Datadog vs Rollbar

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

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Datadog

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

Rollbar
The continuous code improvement platform. Proactively discover, predict, and remediate errors with real-time AI-assisted workflows.

Pricing & Plans

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

Rollbar Pricing

  • 14 Day Free Trial
  • Annual Discount
  • Billing Model
    Metered Event-Based
  • Free
    $0/month
    Users: Unlimited
    Errors: 5,000
    Retention: 30 Days
  • Essentials
    $100/month+
    Users: Unlimited
    Errors: 500,000
    Retention: 90 Days
  • Advanced
    $449/month+
    Users: Unlimited
    Errors: 1,000,000
    Retention: 180 Days

Error Monitoring and Reporting

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

Rollbar Error Monitoring

  • Reporting Capability
  • Frontend Error Tracking
  • Backend Error Tracking
  • Sourcemapped Stack Traces
  • Error Telemetry
  • Custom Context
  • Data Quality
  • Configured Sampling
  • Server Side Filtering
  • Custom Error Grouping
    only available via code change
  • Reporting Capability
  • Pre-built Dashboards
  • Queryable Reports
  • Release Tracking
  • Custom SQL-like Queries
    for Advanced plans
  • Alerting
  • Email and Chat Notifications
  • Issue Notifications
  • Email Summary Reports

Support and Sustainability

Datadog Support & Sustainability

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

Rollbar Support & Sustainability

  • Tiered Support
  • Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Funding Model
    Venture Capital

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Datadog vs Rollbar in Summary

Datadog is incumbent Enterprise Observability tool with broad capabilities and a high price tag, while Rollbar is an error tracking platform with good support. Datadog will be more useful for DevOps teams at large companies, while Rollbar is for engineering organizations looking to guarantee quality. For a lower-cost alternative focused on small teams for frontend error tracking, consider TrackJS.

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