Datadog vs Helicone

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.

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

Helicone

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USD · US · source: www.helicone.ai

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Hobby — Free	Free Free	Flat	Standalone · Free
Pro — Popular Highlighted	USD 79 monthly · USD 79 / month with annual commitment $79 per month	Flat · $79 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.

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

Helicone

Hobby — Free

Monitoring Requests: 10,000/mo

Included
Data Retention Storage: 1 GB

Included
Workspace & collaboration Seats: 1 seat, 1 organization

Included

Pro — Popular

Workspace & collaboration Seats: Unlimited

Included
Monitoring Alerts & reports: Included
Monitoring HQL (Query Language): Included
Data Retention Storage: 1 GB free + usage-based

Included
Data Retention Data retention: 1 month

Included
Data Retention Ingestion: 1,000 logs/min

Included
Data Retention API access: 60 calls/min

Included

How their prices changed

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

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

Helicone

August 27, 2026 Source
- Hobby — Free: Free
- Pro — Popular: USD 79 monthly · USD 79 / month with annual commitment