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Datadog vs Oh Dear
Short answer: Pick Datadog if you want unified observability and security for cloud apps; pick Oh Dear if you want unified website monitoring and client reporting. Datadog has a free plan; Oh Dear has a free plan, paid from €15/month.
DatadogMonitoring and security platform for cloud apps
Oh DearThe all-in-one monitoring tool for your entire websiteWhich to pick
Pick Datadog if you want…
- Unified observability and security for cloud apps
- Cloud infrastructure observability
- Integrations with Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes or OpenTelemetry (on Datadog's list, not Oh Dear's)
Pick Oh Dear if you want…
- Unified website monitoring and client reporting
- Integrations with Slack, PagerDuty or Opsgenie (on Oh Dear's list, not Datadog's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Datadog:Datadog is a cloud monitoring and security platform that provides observability across infrastructure, applications, logs, and security.
- Oh Dear:Oh Dear is an all-in-one website health monitoring service that checks uptime, SSL, DNS, broken links, performance and more.
- Best for
- Datadog:Unified observability and security for cloud apps
- Oh Dear:Unified website monitoring and client reporting
- Who it’s for
- Datadog:Developers, IT ops, and security teams managing cloud-native workloads.
- Oh Dear:Developers, agencies and freelancers who manage multiple client websites
- Pricing
- Datadog:Freemium
- Oh Dear:Freemium
- Starting price
- Datadog:—
- Oh Dear:€15/month (Solo)
- Free plan or trial
- Datadog:Free trial
- Oh Dear:Free trial
- Plans
- Datadog:AI Credits $500 per 500 credits per month · Code Coverage $8 per committer per month · Log Management $0.10 per GB ingested per month
- Oh Dear:Solo €15 per month · Freelance €49 per month · Studio €99 per month · Agency €149 per month
- Works with
- Datadog:Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps
- Oh Dear:Slack, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Webhooks
Datadog features
- Infrastructure Monitoring. Collects metrics, custom metrics, and alerts from servers, containers, and cloud services.
- Application Performance Monitoring. Tracks request latency, traces, and provides continuous profiling.
- Log Management. Ingests, parses, enriches and stores logs with flexible retention and alerting.
- Security Suite. Offers code security, vulnerability management, cloud security posture and SIEM.
- Synthetic & Real User Monitoring. Proactively tests user journeys and captures real-user performance data.
- AI-powered Bits Suite. AI agents for chat, investigation, code fixes, and custom workflow automation.
Oh Dear features
- Uptime & health checks. Monitors uptime, SSL, DNS, cron jobs, broken links and performance every minute from multiple locations.
- Alert routing. Sends alerts to the right person via Slack, Teams, PagerDuty, Opsgenie or webhooks.
- Branded status pages. Creates white-label status pages for each client with custom logo and domain.
- Automated client reports. Generates monthly reports with uptime, performance trends, broken links and SSL health.
- Full API & integrations. Provides a REST API and integrates with common notification services and monitoring tools.
- Security & team features. Includes SSO, two-factor authentication, unlimited users and role-based permissions on every plan.
Datadog vs Oh Dear FAQ
What is the difference between Datadog and Oh Dear?+
Datadog provides full-stack observability for cloud apps, whereas Oh Dear is specialised for website health and client-facing status pages.
Should I use Datadog or Oh Dear?+
Pick Datadog if you want unified observability and security for cloud apps, cloud infrastructure observability or integrations with Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes or OpenTelemetry (on Datadog's list, not Oh Dear's). Pick Oh Dear if you want unified website monitoring and client reporting or integrations with Slack, PagerDuty or Opsgenie (on Oh Dear's list, not Datadog's).
Is Datadog or Oh Dear free?+
Datadog has a free plan and paid plans. Oh Dear has a free plan; paid plans start at €15/month (Solo).
Do Datadog and Oh Dear integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Datadog lists Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, GitHub and 2 more; Oh Dear lists Slack, PagerDuty, Opsgenie and Webhooks.
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