Datadog unbundles APM at $36–$47/host, adds Recommendations
What happened
Between the Feb 9, 2026 and Feb 16, 2026 captures of Datadog's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Added Recommendations feature to automatically detect optimizations for your services across all APM tiers; APM plans now available standalone (no Infrastructure Monitoring required) [Standalone pricing: $36/host/month for APM, $41 for APM Pro, $47 for APM Enterprise billed annually; previously required Infrastructure Monitoring purchase]. Pulse files it as a pricing change (feature change, price increase) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Jun 29, 2026) lists APM at $31, APM Pro at $35, APM Enterprise at $40, Continuous Profiler at $19 and Data Streams Monitoring at $15.
Datadog's previous recorded change was "Datadog Application Performance Monitoring launches Data Quality Monitoring at " (Week 3, 2026). Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Elastic, New Relic, Sumologic, Dynatrace and Grafana also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- APM · FeatureAdded
BeforeNo Recommendations feature
AfterRecommendations feature
- APM Pro, APM Enterprise · PricePrice increase
APM plans now available standalone (no Infrastructure Monitoring required) [Standalone pricing: $36/host/month for APM, $41 for APM Pro, $47 for APM Enterprise billed annually; previously required Infrastructure Monitoring purchase]
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APM | Feature | No Recommendations feature | Recommendations feature | Added |
| APM Pro, APM Enterprise | Price | APM plans now available standalone (no Infrastructure Monitoring required) [Standalone pricing: $36/host/month for APM, $41 for APM Pro, $47 for APM Enterprise billed annually; previously required Infrastructure Monitoring purchase] | Price increase | |
Values as written on Datadog's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Datadog's pricing page (datadoghq.com) from Feb 9, 2026 and Feb 16, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where Recommendations feature now appears.
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Datadog, the last 90 days
Full history- Jul 2, 2026improvedDatadog Application Performance Monitoring APM: Azure App Services support dropped, Edge Device support added
- Jun 19, 2026packagingDatadog Application Performance Monitoring drops AWS Fargate add-on pricing
- Jun 8, 2026packagingDatadog Application Performance Monitoring adds AI Credits at $500/mo
- Feb 16, 2026increaseDatadog unbundles APM at $36–$47/host, adds Recommendations · this change
- Week 3, 2026packagingDatadog Application Performance Monitoring launches Data Quality Monitoring at ...
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- ElasticJan 21Elastic Introduces AI Assistant for Generative AI in Enterprise Plan, Enhancing Observability Features
- New RelicJan 13New Relic Introduces $49/User Charge for Core Users in Standard Tier, Ending Unlimited Access
- SumologicJan 12Sumologic Shifts Pricing Metric from TB to GB Scanned, Enhancing Granularity by 1000x
- DynatraceJan 11Dynatrace Expands Services Flexpoints Pricing with Daily Rates for Lead Consultant and Architect Services
- GrafanaJan 10Grafana Transforms Pro Plan to Pure Pay-As-You-Go Model Starting at $0, Renames All Plans
Questions about this change
Did Datadog raise prices in February 2026?
Yes. Pulse captured Datadog's pricing page on Feb 9, 2026 and again on Feb 16, 2026 and recorded 1 price increase: APM Pro, APM Enterprise: APM plans now available standalone (no Infrastructure Monitoring required) [Standalone pricing: $36/host/month for APM, $41 for APM Pro, $47 for APM Enterprise billed annually; previously required Infrastructure Monitoring purchase].
What changed on Datadog's pricing page between Feb 9, 2026 and Feb 16, 2026?
APM feature: No Recommendations feature → Recommendations feature, added; APM plans now available standalone (no Infrastructure Monitoring required) [Standalone pricing: $36/host/month for APM, $41 for APM Pro, $47 for APM Enterprise billed annually; previously required Infrastructure Monitoring purchase]. Pulse compared the captures it took on Feb 9, 2026 and Feb 16, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Datadog change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Datadog in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Datadog Application Performance Monitoring launches Data Quality Monitoring at ..." in Week 3, 2026; Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.