Comparison
Cloudflare vs Datadog
Scored side by side on cloud-infrastructure, cybersecurity, developer-tools, using the same criteria we apply across the category.
Cloudflare
Edge network combining CDN, security, zero-trust access and developer compute.
4.6(7,900)$0 / $25 per month plus usage
Datadog
Unified observability across infrastructure, applications, logs and security.
4.4(6,300)$15 per host / month
Scored side by side
Cost predictability
Cloudflare
4.6
Datadog
2.8
Value for money
Cloudflare
4.7
Datadog
3.3
Cloudflare verdict
The most cost-effective way to run global infrastructure, provided your workloads fit the edge runtime.
- Largest edge footprint available
- Zero egress fees on R2 change storage economics
- Security and performance from one vendor
Datadog verdict
The most capable observability platform, and the one most likely to surprise you on invoice. Set volume controls on day one.
- Correlating metrics, traces and logs shortens incidents
- Very broad product coverage
- Fast agent-based setup