DatadogMonitoring & ObservabilityDatadog collects infrastructure metrics, logs, traces, and other signals so teams can investigate services and configure alerts.
APIpaid
Other options to evaluate
Alternatives to Grafana
Start with the layer you are replacing. Grafana may be only the visualization layer, part of a self-managed observability stack or a managed service. Replacing it can affect data sources, dashboards, alerts and ownership of telemetry storage.
Migration starts with requirements
Before changing tools
Compare the complete incident workflow: collection, storage, dashboards, alerting, access control and recovery. Run a representative workload before estimating migration effort or cost.
Required telemetry signals and data sourcesManaged service versus self-managed stackDashboard and alert migrationRetention, access control and total operating cost
Use the profile fields below as a starting point, then confirm current capabilities, migration paths, licensing and pricing in the official documentation.
DatadogMonitoring & Observability
ZabbixMonitoring & ObservabilityZabbix monitors servers, network devices, applications and cloud services using agents, SNMP, and other collection methods, with built-in alerting, templates, and high-availability clustering.
Open sourceSelf-hostedAPIopen source
New RelicMonitoring & ObservabilityNew Relic brings application, infrastructure and log signals into observability workflows.
freemium
Test the change before committing
Migration and rollback
Inventory data, configuration, identities and integrations. Time a representative export, import and rollback before choosing a cutover plan.
Security and operations
Compare access controls, audit logs, update ownership, backup recovery, observability and the work required during an incident.
Total cost
Model licenses, infrastructure, data transfer, support and operator time at production scale. Record plan limits and renewal assumptions.
Technical shortlist
Datadog
A managed observability platform for teams that want integrated telemetry and broad infrastructure integrations.
Zabbix
A self-hosted monitoring system suited to mixed servers and network devices, with discovery and template-driven operations.
New Relic
A managed full-stack observability platform to evaluate against the same telemetry and user assumptions as the current stack.
Keep the current option in the proof of concept
A replacement decision should use the same workloads, failure tests and cost assumptions for every candidate.
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