Datadog IoT Monitoring
Monitor your entire IoT fleet in one place.
Overview
Datadog IoT Monitoring extends the capabilities of the Datadog platform to the world of connected devices. It allows teams to collect, visualize, and alert on metrics, logs, and traces from millions of IoT devices. By unifying device-level data with backend application and infrastructure monitoring, Datadog provides a single pane of glass for understanding the health and performance of an entire IoT ecosystem.
✨ Key Features
- Lightweight agent for data collection from devices (DogStatsD)
- Real-time dashboards and visualizations
- Fleet-wide monitoring and alerting
- Log management and analysis
- Correlation of device data with backend service performance
- Support for 700+ integrations
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Unified platform for monitoring devices, infrastructure, and applications
- Massive number of integrations
- Powerful and flexible dashboarding and alerting
- Strong log management capabilities
Unique Value: Provides a single, unified view of your entire IoT application, from the firmware on the device to the cloud services in the backend, breaking down silos between hardware and software teams.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Monitoring point-of-sale (POS) terminal fleets
- Observability for connected vehicle platforms
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Device management and OTA updates (Datadog is for monitoring)
- Companies not already using or willing to adopt the Datadog platform
🏆 Alternatives
Unlike purpose-built IoT platforms like Memfault, Datadog offers a much broader monitoring scope beyond just the device. Compared to open-source solutions like Grafana, it provides a fully managed, integrated platform with more advanced features out-of-the-box.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Live Chat
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Enterprise tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
✓ 14-day free trial
Free tier: Free for up to 5 hosts, includes core features.
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