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About Datadog is the monitoring, security and analytics platform for developers, IT operations teams, security engineers and business users in the cloud age. Our SaaS platform integrates and automates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring and log management to provide unified, real-time observability of our customers' entire technology stack. Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes and across a wide range of industries to enable digital transformation and cloud migration, drive collaboration among development, operations, security and business teams, accelerate time to market for applications, reduce time to problem resolution, secure applications and infrastructure, understand user behavior and track key business metrics.	About Over and over again, we were consulting on software projects that couldn’t confidently answer “Is the application working correctly right now?” It’s not that they didn’t have monitoring tools. It’s not that they didn’t have smart people on their team. They always did. When it came down to it, the available tools just weren’t answering the right questions about the technical health of the software. “Turn-key” monitoring sounds great and it’s easy to set up, but if it doesn’t actually answer questions then it’s just wasting money. Instrumental is application and server monitoring that fits like a glove. Everything that’s unique, interesting, and important about your software is now effortless to monitor. It has a powerful query language for answering questions, incredible visualizations, first-class sharing features, and it’s affordable to both small companies and the world’s largest enterprises.
Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook	Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook
Audience Information Technology, Operations, Security, and Development teams	Audience Organizations interested in powerful and affordable application monitoring
Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online	Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online
API Offers API	API Offers API
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Pricing $15.00/host/month Free Version Free Trial	Pricing $5.00/month Free Version Free Trial
Reviews/Ratings Overall 4.9 / 5 ease 4.9 / 5 features 4.7 / 5 design 4.7 / 5 support 4.7 / 5 Read all reviews	Reviews/Ratings Overall 0.0 / 5 ease 0.0 / 5 features 0.0 / 5 design 0.0 / 5 support 0.0 / 5 This software hasn't been reviewed yet. Be the first to provide a review: Review this Software
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Company Information Datadog Founded: 2010 United States www.datadoghq.com	Company Information Expected Behavior Founded: 2007 United States www.expectedbehavior.com/products/instrumental/
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Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Features Baseline Manager Diagnostic Tools Full Transaction Diagnostics Performance Control Resource Management Root-Cause Diagnosis Server Performance Trace Individual Transactions Show More Features Cloud Security Features Antivirus Application Security Behavioral Analytics Encryption Endpoint Management Incident Management Intrusion Detection System Threat Intelligence Two-Factor Authentication Vulnerability Management Data Center Management Features Audit Trail Behavior-Based Acceleration Cross Reference System Device Auto Discovery Diagnostic Testing Import / Export Data JCL Management Multi-Platform Multi-User Power Management Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Database Monitoring Features Anomaly Detection Autodiscovery Capacity Planning Dashboard Dependency Tracking Historical Trend Analysis Multitenancy Notifications / Alerts Performance Monitoring Permissions / Access Controls Predictive Analytics Prioritization Query Analysis Resource Optimization Troubleshooting DevOps Features Approval Workflow Dashboard KPIs Policy Management Portfolio Management Prioritization Release Management Timeline Management Troubleshooting Reports IT Infrastructure Monitoring Features Alerts / Notifications Application Monitoring Bandwidth Monitoring Capacity Planning Configuration Change Management Data Movement Monitoring Health Monitoring Multi-Platform Support Performance Monitoring Point-in-Time Visibility Reporting / Analytics Virtual Machine Monitoring Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Features Analytics / Reporting Configuration Management Data Migration Data Security Load Balancing Log Access Network Monitoring Performance Monitoring SLA Monitoring Log Management Features Archiving Audit Trails Compliance Reporting Consolidation Data Visualization Event Logs Network Logs Remediation Syslogs Thresholds Web Logs Network Monitoring Features Bandwidth Monitoring Baseline Manager Diagnostic Tools Internet Usage Monitoring IP Address Monitoring Real Time Analytics Resource Management Server Monitoring SLA Monitoring Uptime Monitoring Web Traffic Reporting Network Security Features Access Control Analytics / Reporting Compliance Reporting Firewalls Internet Usage Monitoring Intrusion Detection System Threat Response VPN Vulnerability Scanning Network Troubleshooting Features Alerts / Escalation Bandwidth Troubleshooting Change Management Configuration Management Connectivity Management Data Visualization Historical Audit Mobile Network Troubleshooting Network Analysis Network Monitoring SIEM Features Application Security Behavioral Analytics Compliance Reporting Endpoint Management File Integrity Monitoring Forensic Analysis Log Management Network Monitoring Real Time Monitoring Threat Intelligence User Activity Monitoring System Monitoring Features Alerts / Notifications Antivirus Management Data Backup / Recovery Device Monitoring Inventory Management Patch Management Policy-based Automation Remote Monitoring Reporting / Analytics Risk Analysis Server Monitoring Service Configuration Management Website Monitoring Features Availability Testing Event Logs Event-Based Notifications FTP Monitoring Mail Server Monitoring Maintenance Scheduling Performance Metrics Real Time Monitoring Transaction Monitoring Uptime Reporting	Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Features Baseline Manager Diagnostic Tools Full Transaction Diagnostics Performance Control Resource Management Root-Cause Diagnosis Server Performance Trace Individual Transactions
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