Datadog Cloud SIEM Doubles Detection Rules to 800, Adds AI-Powered Investigations
What happened
Between the Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026 captures of Datadog's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: New Cloud SIEM capabilities added: SQL-based detections on OCSF datasets, UEBA, Risk-based insights with notifications, AI-powered investigation (verdicts, notebooks), Threat Intelligence with Recorded Future and IoC Explorer; Out-of-the-box detection rules count more than doubled from 350 to 800, reflecting expanded threat coverage maintained by Datadog's detection engineering team. Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature added, limit increase) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 12, 2026) lists Cloud SIEM at $5 and Cloud SIEM On-Demand at $7.5.
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.
- Cloud SIEM · FeatureAdded
BeforeNo Cloud SIEM capabilities
AfterCloud SIEM capabilities
- — · Limit+129%350800
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud SIEM | Feature | No Cloud SIEM capabilities | Cloud SIEM capabilities | Added |
| — | Limit | 350 | 800 | +129% |
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 Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where Cloud SIEM capabilities now appears.
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Datadog, pricing history
Full history- Jul 2, 2026packagingDatadog Cloud Siem: billing switched to per-GB, retention cut to 12 months
- Apr 22, 2026improvedDatadog Cloud Siem guarantees 50 free monthly Bits AI investigations minimum
- Mar 31, 2026improvedDatadog Cloud Siem Doubles Detection Rules to 800+, Adds AI Analyst
- Apr 4, 2026improvedDatadog Cloud SIEM Doubles Detection Rules to 800, Adds AI-Powered Investigations · 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 March 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature added, limit increase.
What changed on Datadog's pricing page between Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026?
Cloud SIEM feature: No Cloud SIEM capabilities → Cloud SIEM capabilities, added; limit: 350 → 800 (+129%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 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; Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.