Datadog vs Splunk Observability Cloud

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

Splunk Observability Cloud

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USD · US · source: www.splunk.com

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Infrastructure	USD 15 / month with annual commitment Starts at $15/host/month billed annually	Unit · per host per month, billed annually	Standalone · Starting at
App & Infrastructure Highlighted	USD 60 / month with annual commitment Starts at $60/host/month billed annually	Unit · per host per month, billed annually	Standalone · Starting at
End-to-End	USD 75 / month with annual commitment Starts at $75/host/month billed annually	Unit · per host per month, billed annually	Standalone · Starting at

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

Splunk Observability Cloud

Infrastructure

Plan card Infrastructure monitoring: Included
Plan card Log Observer Connect: Included
Plan card Synthetic uptime monitoring: Included

App & Infrastructure

Plan card Application performance monitoring: Included
Plan card Infrastructure monitoring: Included
Plan card AlwaysOn profiling: Included

End-to-End

Plan card Database monitoring: Included
Plan card Application and infrastructure monitoring: Included
Plan card Secure Application: 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

Splunk Observability Cloud

August 27, 2026 Source
- Infrastructure: USD 15 / month with annual commitment
- App & Infrastructure: USD 60 / month with annual commitment
- End-to-End: USD 75 / month with annual commitment