Datadog is a monitoring and analytics platform for developers, IT operations, and business users, providing observability across applications, infrastructure, and logs.
Pricing Change History
130 changesObservability Pipelines feature bullet for log archiving updated to reference Archive Search: 'Store logs in an archive of your choosing and explore them via Archive Search' (was: 'in a rehydratable format').
Archive Search added as a new product at $0.05/GB scanned (annual) or $0.07/GB on-demand. Enables ad-hoc searches on archived logs in cold storage without rehydration, with results retained 24h up to 100K logs.
DevSecOps Enterprise Workload Protection feature listing removed AWS Fargate ECS/EKS from supported platforms; now covers only Linux, Windows Kubernetes, and Docker.
DevSecOps Enterprise Workload Protection no longer lists AWS Fargate ECS/EKS as a supported platform. Coverage now limited to Linux, Windows Kubernetes, and Docker.
Datadog added a notice announcing new pricing for LLM Observability effective May 1, 2026, with a link to more information. Current pricing ($8/10K requests annually, $12 on-demand) unchanged.
Bits AI Security Analyst footnote updated: the 100 free monthly investigations per 1 billion events allotment now carries a minimum guarantee of 50 free monthly investigations.
New 'Experiments' product added to pricing page at $275/experiment launched annually (up to 1M MFCRs), $350 on-demand. Billed once experiment reaches 3 days and 500 subjects.
Pricing restructured from single $7.50/host/month to 3 tiers: Datadog Cost Visibility (Free), Pro $5/per $1K spend/mo, Enterprise $10/per $1K spend/mo. Billing metric changed from per host to per $1K spend.
Added BitsAI Security Analyst with 100 free monthly investigations per 1B events, Risk Insight Notifications, and Recorded Future integration Detection rules increased from 350+ to 800+, more than doubling pre-built security detection coverage
Enterprise plan adds Governance Console to plan card and admin table; table also gains Multiple SAML Providers, Email Domain Allowlist, Data Access Control, and Cross-Org Visibility.
Quarterly roll-up · includes Jan 12 weekly
New admin features added to Enterprise: Governance Console, Multiple SAML Providers, Email Domain Allowlist, Data Access Control (10/100 datasets), Cross-Org Visibility (5/100 connections).
Quarterly roll-up · includes Mar 23 weekly, Mar 9 weekly, Jan 12 weekly
Enterprise plan added Governance Console; Admin Features table expanded with Multiple SAML Providers, Email Domain Allowlist, Data Access Control (10/100 datasets), and Cross-Org Visibility (5/100 connections).
Quarterly roll-up · includes Mar 23 weekly, Mar 9 weekly
Data Jobs Monitoring renamed to Data Observability: Jobs Monitoring and split into 3 tiers: Clusters ($0.05/host/hr), Serverless ($0.50/job/hr), Orchestrators ($0.10/job/hr).
Quarterly roll-up · includes Jan 12 weekly
Infrastructure Enterprise gained Governance Console, Multiple SAML Providers, Email Domain Allowlist, Data Access Control, and Cross-Org Visibility as new admin features.
Quarterly roll-up · includes Jan 12 weekly
Cloud Network Monitoring 'When Combined with Other Plans' section updated to include Network Path as a pivot destination alongside Infrastructure, APM, and Logs.
Quarterly roll-up · includes Mar 9 weekly, Jan 12 weekly
Governance Console added to Enterprise plan. Admin features table expanded with Multiple SAML Providers, Email Domain Allowlist, Data Access Control, and Cross-Org Visibility.
Quarterly roll-up · includes Mar 23 weekly
Infrastructure Enterprise gained Governance Console; comparison table added Multiple SAML Providers, Email Domain Allowlist, Data Access Control (10/100 datasets), and Cross-Org Visibility (5/100 connections).
Quarterly roll-up · includes Jan 12 weekly
Added Edge Device Monitoring product at $5/host/month (billed annually) or $7.20 on-demand for monitoring edge network devices
Added Edge Device Monitoring product at $5/host/month (billed annually) or $7.20 on-demand in Infrastructure category
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Captured| Plan | Type | Price |
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| Infrastructure Free | Plan | Free |
| Infrastructure Pro | Plan | $15 /host/mobilled annually |
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| Infrastructure DevSecOps Pro | Plan | $22 /host/mobilled annually |
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| Infrastructure Enterprise | Plan | $23 /host/mobilled annually |
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| Infrastructure DevSecOps Enterprise | Plan | $34 /host/mobilled annually |
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| Observability Pipelines | Add-on | $0.1 /mobilled annually |
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| Sensitive Data Scanner - Detect | Add-on | $0.03 /mobilled annually |
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| Sensitive Data Scanner - Detect & Obfuscate | Add-on | $0.3 /mobilled annually |
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| Audit Trail | Add-on | Contact |
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| Data Streams Monitoring | Add-on | $15 /host/mobilled annually |
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| Universal Service Monitoring | Add-on | $9 /mobilled annually |
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| Experiments | Add-on | $450 /mobilled annually |
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| Archive Search | Add-on | $0.05 /mobilled annually |
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| Data Observability: Jobs Monitoring - Clusters | Add-on | $0.05 /mobilled annually |
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| Data Observability: Jobs Monitoring - Orchestrators | Add-on | $0.1 /mobilled annually |
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| Code Security Bundle | Add-on | $40 /committer/mobilled annually |
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| Code Security - Runtime SCA | Add-on | $10 /host/mobilled annually |
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| Code Security - Runtime Code Analysis (IAST) | Add-on | $20 /host/mobilled annually |
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| Code Security - Secret Scanning | Add-on | $15 /committer/mobilled annually |
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| Code Security - IaC Security | Add-on | $15 /committer/mobilled annually |
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| Code Security - Software Composition Analysis (Static SCA) | Add-on | $25 /committer/mobilled annually |
