Packaging change·Apr 27 → May 4, 2026·Week 19, 2026·Cloud & DevOps
Datadog LLM Observability launches Free tier and $160/mo Pro, ditches per-request
What changed
Freemium change
Free tier added: $0/month for individuals/small teams with up to 40K LLM spans/month, 15-day trace retention, unlimited context and evaluations, and full feature access. No credit card required.
Package change
LLM Observability relaunched with Free/Pro tiers replacing per-request pricing. Free: $0/mo, 40K spans. Pro: $160/mo annual ($200 M2M, $240 on-demand) for 100K LLM spans. Billing unit changed to LLM spans.
Before and after
Apr 27, 2026 vs May 4, 2026Pulse.
100%
Change 1 of 2 · freemium changed
Free tier added: $0/month for individuals/small teams with up to 40K LLM spans/month, 15-day trace retention, unlimited context and evaluations, and full feature access. No credit card required.
Sign in to view the full comparison
See the before/after screenshots and every marked-up change.
Week 18, 2026 · Datadog Llm Observability announces new LLM Observability pricing from May 1Datadog Llm Observability adds tiered overage pricing for LLM spans · Week 21, 2026
More from Datadog
Full history →- Week 40, 2026·improvedDatadog Llm Observability quadruples 30-day retention to $6.50 per 10K spans
- Q2 2026·packagingLLM Observability renamed Agent Observability, repriced per-span (Free+Pro)
- Week 25, 2026·packagingDatadog Llm Observability rebrands to Agent Observability
- Week 21, 2026·packagingDatadog Llm Observability adds tiered overage pricing for LLM spans
- Week 18, 2026·packagingDatadog Llm Observability announces new LLM Observability pricing from May 1