Datadog LLM Observability announces new LLM Observability pricing from May 1
What happened
Between the Apr 20, 2026 and Apr 27, 2026 captures of Datadog's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Datadog added a notice announcing new pricing for LLM Observability effective May 1, 2026, with a link to more information. Current pricing ($8/10K requests annually, $12 on-demand) unchanged. Pulse files it as a product change (positioning) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Sep 28, 2026) lists Pro at $160, 90-Day Retention Add-on at $9, 30-Day Retention Add-on at $6.5 and 60-Day Retention Add-on at $8.
It lands 106 days after Datadog's previous change, "Datadog Llm Observability Unveils New Experiments Feature to Optimize Model Comparisons and Enhance Testing Capabilities" (Jan 11, 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.
- Current · PositioningAdded
BeforeNo notice announcing new pricing
Afternotice announcing new pricing
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current | Positioning | No notice announcing new pricing | notice announcing new pricing | 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 Apr 20, 2026 and Apr 27, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where notice announcing new pricing now appears.
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Datadog, pricing history
Full history- Jun 15, 2026packagingDatadog Llm Observability rebrands to Agent Observability
- May 18, 2026packagingDatadog Llm Observability adds tiered overage pricing for LLM spans
- May 4, 2026packagingDatadog Llm Observability launches Free tier and $160/mo Pro, ditches per-request
- Apr 27, 2026packagingDatadog LLM Observability announces new LLM Observability pricing from May 1 · this change
- Jan 11, 2026improvedDatadog Llm Observability Unveils New Experiments Feature to Optimize Model Comparisons and Enhance Testing Capabilities
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 20, 2026 and Apr 27, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: positioning.
What changed on Datadog's pricing page between Apr 20, 2026 and Apr 27, 2026?
Current positioning: No notice announcing new pricing → notice announcing new pricing, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 20, 2026 and Apr 27, 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; the previous change was "Datadog Llm Observability Unveils New Experiments Feature to Optimize Model Comparisons and Enhance Testing Capabilities" on Jan 11, 2026; Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.