Datadog Cloud SIEM guarantees 50 free monthly Bits AI investigations minimum
What happened
Between the Apr 13, 2026 and Apr 20, 2026 captures of Datadog's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Bits AI Security Analyst footnote updated: the 100 free monthly investigations per 1 billion events allotment now carries a minimum guarantee of 50 free monthly investigations. Pulse files it as a product change (feature change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 12, 2026) lists Cloud SIEM at $5 and Cloud SIEM On-Demand at $7.5.
It lands 21 days after Datadog's previous change, "Datadog Cloud Siem Doubles Detection Rules to 800+, Adds AI Analyst" (Mar 31, 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 New Relic, Grafana and Dynatrace 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
Bits AI Security Analyst footnote updated: the 100 free monthly investigations per 1 billion events allotment now carries a minimum guarantee of 50 free monthly investigations.
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Feature | Bits AI Security Analyst footnote updated: the 100 free monthly investigations per 1 billion events allotment now carries a minimum guarantee of 50 free monthly investigations. | Feature change | |
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 Apr 13, 2026 and Apr 20, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page.
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Datadog, the last 90 days
Full history- 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
- Apr 22, 2026improvedDatadog Cloud SIEM guarantees 50 free monthly Bits AI investigations minimum · this change
- 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
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changesQuestions about this change
Did Datadog raise prices in April 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 13, 2026 and Apr 20, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature change.
What changed on Datadog's pricing page between Apr 13, 2026 and Apr 20, 2026?
Bits AI Security Analyst footnote updated: the 100 free monthly investigations per 1 billion events allotment now carries a minimum guarantee of 50 free monthly investigations. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 13, 2026 and Apr 20, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Datadog change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 2 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 Analyst" on Mar 31, 2026; Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.