Datadog vs Simple Observability

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

Simple Observability

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USD · US · source: simpleobservability.com

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Cloud	USD 3 monthly Paid Simple, predictable pricing for all your production servers. $3 / month per server Get Started ● 100 metrics per server ● High log volume ● Unlimited servers	Flat · 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

Simple Observability

Cloud

Plan card ● 100 metrics per server: Included
Plan card ● High log volume: Included
Plan card ● Unlimited servers: 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

Simple Observability

August 27, 2026 Source
- Cloud: USD 3 monthly