Datadog vs Dynatrace pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (2 days ago)Source: Datadog: www.datadoghq.com/pricing/, Dynatrace: www.dynatrace.com/pricing/Verified shows the older of the two.

Monthly cost at three volumes

Monthly cost of Datadog and Dynatrace at three volumes and at your own
Volume	Datadog	Dynatrace
small5 gb of logs ingested	$0.50 / moLog Management Ingest	$0 / moFree Trial (15 days)excludes unpriced usage
growing100 gb of logs ingested	$10 / moLog Management Ingest	$0 / moFree Trial (15 days)excludes unpriced usage
scale2K gb of logs ingested	$200 / moLog Management Ingest	$0 / moFree Trial (15 days)excludes unpriced usage
your volumeset above	$10 / moLog Management Ingest	$0 / moFree Trial (15 days)excludes unpriced usage

Each cell is the cheapest feasible plan, or the chosen model, at that volume, from the shared Overage cost function. "Cheapest model" only considers models with both an input and an output price listed. Volumes are example scenarios you can edit.

Tiers, aligned by position

Tiers of Datadog and Dynatrace aligned by position: free, entry, mid, top
Position	Datadog	Dynatrace
Free	no tier	$0 base + usagePay-per-Query
Entry	unlistedLog Management Ingest	unlistedBundled Queries
Mid	no tier	no tier
Top	no tier	$0 onceFree Trial (15 days)

Tightest rate limit

Tightest documented rate limit of each service
Measure	Datadog	Dynatrace
Tightest limit	unlisted	unlisted

Changes in the last 90 days

No changes recorded.

No change detected for either service in the last 90 days.