# Datadog APM vs Lumigo

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Datadog APM

| Attribute | Datadog APM | Lumigo |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 63.4 (48% (low)) | 53 (73% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An observability platform providing code-level distributed tracing across web and mobile frontends, backend services, and databases. Correlates traces with logs, metrics, real-user monitoring data, and security signals to enable teams to detect root causes quickly and optimize application performance. | Lumigo is an AI-powered observability platform providing root cause analysis, distributed tracing, and log management for microservice environments across AWS, Kubernetes, and OpenTelemetry. |
| features.capabilities | `{"rum":true,"hosting":"cloud","service_map":true,"otel_support":"native","slo_tracking":true,"db_monitoring":true,"code_profiling":true,"error_analytics":true,"anomaly_detection":true,"distributed_tracing":true,"auto_instrumentation":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","service_map":true,"otel_support":"native","error_analytics":true,"anomaly_detection":true,"distributed_tracing":true,"auto_instrumentation":true}` |
| integrations.count | 35 | 5 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Google Vertex AI"},{"name":"Google Cloud Security Command Center"},{"name":"Google Cloud SQL"},{"name":"Google Cloud Run"},{"name":"Google Cloud Dataflow"}]` | `[{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"Serverless Framework"},{"name":"CircleCI"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | - | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Basic","summary":"Free","features":["150k Traces/mo","14 Day Trace Retention","5GB/mo Logs","3 Days Log Retention","5GB/mo Metrics","3 Days Retention","Copilot Basic","Documentation"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"logs":"5GB/mo","traces":"150k/mo","metrics":"5GB/mo","log_retention":"3 days","trace_retention":"14 days","metrics_retention":"3 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"$99/mo annual, $119/mo monthly","features":["1M Traces/mo","14 Day Trace Retention","40GB/mo Logs","7 Days Log Retention","40GB/mo Metrics","7 Days Retention","Copilot","Basic Support","Email Support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":119,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Great for small businesses","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"logs":"40GB/mo","traces":"1M/mo","metrics":"40GB/mo","log_retention":"7 days","trace_retention":"14 days","metrics_retention":"7 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Plus","summary":"$299/mo annual, $359/mo monthly","features":["5M Traces/mo","14 Day Trace Retention","100GB/mo Logs","30 Days Log Retention","100GB/mo Metrics","30 Days Retention","Copilot","Basic Support","Email Support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":359,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For multiple teams","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"logs":"100GB/mo","traces":"5M/mo","metrics":"100GB/mo","log_retention":"30 days","trace_retention":"14 days","metrics_retention":"30 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Custom","summary":"Contact for pricing","features":["Custom Traces","Custom Trace Retention","Custom Log Volume","Custom Log Retention","Custom Metrics","Advanced AI RCA","AI insights","AI issue triage","Copilot in Slack & Teams","Custom seats","Chat & Email Support","Private Slack Channel","Success Manager","Professional Services"],"description":"Designed for enterprise","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $99/mo (annual). Free tier with 150k traces/mo. 14-day free trial.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://lumigo.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T13:22:21.885Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":119,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | - | low |
| pricing.transparent | - | no |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |

## Capabilities (APM Tools)

| Capability | Datadog APM | Lumigo |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Instrumentation** |  |  |
| Auto-instrumentation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Distributed tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Insight** |  |  |
| Service map | ✓ | ✓ |
| Code / continuous profiling | ✓ | - |
| Database monitoring | ✓ | - |
| Error analytics | ✓ | ✓ |
| Real-user monitoring | ✓ | - |
| SLO / error-budget tracking | ✓ | - |
| **Intelligence** |  |  |
| Anomaly / root-cause AI | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Standards** |  |  |
| OpenTelemetry support | OTel-native | OTel-native |
| **Core** |  |  |
| Language agents | - | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Cloud + self-hosted |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:10:45.169Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*