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Datadog vs telemetry.dev
Short answer: Pick Datadog if you want unified observability and security for cloud apps; pick telemetry.dev if you want LLM tracing with OpenTelemetry. Datadog has a free plan; telemetry.dev has a free plan, paid from $25/month.
DatadogMonitoring and security platform for cloud apps
telemetry.devTrace LLM calls and AI agents with OpenTelemetry.Which to pick
Pick Datadog if you want…
- Unified observability and security for cloud apps
- Full-stack cloud monitoring
- Integrations with Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes or OpenTelemetry (on Datadog's list, not telemetry.dev's)
Pick telemetry.dev if you want…
- LLM tracing with OpenTelemetry
- Integrations with TypeScript SDK, Python SDK or OpenAI (on telemetry.dev'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.
- telemetry.dev:Telemetry.dev provides OpenTelemetry-based observability for LLM calls and AI agents, tracking latency, cost, token usage and errors.
- Best for
- Datadog:Unified observability and security for cloud apps
- telemetry.dev:LLM tracing with OpenTelemetry
- Who it’s for
- Datadog:Developers, IT ops, and security teams managing cloud-native workloads.
- telemetry.dev:Developers building AI applications and agents who need tracing and cost monitoring.
- Pricing
- Datadog:Freemium
- telemetry.dev:Freemium
- Starting price
- Datadog:—
- telemetry.dev:$25/month (Pro)
- Free plan or trial
- Datadog:Free trial
- telemetry.dev:Free plan (Free)
- 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
- telemetry.dev:Free $0 per month · Pro $25 per month · Team $50 per month
- Works with
- Datadog:Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps
- telemetry.dev:TypeScript SDK, Python SDK, OpenAI, Anthropic, Claude SDK, Google Gen AI, Amazon Bedrock, Vercel AI SDK
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.
telemetry.dev features
- Unified Traces. Shows model calls, tool steps and retrievals in a single trace with duration per step.
- Cost & Latency Metrics. Displays token usage, spend and latency per model, provider and environment.
- SDKs & Exporters. First-party TypeScript and Python SDKs plus OTLP/HTTP exporter support for any language.
- Prompt Redaction. Option to disable prompt capture per environment to keep sensitive data out of storage.
- Filtering & Search. Search traces by name and filter by status, environment, framework or session.
- Retention Controls. 14-day retention on Free plan, configurable longer retention on paid plans.
Datadog vs telemetry.dev FAQ
What is the difference between Datadog and telemetry.dev?+
Datadog: Broad cloud-app monitoring platform with paid tiers, not dedicated to LLM observability.
Should I use Datadog or telemetry.dev?+
Pick Datadog if you want unified observability and security for cloud apps, full-stack cloud monitoring or integrations with Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes or OpenTelemetry (on Datadog's list, not telemetry.dev's). Pick telemetry.dev if you want LLM tracing with OpenTelemetry or integrations with TypeScript SDK, Python SDK or OpenAI (on telemetry.dev's list, not Datadog's).
Is Datadog or telemetry.dev free?+
Datadog has a free plan and paid plans. telemetry.dev has a free plan; paid plans start at $25/month (Pro).
Do Datadog and telemetry.dev integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Datadog lists Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, GitHub and 2 more; telemetry.dev lists TypeScript SDK, Python SDK, OpenAI, Anthropic and 6 more.
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