BugSnag vs Datadog

The best way to compare BugSnag vs Datadog: features, plans, pricing, error reporting, ignore rules, bug tracking, support and more.

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BugSnag

BugSnag
Observability platform to improve app performance and help you balance roadmap agility with application stability.
Datadog

Datadog
Monitoring, Security, and Digital Experience platform for big enterprise.

Pricing & Plans

BugSnag Pricing

  • 14 Day Free Trial
  • Annual Discount
  • Billing Model
    Metered Event-Based
  • Lite
    $0/month
    Users: 1
    Errors: 7,500
    Retention: 7 Days
  • Lite
    $127/month
    Users: 1
    Errors: 450,000
    Retention: 30 Days
  • Standard
    $659/month+
    Users: 5
    Errors: 1,000,000
    Retention: 60 Days

Datadog Pricing

  • 14 Day Free Trial
  • Annual Discount
  • Billing Model
    Metered Event-Based
  • Pro @ 100,000 Events
    $54
    Errors: 100,000
    Retention: 15 Days
    Custom Events: 500
  • Pro @ 500,000 Events
    $198
    Errors: 500,000
    Retention: 15 Days
    Custom Events: 500
  • Enterprise @ 1,000,000 Events
    $387
    Errors: 1,000,000
    Retention: 15 Days
    Custom Events: 1000

Error Monitoring and Reporting

BugSnag Error Monitoring

  • Reporting Capability
  • Frontend Error Tracking
  • Backend Error Tracking
  • Sourcemapped Stack Traces
  • Error Breadcrumbs
    Limited info provided
  • Custom Metadata
  • Data Quality
  • Configured Sampling
  • Server Side Filtering
    Limited to few properties
  • Custom Error Grouping
  • Reporting Capability
  • Pre-built Dashboards
  • Queryable Reports
  • Release Tracking
  • Custom SQL-like Queries
  • Alerting
  • Email and Chat Notifications
  • Issue Notifications
  • Email Summary Reports

Datadog Error Monitoring

  • Reporting Capability
  • Frontend Error Tracking
  • Backend Error Tracking
  • Sourcemapped Stack Traces
  • Error Breadcrumbs
    Uses Session Replay
  • Custom Metadata
  • Data Quality
  • Configured Sampling
  • Server Side Filtering
    Configuration Required
  • Custom Error Grouping
  • Reporting Capability
  • Pre-built Dashboards
  • Queryable Reports
  • Release Tracking
  • Custom SQL-like Queries
  • Alerting
  • Email and Chat Notifications
  • Issue Notifications
  • Email Summary Reports

Support and Sustainability

BugSnag Support & Sustainability

  • Outsourced Supported
  • Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Funding Model
    Private Equity

Datadog Support & Sustainability

  • Outsourced Supported
  • Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Funding Model
    Public

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BugSnag vs Datadog in Summary

Datadog is great for large organizations that what broad observability and are not sensitive to costs. BugSnag may not be as featured, but more competitive at lower event volume. If you are focused on frontend error tracking, consider TrackJS.

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