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The Internet Compass

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