Datadog adds AI Credits, OTLP ingestion pricing
What happened
Between the Jun 1, 2026 and Jun 8, 2026 captures of Datadog's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Managed Platform OTLP added to Datadog pricing at $0.50/GB ingested spans per month. Enables OTLP export from managed partners (Vercel, Cloudflare, Mulesoft, etc.) directly into Datadog without additional infrastructure. No volume or multi-year discounts; AI Credits added to Datadog pricing catalog at $500/500 credits per month (billed annually) or $1.30/credit on-demand. Replaces Bits AI SRE Investigations ($500/20 investigations). Covers Bits Chat, Bits Investigation, Bits Code, and Bits Agent Builder. Pulse files it as a packaging change (new add-on) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 12, 2026) lists Observability Pipelines (Per GB) at $0.12 per GB ingested (on-demand) + $0.1 per GB ingested.
It lands 35 days after Datadog's previous change, "Datadog Observability Pipelines replaces log rehydration with Archive Search" (May 4, 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.
- — · Add-onAddedNo Managed Platform OTLPManaged Platform OTLP
- — · Add-onAddedNo AI CreditsAI Credits
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Add-on | No Managed Platform OTLP | Managed Platform OTLP | Added |
| — | Add-on | No AI Credits | AI Credits | 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 Jun 1, 2026 and Jun 8, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where Managed Platform OTLP now appears.
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Datadog, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 12, 2026packagingDatadog Observability Pipelines bundles on-prem Sensitive Data Scanner at no e...
- Jul 3, 2026improvedObservability Pipelines: log archive now searchable via new Archive Search
- Jun 8, 2026packagingDatadog adds AI Credits, OTLP ingestion pricing · this change
- May 4, 2026improvedDatadog Observability Pipelines replaces log rehydration with Archive Search
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changesQuestions about this change
Did Datadog raise prices in June 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jun 1, 2026 and Jun 8, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: new add-on.
What changed on Datadog's pricing page between Jun 1, 2026 and Jun 8, 2026?
Add-on: No Managed Platform OTLP → Managed Platform OTLP, added; add-on: No AI Credits → AI Credits, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jun 1, 2026 and Jun 8, 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 Observability Pipelines replaces log rehydration with Archive Search" on May 4, 2026; Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.