Chronosphere vs Datadog
Chronosphere is designed from the ground up to give customers complete control over the cost and complexity of observability
Why You Should Choose Chronosphere Over Datadog For Cloud Native Observability
Compatible With Open Source And Proprietary Standards
Chronosphere Observability Platform provides full support for open source standards, allowing seamless integration with OpenTelemetry and Prometheus. This ensures that you can leverage the best of the open source ecosystem without being locked into proprietary formats.
Additionally, Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline, from the creators of Fluent Bit and Calyptia, supports a wide range of open source and proprietary data formats and protocols, enabling you to route logs from any source to any destination. Whether you’re dealing with legacy systems or modern cloud-native applications, Telemetry Pipeline ensures seamless data collection, transformation, and routing. This flexibility helps you maximize the value of your observability data and maintain interoperability across diverse systems.
Slash Observability Costs Without Sacrificing Insight
Chronosphere empowers you to take control of your observability spend – without the runaway bills that can come as Datadog usage expands.
Our platform delivers complete, real-time transparency into the cost and value of every metric, log, and trace. See exactly how your data is used and by whom.
With powerful, real-time controls at ingest, you can filter, aggregate, and sample data dynamically – reducing waste and optimizing costs without touching code or redeploying services. Customers reduce data by 84% on average, lowering bills, improving efficiency, and maintaining the critical visibility their teams depend on.
Run Your Cloud Native Applications With Confidence
Chronosphere is designed to monitor dynamic, cloud-native environments such as Kubernetes clusters. It provides deep visibility into containerized applications, helping users track performance, resource utilization, and operational health across multiple clusters.
For organizations using microservices architectures, Chronosphere offers comprehensive insights into the interactions and performance of individual services. This includes monitoring service latencies, errors, and request rates, providing you with a complete picture of your system's health, and enabling quick issue resolution.
Telemetry Pipeline is built to seamlessly integrate with Kubernetes, ensuring that your cloud-native applications run smoothly and efficiently. It also offers automated load balancing, scaling, and self-healing capabilities in Kubernetes environments, which are critical for maintaining pipeline performance and reliability.
| Platform Comparisons | Chronosphere | Datadog |
|---|---|---|
| Availability, Reliability, and Scalability: | ||
| 99.9% SLA | ||
| Public Disclosure of SLA Attainment | ||
| Scales to 2B Data Points /sec | ||
| Data and Cost Controls: | ||
| Granular Data and Cost Control for Metrics | ||
| Dynamic head- and tail- sampling for traces | ||
| Log Transformation and Reduction at the source | ||
| Flexible routing of logs with rehydration | ||
| Simple Pricing and Predictable Cost Growth, With No Overages | ||
| Centralized Data Governance and Shared Responsibility for Data Growth | ||
| Telemetry Pipeline: | ||
| Data collection from any source with built-in integrations | ||
| Data routing to any destination, including any observability or SIEM | ||
| Automated pipeline operations | ||
| Cloud Native Compatibility: | ||
| Features Optimized for Distributed Architectures on Containers | ||
| 100% Open Source and PromQL Compatible | ||
| Service-centric views with auto-discovery | ||
| Outcome Focused Solution: | ||
| Fastest Issue Detection |
1-second resolution alerts
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30-second resolution alerts
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| Automatic Slow Query Optimization for Faster Dashboards and Alerts | ||
| Support: | ||
| Customized Enablement Via Dedicated Customer Success Team, At No Additional Cost |
Why Chronosphere as an Alternative to Datadog?
Choose Chronosphere as a Datadog alternative for observability that’s built from the ground up for cloud native environments. Our solution is designed to handle the scale and complexity of today’s cloud native world, giving you the control, flexibility, and reliability you need to manage your data effectively.
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