Datadog raised LLM Observability retention prices up to 4x
LLM Observability retention add-ons per 10K spans/month rose: 30-day $1.50 to $6.50, 60-day $3 to $8, 90-day $4 to $9.
What changed
- Price increase, Sep 28, 2026
- Before: 30-day $1.50, 60-day $3, 90-day $4 per 10K spans
- After: 30-day $6.50, 60-day $8, 90-day $9 per 10K spans
Cheaper alternatives to Datadog
At 50,000 errors a month, Datadog costs $30/mo. 3 monitoring tools cost less:
- Better Stack: free (Free plan (errors); pay-as-you-go Logs & Traces, US region (apm, logs))
- Grafana Cloud: free (Free)
- Sentry: $29/mo (Team)
Datadog alternatives: 3 cheaper monitoring tools compared, at every size.
Sources
Every price and change for Datadog: Datadog.