# Datadog Synthetic Monitoring vs Gatus

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Gatus

| Attribute | Datadog Synthetic Monitoring | Gatus |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 11 (19% (low)) | 63.1 (52% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-based testing platform that lets engineering teams create code-free tests simulating user interactions and API calls across endpoints, enabling rapid issue detection and performance optimization. | A platform for tracking service health across websites, APIs, and infrastructure. It detects outages automatically, publishes real-time status pages, and alerts teams via multiple channels. |
| integrations.count | 14 | 24 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"CircleCI"},{"name":"Azure DevOps"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Google Vertex AI"},{"name":"Google Cloud SQL"},{"name":"Google Cloud Run"},{"name":"Google Cloud"},{"name":"Real User Monitoring"},{"name":"Error Tracking"},{"name":"Session Replay"}]` | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Telegram"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"Google Chat"},{"name":"Gotify"},{"name":"Matrix"},{"name":"Mattermost"},{"name":"n8n"},{"name":"Ntfy"},{"name":"Opsgenie"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"Gitea"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Messagebird"},{"name":"Pushover"},{"name":"AWS SES"},{"name":"ilert"},{"name":"Incident.io"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Twilio"},{"name":"SIGNL4"},{"name":"Custom"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"summary":"14-day free trial available (pricing details not disclosed in provided materials)","sourceUrl":"https://www.datadoghq.com/product/synthetic-monitoring/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-17T21:31:18.719Z","freeTrialDays":14}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"$10/month","features":["HTTP, ICMP, DNS, TCP, UDP, TLS, SCTP, SSH, gRPC, WebSocket monitoring","Status code, response body/JSONPath, certificate expiration, domain expiration conditions","Response time and connection monitoring","Slack, Teams, Telegram, Discord, Google Chat, Gotify, Matrix, Mattermost, n8n, Ntfy, Opsgenie, Email, Gitea, GitHub, GitLab integrations","Static egress IP for firewall whitelisting","Custom domain support","Uptime, response time, health badges","Private status pages"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For those looking to monitor most of their services","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"status_pages":"None","team_members":"None","suites_per_page":"0","check_interval_min":"2m","endpoints_per_page":"30","alerts_per_endpoint":"2","events_per_endpoint":"50","results_per_endpoint":"100","conditions_per_endpoint":"5","audit_log_retention_days":"14"}},{"free":false,"name":"Premium","summary":"$20/month","features":["All Standard features","Push-based monitoring","Incident announcements","Additional integrations: Messagebird, Pushover, AWS SES, ilert, Incident.io, PagerDuty, Twilio, SIGNL4"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For those looking to monitor all of their services","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"status_pages":"2","team_members":"5","suites_per_page":"5","check_interval_min":"1m","endpoints_per_page":"50","alerts_per_endpoint":"3","events_per_endpoint":"50","results_per_endpoint":"100","conditions_per_endpoint":"10","audit_log_retention_days":"30"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$50/month","features":["All Premium features","Metrics dashboard","Single Sign-On (SSO)","Custom CSS","Custom integrations"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For those looking to monitor multiple business-critical services across several products","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"status_pages":"3","team_members":"25","suites_per_page":"25","check_interval_min":"30s","endpoints_per_page":"100","alerts_per_endpoint":"10","events_per_endpoint":"50","results_per_endpoint":"500","conditions_per_endpoint":"20","audit_log_retention_days":"90"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"$500/month","commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $10/month. Free 7-day trial.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://gatus.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:21:07.998Z","freeTrialDays":7,"startingPrice":{"amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | no |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | low |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |

## Capabilities (API Monitoring)

| Capability | Datadog Synthetic Monitoring | Gatus |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Multi region probes | - | - |
| Private location agent | - | - |
| Status page hosting | - | - |
| Json schema assertions | - | - |
| Monitoring as code | - | - |
| Multistep API flows | - | - |
| Heartbeat deadmans switch | - | - |
| Self hostable | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:50:29.759Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*