.6
54
|
Verified
8.9
60
|
Verified
8.7
52
|
Verified
8.2
51
|
Verified
Visualization
8.9
66
|
Verified
8.8
64
|
Verified
8.7
56
|
Verified
8.7
61
|
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
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
Not enough data
Response
8.8
112
Not enough data
8.8
99
Not enough data
8.0
92
Not enough data
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
8.5
106
Not enough data
8.2
92
Not enough data
Functionality
8.5
94
Not enough data
8.0
86
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
101
Not enough data
Alerts management
8.7
39
Not enough data
8.0
41
Not enough data
8.6
43
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.6
34
Not enough data
9.1
37
Not enough data
8.7
39
Not enough data
9.1
34
Not enough data
Automation
8.4
34
Not enough data
8.6
32
Not enough data
Analysis
8.2
37
Not enough data
8.4
40
Not enough data
9.2
39
Not enough data
8.5
38
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
8.3
33
Not enough data
7.6
36
Not enough data
8.5
31
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.3
11
Not enough data
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
7.4
7
Not enough data
6.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
6.4
7
Not enough data
Performance - Observability Pipeline
5.8
6
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
6.9
7
Not enough data
AI - Observability Pipeline
6.0
5
Not enough data
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
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
42
Not enough data
Records
9.2
49
Not enough data
8.9
47
Not enough data
8.5
54
Not enough data
Management
9.2
50
Not enough data
8.4
46
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.2
9
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
Network Management
9.2
10
9.1
26
8.7
10
7.3
23
9.4
11
9.2
26
Incident Management
9.2
11
8.8
26
9.2
10
7.8
26
9.1
11
8.5
26
Security Intelligence
8.2
11
7.3
24
8.3
9
6.5
22
9.2
10
8.5
24
8.8
12
8.3
24
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
Datadog and Splunk Enterprise are categorized as Enterprise Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, Log Analysis, and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Unique Categories
Datadog is categorized as Observability Pipeline, Observability Software, Server Monitoring, Log Monitoring, Network Traffic Analysis (NTA), Database Monitoring, IoT Device Management Platforms, IoT Analytics Platforms, Website Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, Incident Response, API Marketplace, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Network Monitoring, and Cloud Cost Management
Splunk Enterprise is categorized as Hardware Monitoring, ServiceNow Store Apps, and Customer Data Platform (CDP)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Splunk Enterprise
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
19.1%
Computer Software
16.8%
Financial Services
8.9%
Internet
4.5%
Retail
3.1%
Other
47.7%
Information Technology and Services
26.2%
Computer Software
10.6%
Financial Services
6.5%
Internet
6.3%
Computer & Network Security
6.0%
Other
44.3%
Most Helpful Reviews
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.
Splunk Enterprise
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Retail
Splunk is a fantastic tool that we depend on. It isn't just development work we rely on Splunk for, but we also use it for testing engineering changes as a standard before production releases. From ease-of-use, forwarding data from a variety of data...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Ramiro C.
Verified User in Retail
Challenges include the perceived cost and licensing model, a learning curve for new users specially because of the SPL (Splunk Programming Language), and resource consumption in larger deployments. Effective optimization strategies are crucial.
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 Retail
Splunk is a fantastic tool that we depend on. It isn't just development work we rely on Splunk for, but we also use it for testing engineering changes as a standard before production releases. From ease-of-use, forwarding data from a variety of data...
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.
Ramiro C.
Verified User in Retail
Challenges include the perceived cost and licensing model, a learning curve for new users specially because of the SPL (Splunk Programming Language), and resource consumption in larger deployments. Effective optimization strategies are crucial.
Discussions
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
Which apps ship with Splunk Enterprise?
1 comment
SM
Splunk Enterprise comes with a variety of built-in apps and add-ons that provide additional functionality, visualizations, and preconfigured dashboards for...Read more
What are Splunk Enterprise components?
1 comment
IG
Splunk's 3 main components: Search Head (UI), Indexer (DB) and Forwarder (Endpoint Agent with Universal Forwarder or Aggregation Agent with...Read more
What does Splunk Enterprise do?
1 comment
SM
Splunk Enterprise is a powerful data analytics platform that allows organizations to collect, index, search, and analyze a wide variety of machine-generated...Read more
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