Datadog Cloud SIEM Doubles Detection Rules to 800+, Adds AI Analyst
What happened
Between the Mar 23, 2026 and Mar 30, 2026 captures of Datadog's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Added BitsAI Security Analyst with 100 free monthly investigations per 1B events, Risk Insight Notifications, and Recorded Future integration; Detection rules increased from 350+ to 800+, more than doubling pre-built security detection coverage. 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.
Datadog's previous recorded change was "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 Dynatrace, New Relic, 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.
- — · FeatureAdded
BeforeNo BitsAI Security Analyst
AfterBitsAI Security Analyst
- — · LimitChanged350+800+
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Feature | No BitsAI Security Analyst | BitsAI Security Analyst | Added |
| — | Limit | 350+ | 800+ | Changed |
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 23, 2026 and Mar 30, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where BitsAI Security Analyst now appears.
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Datadog, the last 90 days
Full history- 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
- 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 · this change
- Apr 4, 2026improvedDatadog Cloud Siem Doubles Detection Rules to 800, Adds AI-Powered Investigations
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- DynatraceApr 1Dynatrace Launches Telemetry Pricing With Plans Starting at $0.15/100k
- New RelicMar 5New Relic strips audience labels from all paid plan cards
- GrafanaFeb 23Grafana splits observability pricing into Process/Write/Retain model
- 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 Mar 23, 2026 and Mar 30, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature added, limit increase.
What changed on Datadog's pricing page between Mar 23, 2026 and Mar 30, 2026?
Feature: No BitsAI Security Analyst → BitsAI Security Analyst, added; limit: 350+ → 800+, changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Mar 23, 2026 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 0 other pricing-page changes for Datadog in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Datadog Cloud Siem Doubles Detection Rules to 800, Adds AI-Powered Investigations" on Apr 4, 2026; Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.