Datadog vs PostHog pricing

Verified 2026-10-24 (1 day ago)Source: Datadog: www.datadoghq.com/pricing/, PostHog: posthog.com/pricingVerified shows the older of the two.

Monthly cost at three volumes

Monthly cost of Datadog and PostHog at three volumes and at your own
Volume	Datadog	PostHog
small5 gb of logs ingested	$0.50 / moLog Management Ingest	$0 / moFree
growing100 gb of logs ingested	$10 / moLog Management Ingest	no listed price
scale2K gb of logs ingested	$200 / moLog Management Ingest	no listed price
your volumeset above	$10 / moLog Management Ingest	no listed price

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 PostHog aligned by position: free, entry, mid, top
Position	Datadog	PostHog
Free	no tier	$0 / moFree · 1,000,000 events / errors / spans / mo
Entry	unlistedLog Management Ingest	$0 base + usagePay-as-you-go · 1,000,000 events / errors / spans / mo
Mid	no tier	no tier
Top	no tier	no tier

Tightest rate limit

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

Changes in the last 90 days

No changes recorded.

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