Datadog Error Tracking Clarifies Billing Scope: APM Errors Redefined to Standalone Backend Errors Outside of APM Traces
What happened
Between the Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025 captures of Datadog's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Billing scope clarified: 'errors originating from APM (with certain attributes)' changed to 'standalone backend errors collected outside of APM traces'. Pulse files it as a product change (feature change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Jun 14, 2026) lists Error Tracking at $25.
Datadog's previous recorded change was "Datadog Error Tracking Introduces Hybrid Pricing Model with $25 Flat Rate for Up to 50k Errors, Shifting from Per-Unit Pricing" (Q1 2025). Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Elastic, Dynatrace and Grafana also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
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Billing scope clarified: 'errors originating from APM (with certain attributes)' changed to 'standalone backend errors collected outside of APM traces'
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Feature | Billing scope clarified: 'errors originating from APM (with certain attributes)' changed to 'standalone backend errors collected outside of APM traces' | 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 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025; the change is marked on the page.
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Datadog, the last 90 days
Full history- Q2 2025improvedDatadog Error Tracking Clarifies Billing Scope: APM Errors Redefined to Standalone Backend Errors Outside of APM Traces · this change
- Q1 2025packagingDatadog Error Tracking Introduces Hybrid Pricing Model with $25 Flat Rate for Up to 50k Errors, Shifting from Per-Unit Pricing
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- ElasticJan 11Elastic Introduces 99.95% Uptime SLA for Platinum and Enterprise Tiers in Comparison Table
- DynatraceJan 11Dynatrace Expands Services Flexpoints Pricing with Daily Rates for Lead Consultant and Architect Services
- GrafanaJan 10Grafana Transforms Pro Plan to Pure Pay-As-You-Go Model Starting at $0, Renames All Plans
Questions about this change
Did Datadog raise prices in July 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature change.
What changed on Datadog's pricing page between Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025?
Billing scope clarified: 'errors originating from APM (with certain attributes)' changed to 'standalone backend errors collected outside of APM traces'. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025; 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 Error Tracking Introduces Hybrid Pricing Model with $25 Flat Rate for Up to 50k Errors, Shifting from Per-Unit Pricing" in Q1 2025; Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.