Datadog Kubernetes Monitoring gives teams visibility into Kubernetes health, performance, and security, from individual pods to multiple clusters. Its Kubernetes Overview correlates component logs, traces, metrics, network traffic, and security signals. Teams can build customizable dashboards and use forecasting and anomaly detection to examine Kubernetes data. Datadog says the service supports managed platforms and self-hosted Rancher, OpenShift, or Anthos environments, and that the Kubernetes check is included in the Datadog Agent package. Container Monitoring covers pod health, vulnerabilities, resource use, and deployment status. Other capabilities include threat detection, autoscaling recommendations, and remediation workflows for alerts. Datadog lists more than 15 compliance frameworks for Container Monitoring, including PCI DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR. The service has a free plan and a 14-day trial. Container Monitoring costs $1 per container per month, billed annually or month-to-month; on-demand pricing is $0.002 per container hour.
Who it is for
It may suit teams responsible for Kubernetes environments that need visibility across telemetry, security, and container status. Support for managed and named self-hosted environments is listed.
What is good
- Correlates logs, traces, metrics, network traffic, and security signals
- Supports managed platforms and self-hosted Rancher, OpenShift, or Anthos
- Kubernetes check is included in the Datadog Agent package
- Container Monitoring lists more than 15 compliance frameworks
- Free plan and 14-day trial are available
What to know first
- Container Monitoring costs $1 per container per month
- On-demand container pricing is $0.002 per container hour
- Live chat support is limited to business days, 10:00–19:00 ET
Verdict
Datadog combines Kubernetes telemetry, container visibility, and security capabilities in one monitoring offering. Review the per-container billing and support hours against your team's needs.
Datadog Kubernetes Monitoring plans and pricing
All plansCompared on Kubernetes monitoring
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- $1/mo
- Control-plane monitoring
- Yes
- Kubernetes logs
- Yes
- Distributed tracing
- Yes
- Alerting channels
- email, Slack, PagerDuty, Microsoft Teams, webhooks
- Managed Kubernetes support
- Yes
- Data retention
- 450 days
