Can you replace Datadog?
MonitoringRip Score 74/100Strong Candidate
74
/100
Strong Candidate
Based on 7 replacement reports
Typical savingsUp to $200k/yr
Build time2-3 weeks
Success rate100%
Replaced withGrafana + Prometheus
What teams are building instead
Grafana + Prometheus (self-hosted)
Community rips
7 teams have shared their experience replacing Datadog.
100%Success rate
7.7/10Avg satisfaction
SUCCESSX
Datadog → SigNoz
SigNoz
“Org team switched from Datadog to SigNoz (open source, OpenTelemetry-native). Main driver: Datadog billing was unpredictable and scary to open.”
⚠ Datadog billing dashboard was scary - unpredictable costs
SUCCESSX
Datadog → Grafana
Grafana
“Airbnb switched from Datadog to Grafana for cost reasons.”
SUCCESSX
Datadog → Grafana + Prometheus
GrafanaPrometheus
“Shopify replaced Splunk, Datadog and other 3rd-party observability tools with Grafana/Prometheus. Multi-year observability journey.”
⚠ Multi-year journey for a company of Shopify's scale
SUCCESSX
Datadog → Netdata
Netdata
“Switched to Netdata from Datadog. Never looked back.”
SUCCESSX
Datadog → Prometheus + Grafana
PrometheusGrafana
“Switched from Datadog to Prometheus/Grafana for dashboard/monitoring software.”
Common gotchas
- Ingestion log costs were the main driver
- High ingestion volume (17GB/day) is handled well by replacement
- Multi-year journey for a company of Shopify's scale
- Datadog billing dashboard was scary - unpredictable costs
Cost comparison
Based on a medium-sized team. Get a personalized estimate with your actual spend.
Current spend$80k/yr
Build cost (one-time)$17k
Annual maintenance$8k/yr
Break-even12.1 weeks
First year savings+$55k
Market contextPublic (DDOG)