# Datadog vs GlitchTip

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/compare/datadog-vs-glitchtip/

Every value below is read from Datadog's and GlitchTip's own documentation. See https://inetgeek.com/methodology/ for how.

## At a glance

| Criterion | Datadog | GlitchTip |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Entry paid plan | $15 per host per month for Infrastructure Pro, the entry paid product. Datadog prices per product rather than per plan, so this is one meter of many rather than a platform fee. | $15/month for the 100,000 event plan; $50 for 500,000 and $250 for 3 million |
| Pricing model | Per product, not per plan: infrastructure per host, logs split between ingest per GB and indexing per million events, with retention chosen per index and priced accordingly. There is no single Datadog price — this profile follows Log Management, which is the meter comparable to the per-GB platforms in this category. | Flat monthly tiers bought by event ceiling, with a free self-hosted build as the alternative to paying at all |
| Events included | None included. Log indexing is $1.70 per million events per month at 15-day retention, and Flex Storage is $0.05 per million events stored — ingest and indexing are separate charges on the same logs. | 100,000 events a month on the cheapest paid plan; 1,000 on the free hosted plan. One meter, not several — GlitchTip counts events and nothing else. |
| Retention window | Chosen per index and priced with it: 3, 7, 15 or 30 days, or greater than 30 by arrangement. The $1.70 per million rate is the 15-day tier. Infrastructure metrics retain 1 day on the free plan. | 90 days by default when self-hosted, set by GLITCHTIP_RETENTION_DAYS and configurable per data type — events, transactions, logs, uptime checks and files all inherit it, releases keep 365 days. Events move from Postgres to cold storage after 30 days but stay queryable. GlitchTip publishes no retention figure for its hosted plans. |

## Where they differ

### Entry paid plan

- Datadog: $15 per host per month for Infrastructure Pro, the entry paid product. Datadog prices per product rather than per plan, so this is one meter of many rather than a platform fee. ([source](https://www.datadoghq.com/pricing/))
- GlitchTip: $15/month for the 100,000 event plan; $50 for 500,000 and $250 for 3 million ([source](https://glitchtip.com/pricing))

### Pricing model

- Datadog: Per product, not per plan: infrastructure per host, logs split between ingest per GB and indexing per million events, with retention chosen per index and priced accordingly. There is no single Datadog price — this profile follows Log Management, which is the meter comparable to the per-GB platforms in this category. ([source](https://www.datadoghq.com/pricing/))
- GlitchTip: Flat monthly tiers bought by event ceiling, with a free self-hosted build as the alternative to paying at all ([source](https://glitchtip.com/pricing))

### Events included

- Datadog: None included. Log indexing is $1.70 per million events per month at 15-day retention, and Flex Storage is $0.05 per million events stored — ingest and indexing are separate charges on the same logs. ([source](https://www.datadoghq.com/pricing/))
- GlitchTip: 100,000 events a month on the cheapest paid plan; 1,000 on the free hosted plan. One meter, not several — GlitchTip counts events and nothing else. ([source](https://glitchtip.com/pricing))

### Retention window

- Datadog: Chosen per index and priced with it: 3, 7, 15 or 30 days, or greater than 30 by arrangement. The $1.70 per million rate is the 15-day tier. Infrastructure metrics retain 1 day on the free plan. ([source](https://www.datadoghq.com/pricing/))
- GlitchTip: 90 days by default when self-hosted, set by GLITCHTIP_RETENTION_DAYS and configurable per data type — events, transactions, logs, uptime checks and files all inherit it, releases keep 365 days. Events move from Postgres to cold storage after 30 days but stay queryable. GlitchTip publishes no retention figure for its hosted plans. ([source](https://glitchtip.com/documentation/install))

## Which should you choose?

Pick Datadog if Teams that need one vendor across infrastructure, logs, traces and replay, and can model a bill that has a separate meter for each.

Pick GlitchTip if Anyone who wants Sentry-shaped error tracking without Sentry's bill — the SDKs are compatible, so switching is a DSN change, and self-hosting is free and genuinely supported.

Consider something else: Datadog — Ingest and indexing are billed separately on the same logs, so $0.10 per GB is not the cost of keeping a log — the indexing charge above it is where the bill actually lands.

Consider something else: GlitchTip — It tracks errors and nothing else. No tracing, no replays, no uptime monitoring, so a team wanting one pane of glass will be assembling it from parts.

## Documented by only one

- Session replay: Datadog: Supported
- Self-hostable: GlitchTip: Supported
- Ingest price per GB: Datadog: $0.10 per ingested or scanned GB per month for Log Management, billed annually — the same rate on demand. Indexing those logs is charged separately.
- SOC 2: Datadog: SOC 2 Type 2 listed among Datadog's own compliance certifications.
- ISO 27001: Datadog: ISO/IEC 27001 listed among Datadog's own compliance certifications, with the certificate a featured downloadable document.
- HIPAA: Datadog: HIPAA listed among Datadog's own compliance certifications.
- GDPR / data residency: Datadog: GDPR listed among Datadog's own compliance certifications; a Data Processing Addendum is available under Legal documents.
- PCI DSS: Datadog: PCI DSS listed among Datadog's own compliance certifications.
- Role-based access control: Datadog: Default Admin, Standard and Read-Only roles, plus support for custom roles.

## Questions this comparison answers

**Entry paid plan: Datadog or GlitchTip?**

Datadog: $15 per host per month for Infrastructure Pro, the entry paid product. Datadog prices per product rather than per plan, so this is one meter of many rather than a platform fee.
GlitchTip: $15/month for the 100,000 event plan; $50 for 500,000 and $250 for 3 million

**Should I choose Datadog or GlitchTip?**

Pick Datadog if Teams that need one vendor across infrastructure, logs, traces and replay, and can model a bill that has a separate meter for each.
Pick GlitchTip if Anyone who wants Sentry-shaped error tracking without Sentry's bill — the SDKs are compatible, so switching is a DSN change, and self-hosting is free and genuinely supported.