Datadog launches Data Observability suite with new monitor...
What happened
Between the Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 14, 2026 captures of Datadog's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: New Data Observability: Quality Monitoring product added at $16/Monitored Table/month (annually) or $24 on-demand. Detects data quality issues with ML-powered anomaly detection and column-level lineage; Data Jobs Monitoring restructured as Data Observability: Jobs Monitoring; new Serverless tier at $0.50/job/hr and Orchestrators tier at $0.10/job/hr added alongside existing Clusters tier at $0.05/host/hr. Pulse files it as a packaging change (new plan, package change) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Sep 8, 2026) lists On-Call at $20, Incident Management at $30 and Incident Response at $40.
Datadog's previous recorded change was "Datadog Incident Management Introduces Connection and Dataset Limits for Pro and Enterprise Tiers, Enhancing Pricing Structure and Feature Set" (Jan 11, 2026). 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.
- — · PlanAdded
BeforeNo Quality Monitoring product
AfterQuality Monitoring product
- Serverless · PackagingAdded
BeforeNot listed
Afteralongside existing Clusters tier
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Plan | No Quality Monitoring product | Quality Monitoring product | Added |
| Serverless | Packaging | Not listed | alongside existing Clusters tier | Added |
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, where Quality Monitoring product now appears.
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Datadog, the last 90 days
Full history- Jul 3, 2026packagingDatadog Incident Management: Custom-metrics overage price hidden, DevSecOps container tier added
- May 4, 2026packagingDatadog Incident Management launches Archive Search at $0.05/GB scanned annually
- Apr 3, 2026improvedDatadog Incident Management: Governance Console added to Infrastructure Enterprise admin controls
- Week 3, 2026packagingDatadog launches Data Observability suite with new monitor... · this change
- Jan 11, 2026improvedDatadog Incident Management Introduces Connection and Dataset Limits for Pro and Enterprise Tiers, Enhancing Pricing Structure and Feature Set
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: new plan, package change.
What changed on Datadog's pricing page between Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 14, 2026?
Plan: No Quality Monitoring product → Quality Monitoring product, added; Serverless packaging: Not listed → alongside existing Clusters tier, added. 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 1 other pricing-page change for Datadog in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Datadog Incident Management Introduces Connection and Dataset Limits for Pro and Enterprise Tiers, Enhancing Pricing Structure and Feature Set" on Jan 11, 2026; Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.