What it does
Datadog is a hosted platform that gathers metrics, traces, logs and security signals in one place. The product areas named on its site include infrastructure, network, container and serverless monitoring, application performance monitoring, log management, cloud and code security, real user and synthetic monitoring, CI visibility, and incident management. AI appears in two ways. Bits AI is the set of AI features inside Datadog, with parts called Bits Investigation, Bits Chat, Bits Agent Builder, Bits Code and Bits Security Analyst. A separate area for AI systems groups Agent Observability, an MCP Server, a Pup CLI and GPU Monitoring. The platform can be extended with OpenTelemetry support, integrations, IDE plugins and an API, and the site also points to a mobile app. Visitors can start with a free trial; the page links to a pricing page but does not state plan prices.
Capabilities
- Infrastructure, network, container, serverless and GPU monitoring
- Application performance monitoring, log management and error tracking
- Cloud security, code security and SIEM alongside observability
- Bits AI features for investigations, chat, agent building and security analysis
- Agent Observability, an MCP Server and a Pup CLI for AI work
- Real user monitoring, session replay and synthetic monitoring
When to use it
- You run cloud services and want metrics, traces and logs in one platform
- You want AI help investigating production problems
- You are building AI agents and need visibility into how they behave
- You want monitoring and security signals viewed side by side
