Observability Apm · pricing · Updated September 2026
Datadog APM pricing (2026)
Datadog APM starts at $35/mo (APM Pro (with Infra)) as checked on 2026-09-03, read from Datadog APM's own pricing page; 4 plans. Best for Enterprises running multi-cloud, multi-language stacks. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $35/mo (APM Pro (with Infra))
- Free tier: No · 14-day trial
- Compliance: HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
- Best for: Enterprises running multi-cloud, multi-language stacks; Teams needing full-stack correlation from browser to database; Organizations requiring FedRAMP High or HIPAA compliance
As of · every figure below links to its source STALE · 2026-09-03
Datadog APM plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APM (with Infra) STALE · 2026-09-03 | $48 | −35% | Custom / quote | Annual commitment rate: $31/host/month. On-demand (month-to-month): $48/host/month. Includes infrastructure monitoring and end-to-end distributed traces. | datadoghq.com |
| APM Pro (with Infra) STALE · 2026-09-03 | $35 | — | Custom / quote | Annual commitment rate: $35/host/month. On-demand: $54/host/month. Adds Data Streams Monitoring for streaming data pipelines. | datadoghq.com |
| APM Enterprise (with Infra) STALE · 2026-09-03 | $40 | — | Custom / quote | Annual commitment rate: $40/host/month. On-demand: $60/host/month. Adds Continuous Profiler (code-level CPU/IO/memory tracing). | datadoghq.com |
| APM Standalone STALE · 2026-09-03 | $36 | — | Custom / quote | Annual rate: $36/host/month without bundled infrastructure monitoring. Standalone APM Pro: $41/host/month. Standalone APM Enterprise: $47/host/month. | datadoghq.com |
Last verified 2026-09-03. STALE marks a plan we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days. Every plan above is marked — we flag rather than silently retain. Official pricing page https://www.datadoghq.com/pricing/ fetched 2026-06-14. HIPAA/BAA confirmed via Datadog Trust Center at https://trust.datadoghq.com/ (lists HIPAA certification). Prices are per-host per month; standalone APM tiers are priced without bundled infrastructure monitoring. This note predates a correction to the plans above, from 2026-09-09; the table holds the corrected figures.See the corrections.
Price changes
Price on record
$35/moRe-based on record 2026-10-16
A new dated entry is stamped here each time the price moves — the record builds itself.
From 2026-10-16 our record reflects a correction we published, not a vendor price move, so earlier figures are not compared with it.
Tracked since June 2026. No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Corrections to this record
Changes we made to our own record of Datadog APM, newest first: a figure read again on the vendor's page, a plan it no longer lists, a note. None of them is a price change by Datadog APM. Every correction on the site is in the corrections log.
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APM (with Infra). The recorded monthly price was $31, the annual-billed rate, in a field this dataset defines as the month-to-month price. The row's own notes name both figures and say which is which, so the correct value was already inside the record: the month-to-month price is $48. Re-based to it, with the annual discount set to this plan's own saving of 35% (it was unrecorded, though both rates are published). Found by a corpus-wide scan on 2026-09-09 for the same error four call-tracking vendors carried, and confirmed against this row's own notes rather than a fresh read; the source date is therefore unchanged. Judged individually: The note names both figures for this one plan: $31 is the annual-commitment rate, $48 the on-demand month-to-month rate for the same per-host SKU. The row holds $31, the annual figure. The sibling plans settle that $48 is not a neighbouring tier's price: APM Pro (with Infra) records $35 annual / $54 on-demand and APM Enterprise (with Infra) $40 annual / $60 on-demand, so each tier carries its own
Capabilities
Integrations: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, PagerDuty, Slack, GitHub.
Key features: Watchdog AI for automated anomaly detection and root cause analysis; End-to-end distributed tracing correlated with logs, metrics, and infrastructure; Continuous Profiler for code-level CPU/memory/IO visibility in production; Change tracking correlates deploys and feature flags with performance regressions; Native and hybrid OpenTelemetry ingestion with remote sampling controls.
Plan limits: No free tier; 14-day free trial; APM billed per host/month; on-demand rate ~55% higher than annual; Continuous Profiler requires APM Enterprise tier or above.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Datadog APM cost?
Datadog APM starts at $35/mo (APM Pro (with Infra)); it has 4 published plans. Verified 2026-09-03.
Is Datadog APM cheaper billed annually?
Yes. Datadog APM publishes a 35% discount for paying annually (on the APM (with Infra) plan). Verified 2026-09-03.
What are cheaper alternatives to Datadog APM?
Cheaper observability apm than Datadog APM (entry $35/mo) include Dynatrace at $1.40/mo, Grafana Cloud at $19/mo, AppSignal at $25/mo. Verified 2026-09-03.
Does Datadog APM support HIPAA?
Yes — Datadog APM states HIPAA support on its public pages. Its public pages also state SOC 2 and GDPR compliance.
Does Datadog APM have a free plan?
No — Datadog APM publishes no free tier; it offers a 14-day free trial.
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