Datadog vs Observe

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

Observe

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USD · US · source: www.observeinc.com

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Logs — starting at	USD 0.49 monthly $0.49 /GiB	Usage · per GiB	Standalone · Usage based
Metrics — starting at	USD 0.008 monthly $0.008 /DPM	Usage · per DPM	Standalone · Usage based
Traces — starting at	USD 0.59 monthly $0.59 /GiB	Usage · per GiB	Standalone · Usage based

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

Observe

Logs — starting at

Highlights Compute: included

Included
Highlights Users: Unlimited

Included
Highlights Retention: 30-day

Included

Metrics — starting at

Highlights Compute: included

Included
Highlights Users: Unlimited

Included
Highlights Retention: 13-month

Included

Traces — starting at

Highlights Compute: included

Included
Highlights Users: Unlimited

Included
Highlights Retention: 30-day

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

Observe

August 27, 2026 Source
- Logs — starting at: USD 0.49 monthly
- Metrics — starting at: USD 0.008 monthly
- Traces — starting at: USD 0.59 monthly