Comparison

Datadog vs Last9

On the evidence we track, Datadog leads this comparison with a composite score of 56/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Datadog56
Last948
Score
Vioscale score
Datadog56 / 100medium · 64%
Last948 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Datadog
Last9
Model
Datadogcommercial
Last9free
Price level
Datadogunknown
Last9free
Transparent
Datadog
Last9
Integrations
Count
Datadog7
Last9100
Security
Disclosure policy
Datadog
Last9
Gdpr
Datadog
Last9
Hipaa
Datadog
Last9
Iso27001
Datadog
Last9
Soc2
Datadog
Last9
Reliability
Status page
Datadog
Last9

Capabilities

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

Signals
Metrics
Datadog
Last9
Log management
Datadog
Last9
Distributed tracing
Datadog
Last9
Application performance monitoring
Datadog
Last9
Real-user monitoring
Datadog
Last9
Response
Alerting
Datadog
Last9
On-call / incident management
Datadog
Last9
Insight
Dashboards
Datadog
Last9
Standards
OpenTelemetry-native
Datadog
Last9
Deployment
Hosting
DatadogCloud only
Last9Cloud only

What each one is

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

Datadog

Leader

A cloud-based observability and security service that integrates infrastructure monitoring, application performance tracking, log analysis, and real-user session monitoring. Designed to help teams detect issues, troubleshoot problems, and secure applications by providing a single view across metrics, traces, logs, and user interactions.

Independently observed

Last9

A unified observability platform built on OpenTelemetry and Prometheus that manages logs, metrics, and traces with high-cardinality storage. It includes AI-assisted incident investigation, real-time alerting, and user monitoring capabilities.

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

Leader
Subscription14-day trial
as of verify ↗

Last9

FreeFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Datadog
Last9
iOS
Datadog
Last9
Android
Datadog
Last9
CLI
Datadog
Last9
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Datadog
Last9

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • OpenTelemetry

Datadog

Leader
7 total - 6 not shared
  • Google Vertex AI
  • Google Cloud Security Command Center
  • Google Cloud SQL
  • Google Cloud Run
  • Dataflow
  • OpenLineage
Independently observed

Last9

50 total - 49 not shared
  • Slack
  • PagerDuty
  • Opsgenie
  • Jira
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Telegram
  • Zenduty
  • Google Chat
  • Flock
  • Webhook
  • GitHub Actions
  • ArgoCD
  • Buildkite
  • Jenkins
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • GCP
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • ECS
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • +25 more
Independently observed

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