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Datadog×

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Attribute	DatadogOther license	GrafanaOpen source
Overview
Primary focus	Observe infrastructure and applications	Open source dashboards and observability across many data sources
Deployment	Web	Self-hosted / Web
Source model	Other license	Open source
Pricing model	paid	freemium
API available	Yes	Yes
Windows desktop	Yes	Yes
Mobile app	Not specified	Not specified
Overview	Datadog collects infrastructure metrics, logs, traces, and other signals so teams can investigate services and configure alerts.	Grafana is an open source visualization and dashboarding platform that queries metrics, logs, and traces from Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, and dozens of other backends, with Grafana Cloud offering a hosted option.
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Primary focus: Observe infrastructure and applications
Deployment: Web
Source model: Other license
Pricing model: paid
API available: Yes
Windows desktop: Yes
Mobile app: Not specified
Overview: Datadog collects infrastructure metrics, logs, traces, and other signals so teams can investigate services and configure alerts.

Primary focus: Open source dashboards and observability across many data sources
Deployment: Self-hosted / Web
Source model: Open source
Pricing model: freemium
API available: Yes
Windows desktop: Yes
Mobile app: Not specified
Overview: Grafana is an open source visualization and dashboarding platform that queries metrics, logs, and traces from Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, and dozens of other backends, with Grafana Cloud offering a hosted option.

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