Comparing JavaScript Error Monitoring Tools

Datadog vs LogRocket

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Frontend-First vs Enterprise Approach

Datadog is incumbent Enterprise Observability tool with broad capabilities and a high price tag, while LogRocket is focused on Session Replay tools for product analytics. Datadog will be more useful for DevOps teams at large companies, while LogRocket is useful for product owners with limited scope and budget. For a lower-cost alternative focused on small teams for frontend error tracking, consider TrackJS.

Datadog

Datadog

Enterprise Digital Experience Platform

Monitoring, Security, and Digital Experience platform for big enterprises with big budgets.

  • Multi-platform logging (web, mobile, cloud)

  • Performance profiling and monitoring

  • Limited server-side ignore rules

  • Outsourced support team

  • Publicly traded rent seeking

LogRocket

LogRocket

Product Analytics

LogRocket is a product analytics and session replay tool that identifies issues with user experience.

  • Session replay tools

  • Limited server-side ignore rules

  • Multi-platform logging (web, mobile, cloud)

  • Outsourced support team

  • Unsustainable business funding

Pricing Comparison

Compare the subscription plans and pricing of your error monitoring tools.

Datadog Pricing

  • 14 Day Free Trial
  • Annual Discount
  • Event-limited billing
    Event-limited billing

    Datadog is priced on the number of events you send, which means you pay them more when you have more errors.

  • 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

LogRocket Pricing

  • 14 Day Free Trial
  • Annual Discount
  • Billing Model
    Billing Model

    Session-Based Pricing

  • Free
    $0/month
    Users: 3
    Sessions: 1,000
    Retention: 30 Days
  • Team
    $99/month+
    Users: 5
    Sessions: 10,000
    Retention: 30 Days
  • Professional
    $2640/month+
    Users: Custom
    Sessions: 1,000,000
    Retention: 30 Days

Feature Comparison

Compare the core features of a front-end error monitoring tool.

Datadog Features

  • Reporting Capability
  • Frontend Error Tracking
  • Backend Error Tracking
  • Sourcemapped Stack Traces
  • Error Breadcrumbs
    Error Breadcrumbs

    Uses Session Replay

  • Custom Metadata
  • Data Quality
  • Configured Sampling
  • Server Side Filtering
    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

LogRocket Features

  • Reporting Capability
  • Frontend Error Tracking
  • Backend Error Tracking
  • Sourcemapped Stack Traces
  • Session Replay
  • Custom Metadata
  • Data Quality
  • Enforced Data Sampling
  • Server Side Filtering
  • Custom Error Grouping
  • Reporting Capability
  • Pre-built Dashboards
  • Queryable Reports
    Queryable Reports

    Only for Professional Plans

  • Release Tracking
  • Custom SQL-like Queries
  • Alerting
  • Email and Chat Notifications
  • Issue Notifications
    Issue Notifications

    Professional Plans only

  • Email Summary Reports

Support and Sustainability

How does each tool support your team and ensure sustainability of the services.

Datadog Support

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

LogRocket Support

  • Tiered Support
  • Location
    Boston, MA, USA
  • Funding Model
    Venture Capital

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Datadog is incumbent Enterprise Observability tool with broad capabilities and a high price tag, while LogRocket is focused on Session Replay tools for product analytics. Datadog will be more useful for DevOps teams at large companies, while LogRocket is useful for product owners with limited scope and budget. For a lower-cost alternative focused on small teams for frontend error tracking, consider TrackJS.

“With TrackJS, the focus is on errors occurring on the browser. Filtering is second to none, and the quick views of trending errors are helpful in digging past the 3rd party script noise. It filters down to the core issues.”
Cory House
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Principal Engineer at Bluestem Brands