Datadog LLM Observability
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- Part of a larger observability platform (Datadog)
- Hosted SaaS platform
Company status
Active. Datadog is publicly listed (Nasdaq: DDOG).
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Capabilities
- LLM and agent tracing connected to the wider Datadog application stack
- Managed evaluators and custom LLM-as-a-judge evaluators that run across production traces and spans
- Experiments, datasets, playground, annotations, and dashboards
- External evaluation results submitted through the API
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Who it tends to fit
- Teams already on Datadog that want LLM traces next to APM and infrastructure data
- Buyers who need a vendor with a broad published compliance list
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Pricing
Free: up to 40K LLM spans per month with 15-day retention. Pro: $160 per month (annual commitment), $200 month-to-month, or $240 on-demand for the first 100K LLM spans; additional spans $3.50 per 10K (annual), $4.20 per 10K (month-to-month), or $5 per 10K (on-demand). Retention add-ons: 30-day at $6.50, 60-day at $8, 90-day at $9 per 10K LLM spans per month.
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Published certifications
- SOC 2 Type 2
- ISO/IEC 27001
- HIPAA (BAA for HIPAA-eligible services)
- ISO/IEC 42001:2023
Listed as stated by the vendor. Scope can differ by product or subsidiary; request current reports.
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Limitations to check
- Not available on the US-FED site, per the pricing page
- No self-hosted option found on the pricing page; confirm deployment requirements
- Priced per LLM span; estimate span volume before committing
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Sources
- Free tier 40K LLM spans; Pro $160/$200/$240 for first 100K spans; overage and retention add-on rates; unavailable on US-FEDwww.datadoghq.com/pricing/?product=llm-observabilityChecked 2026-11-08
- Managed evaluators, custom LLM-as-a-judge evaluators, external evaluations via APIdocs.datadoghq.com/llm_observability/evaluations/Checked 2026-11-08
- Trust Center lists SOC 2 Type 2, ISO/IEC 27001, HIPAA, ISO/IEC 42001 (page returns 403 to automated fetch; confirmed via search snippet of the same page)trust.datadoghq.com/Checked 2026-11-08
- March 26, 2026: Datadog achieved ISO 42001, covering AI observability products including Agent Observabilitywww.datadoghq.com/blog/datadog-achieves-iso-42001/Checked 2026-11-08
- Datadog press release identifies the company as Nasdaq: DDOGwww.datadoghq.com/about/latest-news/press-releases/iso-27001-27017-27018/Checked 2026-11-08
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