Datadog Cost & Pricing Scale Simulator (2026)

Billing Engine Architecture:per user

📋 Billing Architecture Pillars

Framework & Entry

Free Tier Available

Uses a per user model structure.Offers developer access with no initial monthly payment requirements.

Low Price Bound

Free Entry

The initial commercial tier commit level starts at $no cost. Annual contracts may reduce equivalent monthly allocations.

Volume Restrictions

Uncapped / Custom

API volume constraints are evaluated as Dynamic. Egress bandwidth, compute hours, and storage allocations can trigger non-linear scaling costs.

Public Tiers Breakdown

Free

$0/mo
0
  • ✓Core collection and visualization features
  • ✓1-day metric retention
  • ✓Up to 5 hosts

Pro

$15/mo

$12/mo paid annually

  • ✓Centralize your monitoring of systems, services, and serverless functions
  • ✓1,000+ integrations
  • ✓Out-of-the-box dashboards
  • ✓15-month metric retention

Enterprise

$23/mo

$19/mo paid annually

  • ✓Advanced features and administrative controls
  • ✓Machine learning-based alerts
  • ✓Live Processes
  • ✓Governance Console

DevSecOps Pro

$22/mo

$19/mo paid annually

  • ✓Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
  • ✓Kubernetes Security Posture Management (KSPM)
  • ✓Built-in mapping of your resources to compliance frameworks

DevSecOps Enterprise

$34/mo

$29/mo paid annually

  • ✓File integrity monitoring
  • ✓Workload Protection for Linux, Windows Kubernetes, and Docker

AI Credits

$500/mo
  • ✓Bits Chat
  • ✓Bits Investigation
  • ✓Bits Code
  • ✓Bits Agent Builder

Code Coverage

$8/mo
  • ✓Gain unified visibility into test coverage across every repository
  • ✓Enforce consistent testing standards with automated PR quality gates

Log Management

$0.1/mo

$0.1/mo paid annually

  • ✓Ingest, process, enrich, live tail, and archive all your logs

Feature Flags

$55/mo

$45/mo paid annually

  • ✓Decouple deployment from release
  • ✓Target specific user cohorts to control exposure

Infrastructure Monitoring

$15/mo

$12/mo paid annually

  • ✓1-day metric retention
  • ✓Out-of-the-box dashboards

Cloud Cost Management

$0/mo
0
  • ✓Access cost data via MCP
  • ✓Surface costs in team dashboards
  • ✓Catch cost spikes early with alerts