Datadog Introduces Governance Console to Infrastructure Enterprise Tier, Enhancing Cloud Management Capabilities
What happened
Between the Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026 captures of Datadog's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Storage Management product added to Infrastructure navigation menu; Governance Console added to Infrastructure Enterprise tier features. Pulse files it as a product change (feature added) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Aug 3, 2026) lists RUM Measure at $0.15, RUM Investigate at $3 and Session Replay at $2.5.
Datadog's previous recorded change was "Datadog Real User Monitoring Session Replay Clarifies Session Metering: RUM with Session Replay Plan Now Billed Only for Replays" (Q1 2025). 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.
- — · FeatureAdded
BeforeNo Storage Management product
AfterStorage Management product
- Infrastructure Enterprise · FeatureAddedNo Governance ConsoleGovernance Console
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Feature | No Storage Management product | Storage Management product | Added |
| Infrastructure Enterprise | Feature | No Governance Console | Governance Console | 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 Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where Storage Management product now appears.
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Datadog, pricing history
Full history- May 4, 2026packagingDatadog Real User Monitoring Session Replay adds Archive Search at $0.05/GB
- Mar 23, 2026improvedDatadog Real User Monitoring Session Replay Adds Edge Device Monitoring to Infras...
- Mar 10, 2026packagingDatadog Real User Monitoring Session Replay drops $5/device IoT monitoring
- Jan 11, 2026improvedDatadog Introduces Governance Console to Infrastructure Enterprise Tier, Enhancing Cloud Management Capabilities · this change
- Q1 2025packagingDatadog Real User Monitoring Session Replay Clarifies Session Metering: RUM with Session Replay Plan Now Billed Only for Replays
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 January 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature added.
What changed on Datadog's pricing page between Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026?
Feature: No Storage Management product → Storage Management product, added; Infrastructure Enterprise feature: No Governance Console → Governance Console, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026; 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; the previous change was "Datadog Real User Monitoring Session Replay Clarifies Session Metering: RUM with Session Replay Plan Now Billed Only for Replays" in Q1 2025; Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.