Datadog Introduces AWS Fargate Serverless Application Monitoring at $3 per Active Instance, Enhancing Serverless Performance Insights
What happened
Between the Oct 4, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026 captures of Datadog's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: AWS Fargate Serverless Application Monitoring added at $3 per active application instance per month; Product renamed from 'Serverless Workload Monitoring' to 'Serverless Application Monitoring' for container-based serverless platforms; AWS Fargate Serverless Application APM added at $6 per actively traced application instance per month. Pulse files it as a packaging change (new plan, plan renamed, new add-on) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Jun 14, 2026) lists Serverless Application Monitoring at $3, Serverless Workload Monitoring (Lambda) at $5, Serverless Workload Monitoring (Step Functions) at $5, Serverless Functions APM (Lambda) at $10 and Serverless Functions APM (Step Functions) at $10.
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.
- Serverless Application Monitoring · PlanAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterAWS Fargate Serverless Application Monitoring
- Serverless Application Monitoring · PlanReworded
BeforeServerless Workload Monitoring
AfterServerless Application Monitoring
- Serverless Application APM · Add-onAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterAWS Fargate Serverless Application APM
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serverless Application Monitoring | Plan | Not listed | AWS Fargate Serverless Application Monitoring | Added |
| Serverless Application Monitoring | Plan | Serverless Workload Monitoring | Serverless Application Monitoring | Reworded |
| Serverless Application APM | Add-on | Not listed | AWS Fargate Serverless Application APM | 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 4, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where AWS Fargate Serverless Application Monitoring now appears.
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Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- SumologicJan 12Sumologic Shifts Pricing Metric from TB to GB Scanned, Enhancing Granularity by 1000x
- 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 4, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: new plan, plan renamed, new add-on.
What changed on Datadog's pricing page between Oct 4, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026?
Serverless Application Monitoring plan: Not listed → AWS Fargate Serverless Application Monitoring, added; Serverless Application Monitoring plan: Serverless Workload Monitoring → Serverless Application Monitoring, reworded; Serverless Application APM add-on: Not listed → AWS Fargate Serverless Application APM, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 4, 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; Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.