Datadog Network Monitoring shifts AI to credits, adds OTLP ingestion
What changed
Bits AI SRE Investigations ($500/20 investigations, $36/investigation on-demand) replaced by AI Credits ($500/500 credits, $1.30/credit on-demand); fundamental shift from per-investigation to credit-based AI product pricing.
Managed Platform OTLP added as new product at $0.50 per GB of ingested spans per month; enables OTLP export from managed partners (Vercel, Cloudflare, Mulesoft) with no allotments — purely consumption-based.
Before and after
Jun 1, 2026 vs Jun 8, 2026Bits AI SRE Investigations ($500/20 investigations, $36/investigation on-demand) replaced by AI Credits ($500/500 credits, $1.30/credit on-demand); fundamental shift from per-investigation to credit-based AI product pricing.
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