Datadog Discontinues Software Composition Analysis Plan, Impacting Pricing for Hosts and AWS Fargate Tasks
What happened
Between the Jan 3, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025 captures of Datadog's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Software Composition Analysis (SCA) plan discontinued - was priced at $10/host/month ($15 on-demand); Software Composition Analysis for AWS Fargate add-on removed - was priced at $1/task ($1.40 on-demand). Pulse files it as a packaging change (plan removed, add-on removed) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Aug 3, 2026) lists App and API Protection at $31, Serverless Applications - AWS Lambda, GCP Cloud Run, Azure App Service, Azure Container Apps, Azure Function at $10 and Threat Management for AWS Fargate at $2.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Datadog. Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Elastic, 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.
- — · PlanRemoved- was pricedNo - was priced
- — · Add-onRemoved- was pricedNo - was priced
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Plan | - was priced | No - was priced | Removed |
| — | Add-on | - was priced | No - was priced | Removed |
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 Jan 3, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where the - was priced no longer appears.
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Datadog, pricing history
Full history- Week 3, 2026packagingDatadog Application Security Management Launches Data Quality Monitoring at $16...
- Jan 11, 2026improvedDatadog Application Security Management Enhances Enterprise Plan with Multiple SAML Providers and New Administrative Features
- Q2 2025packagingDatadog Application Security Management Renames 'Application Security Management' to 'App and API Protection'
- Q1 2025packagingDatadog Discontinues Software Composition Analysis Plan, Impacting Pricing for Hosts and AWS Fargate Tasks · this change
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- ElasticJan 11Elastic Introduces 99.95% Uptime SLA for Platinum and Enterprise Tiers in Comparison Table
- 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 April 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 3, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: plan removed, add-on removed.
What changed on Datadog's pricing page between Jan 3, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025?
Plan: - was priced → No - was priced, removed; add-on: - was priced → No - was priced, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 3, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Datadog change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Datadog in the 90 days before this one; Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.