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| Data Observability: Jobs Monitoring - Serverless | Add-on | $2.5 /mobilled annually |
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| Code Security - Static Analysis (SAST) | Add-on | $25 /committer/mobilled annually |
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| Data Observability: Quality Monitoring | Add-on | $16 /monitored table/mobilled annually |
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| Error Tracking | Add-on | $25 /mobilled annually |
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| Real User Monitoring - RUM Measure | Add-on | $0.15 /mobilled annually |
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| Real User Monitoring - RUM Investigate | Add-on | $3 /mobilled annually |
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| Session Replay | Add-on | $2.5 /mobilled annually |
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| Product Analytics | Add-on | $0.8 /mobilled annually |
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| Network Monitoring - Cloud Network | Add-on | $5 /host/mobilled annually |
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| Cloud Cost Management Pro | Add-on | $5 /mobilled annually |
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| Cloud Cost Management Enterprise | Add-on | $10 /mobilled annually |
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| App and API Protection | Add-on | $31 /host/mobilled annually |
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| Application Performance Monitoring (APM) | Add-on | $31 /host/mobilled annually |
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| APM Pro | Add-on | $35 /host/mobilled annually |
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| APM Enterprise | Add-on | $40 /host/mobilled annually |
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| Code Coverage | Add-on | $8 /committer/mobilled annually |
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| Log Management - Ingest | Add-on | $0.1 /mobilled annually |
| AI Credits | Add-on | $500 /mobilled annually |
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| LLM Observability Free | Add-on | Free |
| Synthetic Testing - API Testing | Add-on | $5 /mobilled annually |
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| Log Management - Standard Indexing | Add-on | $1.7 /mobilled annually |
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| Log Management - Flex Logs Starter | Add-on | $0.6 /mobilled annually |
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| Feature Flags | Add-on | $55 /mobilled annually |
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| LLM Observability Pro | Add-on | $160 /mobilled annually |
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| Test Optimization | Add-on | $20 /committer/mobilled annually |
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| Kubernetes Autoscaling | Add-on | $3 /mobilled annually |
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| Workload Protection | Add-on | $15 /host/mobilled annually |
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| CI Pipeline Visibility | Add-on | $8 /committer/mobilled annually |
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| Synthetic Testing - Browser Testing | Add-on | $12 /mobilled annually |
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| Storage Management | Add-on | $0.35 /mobilled annually |
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| Edge Device Monitoring | Add-on | $5 /host/mobilled annually |
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| Managed Platform OTLP | Add-on | $0.5 per GB of ingested spans |
| Synthetic Testing - Mobile App Testing | Add-on | $50 /mobilled annually |
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| Cloud SIEM | Add-on | $5 /mobilled annually |
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| Cloud Security Management Pro (CSM Pro) | Add-on | $10 /host/mobilled annually |
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| Cloud Security Management Enterprise (CSM Enterprise) | Add-on | $25 /host/mobilled annually |
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| Database Monitoring | Add-on | $70 /database host/mobilled annually |
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| Cloud Cost Management Free (Datadog Cost Visibility) | Add-on | Free |
| Continuous Testing (Parallelization) | Add-on | $79 /mobilled annually |
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| App Builder | Add-on | $35 /published app/mobilled annually |
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| Incident Response - On-Call | Add-on | $20 /seat/mobilled annually |
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| Incident Response - Incident Management | Add-on | $30 /seat/mobilled annually |
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| Incident Response Bundle | Add-on | $40 /seat/mobilled annually |
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| Event Management | Add-on | $0.1 /mobilled annually |
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| Network Monitoring - Network Device | Add-on | $7 /device/mobilled annually |
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| Workflow Automation | Add-on | $10 /mobilled annually |
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| Company | Entry price | Last change |
|---|---|---|
N New Relic | $49 /core user/mo + usage | Jun 23, 2026 |
D Dynatrace | $29 per host/month | Oct 12, 2026 |
E Elastic | $99 /mo | Sep 14, 2026 |
S Splunk | $5 /user/mo, billed annually | Jul 20, 2026 |
S Sumologic | $3.14 per TB scanned | Oct 19, 2026 |
G Grafana | $19 /mo + usage | Aug 17, 2026 |
Datadog pricing FAQ
- How much does Datadog cost?
- Datadog pricing starts at $15/host/mo on Infrastructure Pro, billed annually. Datadog lists 5 plans on its pricing page; the Infrastructure Free plan is free.
- Does Datadog have a free plan?
- Yes. Datadog's Infrastructure Free plan is free; paid plans start at $15/host/mo on Infrastructure Pro, billed annually.
- What pricing model does Datadog use?
- Datadog uses subscription + usage pricing across 5 plans, with a free tier.
- When did Datadog last change its pricing?
- Oct 28, 2026: Datadog drops free Infrastructure plan, adds contact-sales Basic tier.
- How often has Datadog changed its pricing?
- Pulse has recorded 130 pricing changes for Datadog since it started tracking on Nov 14, 2023; the pricing page was last captured on Oct 28, 2026.