Public · Founded 2010
Datadog
Observability platform spanning infrastructure monitoring, APM, logs and security.
Overview
Datadog's growth came from land-and-expand across product lines rather than depth in any single one. The strategic risk is cost: customers increasingly audit observability spend as aggressively as cloud spend.
Key metrics
- Revenue
- $3.4B
- Customers > $100k ARR
- 3,860
- Net revenue retention
- 116%
- Customers using 4+ products
- 53%
Products
Timeline
2010
Founded
Started as infrastructure monitoring for cloud-native teams.
2019
IPO
Listed on Nasdaq; shares priced above range.
2022
Security expansion
Cloud SIEM and CSPM added to the platform.
2026
LLM observability
Model tracing and cost attribution shipped as a distinct product line.
Compensation at Datadog
Reported median total compensation by role.
| software engineer | $231k |
| devops engineer | $226k |
| security engineer | $238k |
| engineering manager | $289k |