Datadog rebrands to Data Observability with three new tiers
What happened
Between the Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 14, 2026 captures of Datadog's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Data Jobs Monitoring rebranded to Data Observability: Jobs Monitoring with three tiers: Clusters ($0.05/host/hr), Serverless ($0.50/job/hr, $0.72 on-demand), Orchestrators ($0.10/job/hr, $0.144 on-demand). Previously a single $0.05/host/hour SKU. Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Aug 3, 2026) lists Clusters at $0.05 per host, per hour, Serverless at $0.5 per job, per hour and Orchestrators at $0.1 per job, per hour.
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, Grafana, Dynatrace and Elastic also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Clusters, Serverless, Orchestrators · PackagingPackage change
Data Jobs Monitoring rebranded to Data Observability: Jobs Monitoring with three tiers: Clusters ($0.05/host/hr), Serverless ($0.50/job/hr, $0.72 on-demand), Orchestrators ($0.10/job/hr, $0.144 on-demand). Previously a single $0.05/host/hour SKU.
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clusters, Serverless, Orchestrators | Packaging | Data Jobs Monitoring rebranded to Data Observability: Jobs Monitoring with three tiers: Clusters ($0.05/host/hr), Serverless ($0.50/job/hr, $0.72 on-demand), Orchestrators ($0.10/job/hr, $0.144 on-demand). Previously a single $0.05/host/hour SKU. | Package 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 Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 14, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page.
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Datadog, pricing history
Full history- Aug 3, 2026packagingDatadog Data Jobs Monitoring Data Jobs Monitoring: CoScreen collaboration feature removed
- Jul 2, 2026improvedDatadog Data Jobs Monitoring: added AI Credits, Agent Observability, Disaster Recovery + Managed Platform OTLP
- Apr 3, 2026packagingDatadog Data Jobs Monitoring: Data Jobs Monitoring rebranded under a new Data Observability category
- Week 3, 2026packagingDatadog rebrands to Data Observability with three new tiers · this change
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- New RelicApr 16New Relic expands platform integrations from 750+ to 780+ on pricing page
- GrafanaApr 13Grafana rewords Pro plan host hour limits as included allocations
- DynatraceApr 3Dynatrace rebrands Davis AI as Dynatrace Intelligence, overhauls pricing page
- ElasticJan 21Elastic Introduces AI Assistant for Generative AI in Enterprise Plan, Enhancing Observability Features
Questions about this change
Did Datadog raise prices in January 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 14, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change.
What changed on Datadog's pricing page between Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 14, 2026?
Data Jobs Monitoring rebranded to Data Observability: Jobs Monitoring with three tiers: Clusters ($0.05/host/hr), Serverless ($0.50/job/hr, $0.72 on-demand), Orchestrators ($0.10/job/hr, $0.144 on-demand). Previously a single $0.05/host/hour SKU. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 14, 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; Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.