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Comparison

Datadog APM vs Tideways

On the evidence we track, Datadog APM leads this comparison with a composite score of 54/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Datadog APM full profile →Tideways full profile →
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★Datadog APM54
Tideways44
Score
vioscaleAI score
Datadog APM54 / 100medium · 61%
Tideways44 / 100medium · 65%
Pricing
Free tier
Datadog APM–
Tideways✗
Model
Datadog APMcommercial
Tidewayscommercial
Price level
Datadog APMunknown
Tidewaysunknown
Transparent
Datadog APM✗
Tideways✓
Integrations
Count
Datadog APM35
Tideways7
Security
Disclosure policy
Datadog APM✓
Tideways–
Gdpr
Datadog APM✓
Tideways✓
Iso27001
Datadog APM✓
Tideways–
Pci
Datadog APM–
Tideways✓
Soc2
Datadog APM✓
Tideways–
Trust center
Datadog APM–
Tidewayshttps://tideways.com/security
Reliability
Status page
Datadog APM✓
Tideways✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Datadog APM6 items
Tideways6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for apm tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Instrumentation
Auto-instrumentation
Datadog APM✓
Tideways✓
Distributed tracing
Datadog APM✓
Tideways✓
Insight
Service map
Datadog APM✓
Tideways-
Code / continuous profiling
Datadog APM✓
Tideways✓
Database monitoring
Datadog APM✓
Tideways✓
Error analytics
Datadog APM✓
Tideways✓
Real-user monitoring
Datadog APM✓
Tideways✓
SLO / error-budget tracking
Datadog APM✓
Tideways-
Intelligence
Anomaly / root-cause AI
Datadog APM✓
Tideways-
Standards
OpenTelemetry support
Datadog APMOTel-native
Tideways-
Core
Language agents
Datadog APM-
TidewaysPHP
Deployment
Hosting
Datadog APMCloud only
TidewaysCloud only

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Datadog APM

Leader

A monitoring and observability service that provides real-time visibility into application performance, user experience, network activity, and logs through unified monitoring, analytics, and AI-powered investigation capabilities.

Independently observed

Tideways

PHP application performance monitoring, profiling, and error tracking. Tideways shows where performance breaks down in production in real time.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Datadog APM

Leader
Subscription

Free trial available

as of verify ↗

Tideways

Subscription

Subscription-based plans from Basic to Pro; free trial available. Pricing scales with project size and transaction throughput. Annual discounts available.

  • Basic-
    • Profiling
    • Monitoring
    • Error Tracking
    • Basic Integrations (Email, Slack, Microsoft Teams)
  • Standard-
    • Profiling
    • Monitoring
    • Error Tracking
    • Advanced Integrations (PagerDuty, OpsGenie, Splunk On-Call, Webhooks)
  • ProContact sales
    • Profiling
    • Monitoring
    • Error Tracking
    • Advanced Integrations
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Datadog APM✓
Tideways✓
iOS
Datadog APM✓
Tideways✗
Android
Datadog APM✓
Tideways✗
CLI
Datadog APM✗
Tideways✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Datadog APM✓
Tideways✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Datadog APM

Leader
5 total
  • Google Vertex AI
  • Google Cloud Security Command Center
  • Google Cloud SQL
  • Google Cloud Run
  • Google Cloud Dataflow
Independently observed

Tideways

7 total
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • PagerDuty
  • OpsGenie
  • Splunk On-Call
  • Email
  • Webhooks
Independently observed
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Datadog APM or Tideways: which one depends on you

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Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.