Apache SkyWalking vs Datadog

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Apache SkyWalking

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Pros of Apache SkyWalking
Pros of Datadog
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    • 140
      Monitoring for many apps (databases, web servers, etc)
    • 107
      Easy setup
    • 87
      Powerful ui
    • 84
      Powerful integrations
    • 70
      Great value
    • 54
      Great visualization
    • 46
      Events + metrics = clarity
    • 41
      Notifications
    • 41
      Custom metrics
    • 39
      Flexibility
    • 19
      Free & paid plans
    • 16
      Great customer support
    • 15
      Makes my life easier
    • 10
      Adapts automatically as i scale up
    • 9
      Easy setup and plugins
    • 8
      Super easy and powerful
    • 7
      In-context collaboration
    • 7
      AWS support
    • 6
      Rich in features
    • 5
      Docker support
    • 4
      Cute logo
    • 4
      Simple, powerful, great for infra
    • 4
      Monitor almost everything
    • 4
      Full visibility of applications
    • 4
      Easy to Analyze
    • 4
      Cost
    • 4
      Source control and bug tracking
    • 4
      Best than others
    • 4
      Automation tools
    • 3
      Best in the field
    • 3
      Expensive
    • 3
      Good for Startups
    • 3
      Free setup
    • 2
      APM

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    Cons of Apache SkyWalking
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        Expensive
      • 4
        No errors exception tracking
      • 2
        External Network Goes Down You Wont Be Logging
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        Complicated

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      What is Apache SkyWalking?

      It is an open source application performance monitoring for distributed system. It provides tracing, service mesh observability, metrics analysis, alarm and visualization.

      What is Datadog?

      Datadog is the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring. It is used by IT, operations, and development teams who build and operate applications that run on dynamic or hybrid cloud infrastructure. Start monitoring in minutes with Datadog!

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