Datadog Cloud SIEM: billing switched to per-GB, retention cut to 12 months
What happened
Between the Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026 captures of Datadog's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: Billing unit changed from per-million-events-analyzed to per-GB-analyzed, per month (starting price $5/$7.50 unchanged); Analysis & retention window reduced from 15 months to 12 months; Added guaranteed floor of 50 free monthly Bits Security Analyst investigations to the existing 100-per-billion-events allotment. In detail: Added a guaranteed minimum of 50 free monthly Bits Security Analyst investigations, on top of the existing allotment of 100 free monthly investigations per 1 billion events; Cloud SIEM's billing metric changed from 'per million events analyzed, per month' to 'per GB analyzed, per month'. The starting price of $5 (billed annually) / $7.50 (on-demand) is unchanged; Cloud SIEM's analysis and retention window was reduced from 15 months to 12 months, consistently updated across the hero stat, tagline, threat-hunt description, Scale & Operations bullet, and FAQ answer. Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature change, metric change, limit decrease) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 12, 2026) lists Cloud SIEM at $5 and Cloud SIEM On-Demand at $7.5.
It lands 72 days after Datadog's previous change, "Datadog Cloud Siem guarantees 50 free monthly Bits AI investigations minimum" (Apr 22, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Datadog Cloud Siem Doubles Detection Rules to 800, Adds AI-Powered Investigations" (Apr 4, 2026). Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Grafana, Dynatrace and New Relic also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · FeatureFeature change
Added a guaranteed minimum of 50 free monthly Bits Security Analyst investigations, on top of the existing allotment of 100 free monthly investigations per 1 billion events.
- Cloud SIEM · Pricing modelReworded
Beforeper million events analyzed, per month
Afterper GB analyzed, per month
- Cloud SIEM · Limit−20%15 months12 months
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Feature | Added a guaranteed minimum of 50 free monthly Bits Security Analyst investigations, on top of the existing allotment of 100 free monthly investigations per 1 billion events. | Feature change | |
| Cloud SIEM | Pricing model | per million events analyzed, per month | per GB analyzed, per month | Reworded |
| Cloud SIEM | Limit | 15 months | 12 months | −20% |
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 Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where "per million events analyzed, per month" becomes "per GB analyzed, per month".
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Datadog, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 5, 2026improvedDatadog Cloud Siem makes workflows free when triggered by security findings
- Jul 27, 2026packagingDatadog Cloud Siem: free investigation allotment metric changed to per-TB
- Jun 29, 2026packagingDatadog Cloud Siem cuts Cloud SIEM data retention from 15 to 12 months
- Jul 2, 2026packagingDatadog Cloud SIEM: billing switched to per-GB, retention cut to 12 months · this change
- Apr 22, 2026improvedDatadog Cloud Siem guarantees 50 free monthly Bits AI investigations minimum
- Apr 4, 2026improvedDatadog Cloud Siem Doubles Detection Rules to 800, Adds AI-Powered Investigations
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changesQuestions about this change
Did Datadog raise prices in June 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature change, metric change, limit decrease.
What changed on Datadog's pricing page between Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026?
Added a guaranteed minimum of 50 free monthly Bits Security Analyst investigations, on top of the existing allotment of 100 free monthly investigations per 1 billion events; Cloud SIEM pricing model: per million events analyzed, per month → per GB analyzed, per month, reworded; Cloud SIEM limit: 15 months → 12 months (−20%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Datadog change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 3 other pricing-page changes for Datadog in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Datadog Cloud Siem guarantees 50 free monthly Bits AI investigations minimum" on Apr 22, 2026; Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.