Datadog Cloud SIEM: free investigation allotment metric changed to per-TB
What happened
Between the Jul 20, 2026 and Jul 27, 2026 captures of Datadog's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Free monthly Bits Security Analyst investigation allotment (100 investigations, min 50) now measured per 1 TB analyzed instead of per 1 billion events. Pulse files it as a packaging change (metric change). Pulse's latest capture (Nov 9, 2026) lists Cloud SIEM at $5 and Cloud SIEM On-Demand at $7.50.
It lands 28 days after Datadog's previous change, "Datadog Cloud Siem cuts Cloud SIEM data retention from 15 to 12 months" (Jun 29, 2026). Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Splunk, 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.
- Metric changeCloud SIEMPricing model
Free monthly Bits Security Analyst investigation allotment (100 investigations, min 50) now measured per 1 TB analyzed instead of per 1 billion events
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud SIEM | Pricing model | Free monthly Bits Security Analyst investigation allotment (100 investigations, min 50) now measured per 1 TB analyzed instead of per 1 billion events | Metric 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 Jul 20, 2026 and Jul 27, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page.
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Datadog, the last 90 days
Full historyDates are the day each change was detected, Eastern time.
- Oct 11, 2026PackagingDatadog Cloud Siem extends security signal retention to 15 months at no cost
- Oct 4, 2026ImprovementDatadog Cloud Siem makes workflows free when triggered by security findings
- Jul 26, 2026PackagingDatadog Cloud SIEM: free investigation allotment metric changed to per-TB This change
- Jul 2, 2026PackagingDatadog Cloud Siem: billing switched to per-GB, retention cut to 12 months
- Jun 29, 2026PackagingDatadog Cloud Siem cuts Cloud SIEM data retention from 15 to 12 months
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- SplunkJul 20Splunk: removed "Activity-based pricing" model
- GrafanaJul 3Grafana: New Database Observability product + Assistant moves to token-based pricing
- DynatraceJul 2Dynatrace: Log correlation democratized to Foundation & Discovery tier
- New RelicJun 23New Relic adds ROI calculator to pricing page for observability value
Questions about this change
Did Datadog raise prices in July 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jul 20, 2026 and Jul 27, 2026 UTC. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: metric change.
What changed on Datadog's pricing page between Jul 20, 2026 and Jul 27, 2026 UTC?
Free monthly Bits Security Analyst investigation allotment (100 investigations, min 50) now measured per 1 TB analyzed instead of per 1 billion events. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 20, 2026 and Jul 27, 2026 UTC; 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; the previous change was "Datadog Cloud Siem cuts Cloud SIEM data retention from 15 to 12 months" on Jun 29, 2026; Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.