Datadog LLM Observability launches Free tier and $160/mo Pro, ditches per-request
What happened
Between the Apr 27, 2026 and May 4, 2026 captures of Datadog's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: 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; 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. Pulse files it as a packaging change (freemium change, package change) 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 7 days after Datadog's previous change, "Datadog Llm Observability announces new LLM Observability pricing from May 1" (Apr 27, 2026). Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Grafana, New Relic 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.
- — · Free tierAddedNo Free tierFree tier
- Pro · PackagingPackage 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.
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Free tier | No Free tier | Free tier | Added |
| Pro | Packaging | 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. | 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 Apr 27, 2026 and May 4, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where Free tier now appears.
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Datadog, the last 90 days
Full history- Jul 3, 2026packagingLLM Observability renamed Agent Observability, repriced per-span (Free+Pro)
- 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 · this change
- Apr 27, 2026packagingDatadog Llm Observability announces new LLM Observability pricing from May 1
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changesQuestions about this change
Did Datadog raise prices in May 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 27, 2026 and May 4, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: freemium change, package change.
What changed on Datadog's pricing page between Apr 27, 2026 and May 4, 2026?
Free tier: No Free tier → Free tier, added; 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. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 27, 2026 and May 4, 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 Llm Observability announces new LLM Observability pricing from May 1" on Apr 27, 2026; Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.