The Self-Hosted, Open-Source Datadog Alternative
Coroot gives you metrics, logs, traces, continuous profiling, and AI-powered root cause analysis in one platform, running on your own infrastructure, at a fraction of the cost of Datadog.
Why teams look for a Datadog alternative
Datadog is powerful, but its pricing model and cloud-only architecture push teams to look elsewhere as they scale.
How Coroot is different
The same full-stack observability you expect, without the SaaS lock-in, the per-feature SKUs, or the surprise bill.
Up to 10x lower cost
A typical mid-size setup compared. Coroot bundles all signals and is priced per CPU core; Datadog charges separately for infrastructure, APM, profiling, logs, indexed spans, and cloud egress.
Coroot (self-hosted)
~$344/mo
All signals included · runs on your infrastructure
Datadog (SaaS)
~$3,852/mo
Infra + APM + profiling + logs + spans + egress
Illustrative comparison based on a moderate enterprise workload. Actual costs vary with data volume, retention, and cloud provider. See the full breakdown for assumptions.
Your data stays on your infrastructure
Coroot is fully self-hosted. Telemetry is collected, stored, and analyzed inside your own environment, so you keep complete control and data sovereignty without shipping anything to a third-party cloud.
Deploy in minutes
Install with the Kubernetes Operator or Helm chart. eBPF captures metrics, traces, and the service map with zero code changes, and Coroot is OpenTelemetry-native, so your existing instrumentation just works.
Installation docs →A complete platform, not a bundle of add-ons
Everything you rely on Datadog for, in one open-source platform, with no per-feature SKUs.
Metrics
Prometheus-compatible metrics for every service, node, and container, with no per-application agents to configure.
Logs
Logs collected and correlated automatically, stored cost-efficiently in ClickHouse with over 10x compression.
Traces & service map
Distributed tracing and an eBPF-built service map that shows real service-to-service communication.
Continuous profiling
Always-on CPU and memory profiling with eBPF. Included, not a separately billed add-on.
AI root cause analysis
Automated RCA that points at the failing service and the likely cause, grounded in your real telemetry.
One platform, no SKUs
Metrics, logs, traces, and profiling in a single product, priced per CPU core, not per feature.
Frequently asked questions
Can Datadog run on-premise?
No. Datadog is a cloud-only SaaS platform, so your telemetry must leave your network. Coroot is self-hosted: you run it in your own Kubernetes cluster or VMs, including fully air-gapped environments, so observability data never leaves your infrastructure.
How much cheaper is Coroot than Datadog?
It depends on your volume, but self-hosted Coroot typically costs several times less than an equivalent Datadog setup once infrastructure, APM, profiling, log ingestion, indexed spans, and cloud egress are added up. Coroot is priced per CPU core with all signals included, instead of separate per-host and per-GB SKUs.
Is Coroot open source?
Yes. Coroot Community Edition is open source and free to self-host. There is also an Enterprise Edition with additional features and support. See the editions page for a full comparison.
Do I have to re-instrument my applications to switch?
No. Coroot uses eBPF to capture metrics, traces, and the service map with zero code changes, and it's OpenTelemetry-native. If you already emit OpenTelemetry data for Datadog, you can point it at Coroot instead.
How do I install Coroot?
Most teams deploy Coroot in minutes with the Kubernetes Operator or Helm chart; Docker and standalone installs are also supported. There are no per-application agents to configure.
Cut your observability bill without giving up features
Self-host Coroot and get metrics, logs, traces, profiling, and AI root cause analysis in one open-source platform.
Open-source Community Edition · Deploy in minutes with Helm or the Kubernetes Operator