Datadog pricing

Datadog is a monitoring and security platform that includes a log management product alongside infrastructure, application, security and AI tools.

Log management softwarePriced per creditSelf-serve + sales

Visit DatadogPrices checked Oct 29, 2026

How much does Datadog cost?

Paid plans start at $500/mo billed yearly

Free plan: Not stated
Free trial: Free trial offered, length not stated
Usage price: $1.30/credit

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In your favor

Free trial. Free trial offered, length not stated

How you buy and get started

Self-serve + salesButtons on their site: Free Trial, Contact Us, Start Free Trial

Sign up: Free trial signup available
Setup: Not stated
When sales steps in: Multi-year and volume discounts available via sales
Support: 24/7 support

What Datadog does

Datadog describes itself as an integrated platform for monitoring and security, with a Logs group covering Log Management, Audit Trail, Observability Pipelines, Error Tracking, Bring Your Own Cloud Log Management and Sensitive Data Scanner. The provided pages show only AI Credits pricing in detail; log management pricing and feature pages are not included.

Good for: Teams that want logs together with infrastructure, APM, security and AI tooling on one platform, per the product menu.
Main product: Log Management
Also includes: Log Management, Audit Trail, Observability Pipelines, Error Tracking, Bring Your Own Cloud Log Management, Sensitive Data Scanner
Connects to: OpenTelemetry, Integrations, IDE Plugins, Marketplace
Public API: Yes
MCP server: Yes

Live tailNot stated
Full-text log searchNot stated
Log-based alertingNot stated
Configurable retentionNot stated
SSO and role-based accessNot stated
Self-hosted optionNot stated
OpenTelemetry support[OpenTelemetry](https://www.datadoghq.com/solutions/opentelemetry/)
AI log analysis assistantBits Chat — Search and analyze telemetry, create dashboards and notebooks, and inspect monitors with natural l

The same 8 checks appear on every tool in Log management software. Each tick quotes the vendor's own site.

Security and your data

Question	Their answer	Where it says so
Trains AI on your data?	Not stated
HIPAA (signs a BAA)	available	"or a Business Associate Agreement (BAA), depending on the type of data that will be shared"privacy
SOC 2	SOC 2 Type 2 audit	"our SOC 2 Type 2 audit"privacy
GDPR	DPA with SCCs available	"In order to ensure that all transfers of personal data to Datadog are made under a GDPR-compliant transfer mechanism"privacy
CCPA	Not stated
PCI	Not stated
ISO 27001	ISO 27001 certification	"ISO 27001 certification"privacy
Single sign-on	Not stated
Trust center	Trust Hub	"[Trust Hub](https://www.datadoghq.com/trust/)"home

Security answers are the vendor's own claims, quoted. We don't audit them.

Every plan

Plan	Monthly	Billed yearly	Included	Over the allowance	Where it says so
AI CreditsPer 500 credits, per month	–	$500per month	500 credits	–	"adoghq.com/pricing/?product=workflow-automation products ai credits reduce time to inciden"
AI Credits (on-demand)per credit	$1.30per credit	–	–	–	"Billed annually or $1.30 per credit on-demand."

Fine print

Billing increment: Not stated
Billed beyond usage: Not stated
Contract: Service use is governed by the Master Subscription Agreement or another written contract, including during free trials
Refunds: Not stated
Auto renew: Not stated
Price change notice: Not stated

"Not stated" means we read their pricing page and terms and they don't say.