Datadog launches Data Observability at $16/table/mo
What happened
Between the Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 14, 2026 captures of Datadog's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Data Jobs Monitoring renamed to Data Observability: Jobs Monitoring in navigation; new Data Observability: Quality Monitoring product added at $16/monitored table/month ($24 on-demand). Pulse files it as a packaging change (new plan) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 5, 2026) lists Network Path Testing at $5, API Testing at $5, Browser Testing at $12, Mobile App Testing at $50 and Continuous Testing at $79.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Datadog. Datadog has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window New Relic, Dynatrace, Grafana, Elastic and Sumologic also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · PlanRenamedData Jobs MonitoringData Observability
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Plan | Data Jobs Monitoring | Data Observability | Renamed |
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 5, 2026 and Jan 14, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where "Data Jobs Monitoring" becomes "Data Observability".
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Datadog, pricing history
Full history- Jun 19, 2026packagingDatadog Synthetic Testing Monitoring adds Disaster Recovery with custom pricing
- May 4, 2026improvedDatadog Synthetic Testing Monitoring drops AWS Fargate from DevSecOps protection
- Apr 3, 2026improvedDatadog Synthetic Testing Monitoring: Governance Console added to Synthetic Testing Enterprise
- Week 3, 2026packagingDatadog launches Data Observability at $16/table/mo · this change
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- New RelicApr 3New Relic Expands Integration Marketplace to Over 780 Connections
- DynatraceApr 3Dynatrace rebrands Davis AI as Dynatrace Intelligence, overhauls pricing page
- GrafanaApr 3Grafana Splits Log Pricing Into Three Stages, Cuts Kubernetes Costs 33%
- ElasticJan 21Elastic Introduces AI Assistant for Generative AI in Enterprise Plan, Enhancing Observability Features
- SumologicJan 12Sumologic Shifts Pricing Metric from TB to GB Scanned, Enhancing Granularity by 1000x
Questions about this change
Did Datadog raise prices in January 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 14, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: new plan.
What changed on Datadog's pricing page between Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 14, 2026?
Plan: Data Jobs Monitoring → Data Observability, renamed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 14, 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.