Datadog Clarifies Session Metering: RUM with Session Replay Plan Now Billed Only for Replays
What happened
Between the Jan 3, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025 captures of Datadog's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: RUM & Session Replay plan renamed to RUM with Session Replay; Session metering clarified: Sessions on RUM with Session Replay plan are now only billed if they contain a Replay (with SDK version dependencies). New FAQ 'How does the billing work for Session Replay?' added with detailed SDK version information. Pulse files it as a packaging change (plan renamed, metric change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Aug 3, 2026) lists RUM Measure at $0.15, RUM Investigate at $3 and Session Replay at $2.5.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Datadog. Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Sumologic, Elastic, Dynatrace and Grafana also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Session Replay · PlanRenamed
BeforeRUM & Session Replay plan
AfterRUM
- Session Replay · Pricing modelAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterFAQ 'How does the billing work for Session Replay?'
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Session Replay | Plan | RUM & Session Replay plan | RUM | Renamed |
| Session Replay | Pricing model | Not listed | FAQ 'How does the billing work for Session Replay?' | 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 Jan 3, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where "RUM & Session Replay plan" becomes "RUM".
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Datadog, pricing history
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- Mar 10, 2026packagingDatadog Real User Monitoring Session Replay drops $5/device IoT monitoring
- Jan 11, 2026improvedDatadog Real User Monitoring Session Replay Introduces Governance Console to Infrastructure Enterprise Tier, Enhancing Cloud Management Capabilities
- Q1 2025packagingDatadog Clarifies Session Metering: RUM with Session Replay Plan Now Billed Only for Replays · this change
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- SumologicJan 12Sumologic Renames Enterprise Suite - Flex Plan to Enterprise Suite
- ElasticJan 11Elastic Introduces 99.95% Uptime SLA for Platinum and Enterprise Tiers in Comparison Table
- DynatraceJan 11Dynatrace Expands Services Flexpoints Pricing with Daily Rates for Lead Consultant and Architect Services
- GrafanaJan 10Grafana Transforms Pro Plan to Pure Pay-As-You-Go Model Starting at $0, Renames All Plans
Questions about this change
Did Datadog raise prices in April 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 3, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: plan renamed, metric change.
What changed on Datadog's pricing page between Jan 3, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025?
Session Replay plan: RUM & Session Replay plan → RUM, renamed; Session Replay pricing model: Not listed → FAQ 'How does the billing work for Session Replay?', added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 3, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025; 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; Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.