Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Datadog
Datadog clearly comes out ahead of Honeycomb on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Paid plans start at $15/mo for Datadog and $130/mo for Honeycomb.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | hybrid |
| Company | - | Honeycomb.io |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | steep | - |
| Integration | high | - |
| Trending | Active | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentData & AnalyticsSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentAI & Machine LearningSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | devopserror-monitoringanalytics | observability-apmerror-monitoringdevops |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | datadog | honeycomb |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Day Retention | ||
| 100 Slos | ||
| Apm | ||
| 100 Triggers | ||
| Continuous Profiler | ||
| 2 Service Level Objectives (Slos) | ||
| Database Monitoring | ||
| 2 Triggers | ||
| Infrastructure Monitoring | ||
| 300 Triggers | ||
| Limited Data Retention | ||
| All Features From The Free Plan | ||
| Limited Hosts | ||
| All Features From The Pro Plan | ||
| Log Management | ||
| Aws Privatelink | ||
| Synthetic Monitoring | ||
| Bubbleup | ||
| Distributed Tracing | ||
| Enterprise Support For Refinery | ||
| Enterprise-Grade Support + Onboarding | ||
| Honeycomb Metrics | ||
| Honeycomb Support | ||
| Opentelemetry Support | ||
| Query Data Api | ||
| Query Result Permalinks | ||
| Service Map | ||
| Single-Sign On (Sso) | ||
| Slo Reporting Api | ||
| Support For Honeycomb Private Cloud |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Datadog comes out ahead overall, though Honeycomb can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Datadog's paid plans start at $15/mo and Honeycomb's start at $130/mo, so Datadog is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Both Datadog and Honeycomb offer a free tier.
Datadog scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
