Datadog launches Data Observability at $16/table/month
What happened
Between the Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 14, 2026 captures of Datadog's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: New 'Data Observability' product category added to pricing sidebar with Jobs Monitoring and Quality Monitoring. Quality Monitoring priced at $16/monitored table/month (annual) or $24 on-demand. Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Jul 4, 2026) lists Pro at $5 and Enterprise at $10.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Datadog. Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window New Relic, Dynatrace, Grafana, Elastic and Sumologic also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · PackagingAdded
BeforeNot listed
After'Data Observability' product category
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Packaging | Not listed | 'Data Observability' product category | Added |
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 5, 2026 and Jan 14, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where 'Data Observability' product category now appears.
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Datadog, pricing history
Full history- Jul 2, 2026packagingDatadog Cloud Cost Management Cloud Cost Management: pricing restructured to 3-tier spend-based model
- Apr 6, 2026packagingDatadog Cloud Cost Management Cloud-cost-management unveils tiered pricing, shifting to spend-based model.
- Apr 1, 2026packagingDatadog Cloud Cost Management Launches Edge Device Monitoring at $5/Host/Month
- Week 3, 2026packagingDatadog launches Data Observability at $16/table/month · this change
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- New RelicApr 3New Relic Expands Integration Marketplace to Over 780 Connections
- DynatraceApr 3Dynatrace rebrands Davis AI as Dynatrace Intelligence, overhauls pricing page
- GrafanaApr 3Grafana Splits Log Pricing Into Three Stages, Cuts Kubernetes Costs 33%
- ElasticJan 21Elastic Introduces AI Assistant for Generative AI in Enterprise Plan, Enhancing Observability Features
- SumologicJan 12Sumologic Shifts Pricing Metric from TB to GB Scanned, Enhancing Granularity by 1000x
Questions about this change
Did Datadog raise prices in January 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 14, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change.
What changed on Datadog's pricing page between Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 14, 2026?
Packaging: Not listed → 'Data Observability' product category, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 14, 2026; 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.