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Datadog vs Uptime Kuma
Datadog provides a broader observability platform beyond simple uptime checks.
Which to pick
Pick Datadog if you want…
- Unified observability and security for cloud apps
- Full-stack monitoring
Pick Uptime Kuma if you want…
- Self-hosted uptime monitoring
- A free, open-source tool
Side by side
- What it is
- Datadog:Datadog is a cloud monitoring and security platform that provides observability across infrastructure, applications, logs, and security.
- Uptime Kuma:Uptime Kuma is a self-hosted tool for monitoring website and service uptime.
- Best for
- Datadog:Unified observability and security for cloud apps
- Uptime Kuma:Self-hosted uptime monitoring
- Who it’s for
- Datadog:Developers, IT ops, and security teams managing cloud-native workloads.
- Uptime Kuma:Developers and ops teams who want to run their own uptime monitoring.
- Pricing
- Datadog:Freemium
- Uptime Kuma: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
- Uptime Kuma:—
- Open source
- Datadog:—
- Uptime Kuma:Yes, 92,195 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Datadog:Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps
- Uptime Kuma:—
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.
Uptime Kuma features
- Self-hosted. Runs on your own infrastructure without relying on third-party services.
- Docker deployment. Start with a single Docker command that sets up the container and data volume.
- Live demo. Provides an online demo to explore the interface before installing.
- Documentation. Includes docs for setup and usage linked from the main page.
Datadog vs Uptime Kuma FAQ
Is Datadog or Uptime Kuma free?+
Datadog has a free plan and paid plans. Uptime Kuma is free.
Is Datadog or Uptime Kuma open source?+
Uptime Kuma is open source (louislam/uptime-kuma on GitHub, MIT license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Datadog.
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