Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Elastic Rum
Elastic RUM clearly comes out ahead of Datadog RUM on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Neither lists a free tier.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | hybrid |
| Company | Datadog | Elastic |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | MarketingData & AnalyticsSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | seo | observability-apm |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Elastic Rum
usage based
| Feature | datadog-rum | elastic-rum |
|---|---|---|
| 30+ Out-Of-The-Box Performance Metrics | ||
| Alerting | ||
| Collects All Sessions | ||
| Distributed Tracing | ||
| Detailed Troubleshooting | ||
| Machine Learning For Anomaly Detection | ||
| Retains Filtered Sessions For 30 Days | ||
| Real User Monitoring (Rum) | ||
| Video-Like Replay Of User Sessions | ||
| Service Maps | ||
| Unified Analysis |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Elastic RUM comes out ahead overall, though Datadog RUM can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Elastic RUM is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
