Datadog vs ManageEngine Log360 comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Datadog
Ranking in Log Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
137
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (1st), Network Monitoring Software (2nd), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (2nd), Container Monitoring (2nd), Cloud Monitoring Software (1st), AIOps (1st), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (7th)
ManageEngine Log360
Ranking in Log Management
28th
Average Rating
7.2
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (23rd), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (10th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Log Management category, the market share of Datadog is 5.4% and it increased by 22.5% compared to the previous year. The market share of ManageEngine Log360 is 2.1% and it increased by 13.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Log Management
Unique Categories:
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
8.0%
Network Monitoring Software
4.2%
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
3.0%
User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
7.4%
 

Featured Reviews

PG
Dec 6, 2022
Great monitors and APM with helpful Terraform support
Delta traces on the Golang profiler are extremely expensive concerning memory utilization. In a Kubernetes environment where we would like to set per-pod memory allocations as low as possible, the overhead of that profiler feature is prohibitive. In one case, our pods (which were provisioned to target 250 MB and max at 500 MB memory) got stuck in a crash loop due to out-of-memory, which was caused entirely by the delta profiles feature of the profiler. Multistep Datadog synthetics lack the feature of basic arithmetic. For our use case, performing basic arithmetic on the output of previous steps to produce input for subsequent steps would be extremely useful.
JS
Jul 12, 2023
Facilitates incident backtracking and identifying the cause of incidents but insufficient intelligence-driven analysis to suppress unnecessary alerts
There is room for improvement, especially in the reporting aspect. The reports are not as good as those in Splunk. Another area that needs improvement is the integration of various technologies. Currently, they don't cover most of the major technology domains, leaving out significant coverage. Moreover, there are many additional features I would like to see. One feature would be an automated workflow for report downloading and sending it to relevant individuals. Additionally, there should be event triggers to identify and handle duplicated events. It would be helpful to have AI-driven technology to differentiate between real and false alerts, as we receive numerous false positives. Not every event is critical, so an intelligent analysis, such as behavior-driven or logic-based, should be incorporated to suppress unnecessary alerts. So, I want to decrease false positive instances. I would like to see a significant decrease in false positives based on intelligent analysis. The analysis could be behavior-driven or based on any logical approach, but it should be incorporated into the system.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"We enjoy the multistep API tests."
"Its integration definitely stands out. It provides seamless monitoring of all our systems, services, apps, and whatever else we secure and monitor. Visualizations have become simpler with dashboards. We are getting visibility into systems, services, and apps stack through a single pane of glass, which is good. We are able to put logs in context."
"The dashboards are great."
"It has a nice UI."
"The service catalog helped improve our organization by giving a good view of the flow for our microservices applications."
"Datadog has a lot of features to be able to drill down deep into the swath of logs that our platforms generate."
"Since we integrated Datadog, we have had increased confidence in the quality of our service, and we had an easier time increasing our delivery velocity."
"The integration into AWS is key as well as our software is currently bound to AWS."
"The most valuable features for us are the application logs monitoring and the dashboard, which provides a single-pane view of all the ongoing activities."
"We haven't had any stability issues."
"ManageEngine Log360 is not difficult to deploy."
"It is nice to be able to monitor and to have notifications."
"The solution could be improved by including XDR, remediation and Sandbox."
"The deployment is quite simple and pretty straightforward."
"It basically helps us. We have to stay in compliance with certain issues with some of our customers. We have to have these types of tools in place for protecting our network and our data. We're in the aerospace industry, so we have a lot of defense contracts. So, all those guys will make sure that we're protecting their information, and it does a good job in that aspect."
"The product is very user-friendly."
 

Cons

"The sheer amount of products that are included can be overwhelming."
"We need more visibility into the error tracking dashboard."
"At times, it can be hard to generate metrics out of logs."
"It lacks consistency in the APIs."
"The error traceability is an area that can be improved."
"Their security features could be improved. We looked at their Security Monitoring feature but it was early in its development. Datadog are just getting into the security space so I'm sure this will improve in the future."
"Once agents are connected to the Datadog portal, we should be able to upgrade them quickly."
"When the logs are too big, and Datadog splits them, the JSON format breaks and it is not so useful for us."
"Most times log sheets are not assigned well."
"Their technical support should be improved."
"It's difficult to find which conditions have been applied to a report because they are provided by default by ManageEngine. However, with other SIEMs if you want to create a report, they provide details, like which conditions are triggering certain reports. This needs to be there in ManageEngine. It would be good to know which parameter has been applied to the report that is updating the system."
"We can log in as a local user, and it's fine, but when we login with an Active Directory user, we cannot."
"The solution lacks some features when compared to other products."
"The graphical interface could be made easier to use when you are connecting to different network equipment."
"There is room for improvement, especially in the reporting aspect. The reports are not as good as those in Splunk."
"The integration with SharePoint and Teams should be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing and licensing are reasonable for what they give you. You get the first five hosts free, which is fun to play around with. Then it's about four dollars a month per host, which is very affordable for what you get out of it. We have a lot of hosts that we put a lot of custom metrics into, and every host gives you an allowance for the number of custom metrics."
"The pricing and licensing through AWS Marketplace has been good. It would be nice if it was cheaper, but their pricing is reasonable for what it is. Sometimes, for their newer features, they charge as if it's fully fleshed out, even though it is a newer feature and it may have less stuff than their other items."
"Pricing is somewhat affordable compared to other solutions but in order to really lower the costs of other products you need to plan very carefully your resources usage, otherwise, it can get expensive real quick."
"​Pricing seems reasonable. It depends on the size of your organization, the size of your infrastructure, and what portion of your overall business costs go toward infrastructure."
"I am not satisfied with its licensing. Its payment is based on the exported data, and there was an explosion of the data for three or four weeks. My customer was not alerted, and there was no way for them to see that there has been an explosion of data. They got a big invoice for one or two months. The pricing model of Datadog is based on the data. The customer was quite surprised about not being alerted about this explosion of data. They should provide some kind of alert when there is an increase in usage."
"The tool is open-source."
"Our licensing fees are paid on a monthly basis."
"If you do your homework, you'll find that if you're really concerned with cost, it's good."
"Its pricing is definitely huge compared to some of the other SIEMs. Its price should be improved."
"ManageEngine Log360 is expensive compared to other products."
"My client has a yearly license. I think the cost is not expensive compared to that of other SIEMs, given the service it is providing."
"Affordable pricing is provided by the solution."
"There is a cost for each feature used."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
32%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
19%
Government
11%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Educational Organization
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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Datadog vs ELK: which one is good in terms of performance, cost and efficiency?
With Datadog, we have near-live visibility across our entire platform. We have seen APM metrics impacted several times lately using the dashboards we have created with Datadog; they are very good c...
Which would you choose - Datadog or Dynatrace?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether the Datadog or Dynatrace network monitoring software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Dynatrace. Dynatrace offers network ...
What needs improvement with ManageEngine Log360?
Deploying ManageEngine Log360 is challenging in terms of knowledge. They offer some out-of-the-box configurations, but determining the specific firewall or antivirus in use and importing logs from ...
 

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Sample Customers

Adobe, Samsung, facebook, HP Cloud Services, Electronic Arts, salesforce, Stanford University, CiTRIX, Chef, zendesk, Hearst Magazines, Spotify, mercardo libre, Slashdot, Ziff Davis, PBS, MLS, The Motley Fool, Politico, Barneby's
First Mountain Bank, TRA, Citadel Group, OnPoint Financial Corp, Florida Dept. of Transportation
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