Amazon CloudWatch vs Datadog

See how their public offers line up before you choose your own position. Prices stay in the currency, billing schedule, and charged unit each vendor publishes.

Amazon CloudWatch

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USD · US · source: aws.amazon.com

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Free Tier	Free Free tier	Usage · monthly free allowances	Standalone · Free
Pay as you go	USD 0.3 monthly $0.30 per custom metric/month at the first paid tier in US East	Usage · per custom metric per month	Standalone · Usage based

Datadog

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USD · US · source: www.datadoghq.com

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Free	Free $0	Unit · per host	Standalone · Free
Pro Highlighted	USD 18 monthly · USD 15 / month with annual commitment $18 on-demand or $15/host/month billed annually	Unit · per host per month	Standalone · Fixed
Enterprise	USD 27 monthly · USD 23 / month with annual commitment $27 on-demand or $23/host/month billed annually	Unit · per host per month	Standalone · Fixed

What each plan includes

Feature names follow each vendor’s own pricing page, so verify the wording before treating them as exact equivalents.

Amazon CloudWatch

Free Tier

Plan card Logs: 5 GB

Included
Plan card Custom metrics: 10

Included
Plan card Custom dashboards: 3

Included

Pay as you go

Plan card Live Tail overage: $0.01/minute

Included
Plan card OpenTelemetry metrics ingest: $0.50/GB

Included
Plan card Volume-tiered usage pricing: Included

Datadog

Free

Plan card Hosts: Up to 5

Included
Plan card Metric retention: 1 day

Included
Plan card Core collection and visualization: Included

Pro

Plan card Integrations: 1,000+

Included
Plan card Out-of-the-box dashboards: Included
Plan card Metric retention: 15 months

Included

Enterprise

Plan card Machine-learning alerts: Included
Plan card Live Processes: Included
Plan card Governance Console: Included

How their prices changed

Each dated row shows the public prices observed when that vendor’s pricing page changed.

Amazon CloudWatch

August 27, 2026 Source
- Free Tier: Free
- Pay as you go: USD 0.3 monthly

Datadog

August 27, 2026 Source
- Free: Free
- Pro: USD 18 monthly · USD 15 / month with annual commitment
- Enterprise: USD 27 monthly · USD 23 / month with annual commitment