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Updated 13th October 2025
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It Associate
50M - 250M USD, HardwareFAVORABLE
“Infrastructure Monitoring and Log Management Stand Out Among Product Features”
It was good experience overall i'm happy with product and service to monitor system logs and performance
ENGINEERING MANAGER
50M - 250M USD, SoftwareCRITICAL
“Convenient Screen Recording Features Offset by Unreliable Test Execution Issues”
The DataDog synthetic testing product has convenient screen recording options but unreliable test execution and poor test management UI, making it very hard to manage large test suites and rely on results.
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Datadog specializes in providing a comprehensive monitoring platform for cloud applications. It collects data from diverse sources such as servers, containers, databases, and third-party services, aiming to make the stack fully observable. By offering these features, Datadog assists DevOps teams in preventing downtime, addressing performance problems, and ensuring optimal user experience.
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Public
Year Founded
2010
Head office location
New York, United States
Number of employees
1001 - 5000
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- ENGINEERING MANAGER50M-1B USDSoftwareReview Source
Convenient Screen Recording Features Offset by Unreliable Test Execution Issues
The DataDog synthetic testing product has convenient screen recording options but unreliable test execution and poor test management UI, making it very hard to manage large test suites and rely on results. - It Associate50M-1B USDHardwareReview Source
Infrastructure Monitoring and Log Management Stand Out Among Product Features
It was good experience overall i'm happy with product and service to monitor system logs and performance - Engineer1B-10B USDBankingReview Source
Difficulties in Locating Specific Traces and Navigating the Dashboard Interface
Overall it's good. Sometimes I want to use the traces to debug, but the trace won't be able to show up from my test/employee account, so it hasn't been very consistent. - Software Developer50M-1B USDSoftwareReview Source
Desire for Simpler Filtering Functions Without Mandatory Variable Categorization
somewhat difficult to filter by the amount of variable categories - Senior Software Engineer50M-1B USDTelecommunicationReview Source
User-Friendly Interface And Detailed Metrics Enhance Performance And Incident Management
Datadog is a powerful and reliable platform that offers detailed monitoring and collects data from different sources, for example servers.The interface is very easy to use, letting one get metrics quickly.Has very smooth integration with many systems and services, remarkably elevating monitoring capabilities.Provide both sharable and custom dashboards that help us to easily see and understand key metrics and performance goals.Makes it easy to monitor everything in one place from platform performance and infrastructure health to logs and security. Has the best monitoring and alerting capabilities that allow us to be cautious in incident management.
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