Coroot vs Datadog
Comprehensive comparison of observability platforms: architecture, features, costs, and deployment models
Platform Model
Open source vs Enterprise SaaS
Data Storage
On-premises vs Cloud-managed platforms
Pricing Model
Simple per-CPU vs Multi-dimensional billing
Architecture & Technology
Fundamentally different approaches to observability
Coroot
🔒 On-Premises Complete Platform
Full observability stack on your infrastructure. Store ALL data without compromise, enterprise-grade guarantees, complete control over your observability pipeline.
Hybrid Data Collection
eBPF auto-instrumentation + OpenTelemetry compatibility - best of both worlds
Store Everything
No data sampling compromises - 10x compression means unlimited retention without cost fears
Full AI Root Cause Analysis
Complete intelligent incident analysis - not just chat assistance but actual RCA automation.
Learn more about AI features →Zero Configuration Setup
Pre-built dashboards, alerts, and inspections - insights within minutes, not months of setup
Enterprise Control & Support
Commercial support with SLAs, professional services, air-gapped deployments, unlimited customization.
Explore enterprise features →Datadog
☁️ Cloud-Based SaaS Platform
Mature APM-focused platform. Battle-tested by Fortune 500, extensive integrations, but data sampling required due to cost constraints.
APM + Infrastructure Focus
Primary strength in application performance monitoring with some eBPF unified observability features
Data Sampling Required
High-volume costs force data sampling and retention limits - can't store everything
AI Chat + Limited RCA
Watchdog RCA for specific scenarios + AI chat assistant - not comprehensive root cause automation
Manual Configuration Required
Build your own dashboards, configure alerts, set up monitoring - weeks/months to production-ready setup
Enterprise SLA & Support
99.9% SLA, 24/7 support, SOC2/HIPAA/GDPR compliance, established enterprise contracts
Feature Comparison
How the platforms compare across key observability capabilities
| Feature | Coroot | Datadog |
|---|---|---|
| Metrics & Infrastructure Monitoring | Comprehensive telemetry via eBPF including network monitoring | Comprehensive infrastructure monitoring with 900+ integrations |
| Distributed Tracing | eBPF auto-tracing + OpenTelemetry compatibility | SDK instrumentation |
| Log Management | Automated discovery & shipping, pattern extraction, ClickHouse 10x compression | Automated log discovery, pattern extraction, managed analytics platform |
| AI-Powered Root Cause Analysis | Integrated RCA across metrics, logs, traces automatically | Watchdog RCA for specific scenarios + AI chat assistant |
| SLO Tracking & Alerting | Built-in SLO monitoring with integrated RCA | SLO monitoring with custom alerting |
| Database Monitoring | Major OSS databases: Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis - integrated with RCA to find database-related root causes | Database monitoring for major databases |
| Continuous Profiling | Always-on profiling with <1% overhead - pinpoint performance bottlenecks down to exact line of code | Continuous profiler for production applications - additional cost per profiled host |
| Cloud Cost Monitoring | Automatic cloud cost tracking without account access - calculates cross-AZ and egress costs per application | Cloud Cost Management with AWS/Azure/GCP integration - requires cloud account access and additional setup |
| Synthetic Monitoring | Not available - focuses on internal observability | HTTP checks, synthetic monitoring, uptime monitoring |
| Real User Monitoring (RUM) | Not available - backend/infrastructure focused | Frontend performance monitoring and user analytics |
| Security & SIEM | Not available - pure observability platform | Security monitoring, threat detection, compliance |
Cost Analysis
Understanding the total cost of ownership for each platform
Coroot
Free
Complete observability platform
What's included:
- • Unlimited data retention
- • No per-GB storage charges
- • All features included
- • On-premises infrastructure
Datadog
$23/host
Enterprise plan, billed annually + high-water mark billing
$31/host
Base APM + $0.10/GB over 150GB/host + $1.70/M indexed spans
Additional costs:
- • Log ingestion: $0.10/GB + $1.70/M indexed events
- • Trace ingestion overage: $0.10/GB (over 150GB/host)
- • Indexed spans overage: $1.70/million spans
- • Cloud egress to Datadog: $0.09/GB (AWS/GCP/Azure charges)
- • Continuous Profiling: $19/profiled host
- • High watermark billing (99th percentile usage)
Example: 50-Host Environment
Coroot Enterprise
Datadog Enterprise
Monthly savings with Coroot: $4,267 (11.7x less expensive)
* Coroot includes infrastructure costs for ClickHouse, Prometheus, and storage. ClickHouse provides 10x compression reducing storage costs significantly. Datadog based on moderate enterprise usage: 3TB logs/month, 2TB trace ingestion, 10M indexed spans/month. Includes cloud egress costs to send data to Datadog (5TB × $0.09). Actual costs vary significantly based on usage patterns, data volume, and cloud provider pricing.
Which Platform is Right for You?
Choose based on your organization's priorities and constraints
Choose Coroot If:
Your observability bill exceeds $50k/year
11.7x cost savings will pay for infrastructure team time
You need air-gapped or on-premises deployment
Banking, defense, healthcare, or regulated industries
Learn about enterprise deployment →You want unlimited data retention
Store everything without sampling or retention limits
You want AI root cause analysis reducing MTTR drastically
Automated RCA across comprehensive telemetry data - not just chat assistance
See AI features →Choose Datadog If:
You need RUM + synthetic monitoring
Frontend performance and user experience monitoring
You require security + SIEM features
Threat detection, compliance, security monitoring in one platform
You need to monitor Windows environments or commercial databases
Oracle, MS SQL Server, Windows Server monitoring with enterprise support
You want zero infrastructure management
Pure SaaS with no servers to maintain or scale
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