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Obzly vs Datadog

Datadog is a hosted platform. You run its Agent or an OpenTelemetry Collector on your hosts, and Datadog stores and processes the data in the site you choose. Obzly covers logs, metrics and traces in one system that runs on your own infrastructure, so the data stays where you run it.

Checked 27 October 2026 against Datadog's own docs and pricing. Sources

Which to choose

Choose Obzly if

  • all your telemetry must stay on infrastructure you control; with Datadog, only logs can, through BYOC Logs;
  • you want an Apache 2.0 product with no per-host or per-GB bill, and pay only for the infrastructure you run;
  • you want SSO, SCIM and an audit log included, without a plan upgrade or a share of your spend;
  • you query metrics with PromQL and send Prometheus remote write;
  • you need one login across regions, with each region's data staying put.

Choose Datadog if

  • you don't want to run anything: Datadog operates sites in the US, Germany, the UK, Japan and Australia, plus a FedRAMP High government site;
  • you need real-user monitoring, continuous profiling, error tracking, or browser tests from Datadog-managed locations, none of which Obzly has;
  • you rely on a large integration catalogue: Datadog lists over 1,000 built-in integrations and is far more mature than Obzly here;
  • you want a hosted MCP server with OAuth sign-in and ready-made connectors for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Codex;
  • you need SAML, which Obzly doesn't support.

What you run

To self-host Datadog you run Datadog (SaaS), In your hosts, BYOC Logs (optional), with your datadog site. Obzly is one image in a few roles, plus Postgres, Valkey and object storage.Datadog, SaaS with agentsDatadog (SaaS)hosted in a Datadog site you chooseIn your hostsDatadog AgentOTel CollectorBYOC Logs (optional)indexerssearchersmetastorePostgreSQLobject storageYour Datadog site · logs can go to your bucketObzlyone imageSERVICE_MODE = all, or one role per deployment:apiworkerbrokerquerierlogs, metrics and traces in one storeplus control-plane for many SitesPostgresValkeyObject storage
Everything except the agents runs in Datadog. BYOC Logs moves log indexing and search into your Kubernetes cluster, and you still use the Datadog UI. Obzly runs all three signals on your infrastructure, from one image.

Feature by feature

CapabilityObzlyDatadog (SaaS)Plans, add-ons and BYOC LogsSource
LicenseApache 2.0, every featureProprietaryAgent is open source: Apache 2.0, BPF code GPL-2.0Master agreementDatadog Agent
What you runOne image in up to five roles, Postgres, ValkeyAgents or collectors only; Datadog runs the platformBYOC Logs: cloudprem image on Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, object storageDatadog sitesBYOC Logs architecture
StorageZSTD Parquet on S3, GCS, Azure Blob or MinIOIn your Datadog site; logs can be archived to S3, GCS or AzureBYOC Logs keeps indexed logs in your bucket; logs onlyDatadog sitesLog archivesBYOC Logs
OTLP inLogs, metrics and traces, gRPC and HTTPAll three, to agentless intake endpointsSame; Agent or Collector advised for productionOTLP intake
Query languagesSearch bar and SQL for logs, PromQL, Jaeger API for tracesLog and trace search syntax, metric query syntax, DDSQLSame, plus natural-language queriesSearch syntaxMetric queriesDDSQL
PrometheusRemote-write ingest and a PromQL APIAgent scrapes endpoints (OpenMetrics check)Remote write via Observability Pipelines (preview); no PromQLPipelines Prometheus sourcePipelines metrics destinationPrometheus collection
DashboardsOwn dashboards; imports Grafana layout without queriesGrafana dashboard migration tool in previewSameDashboard Migration preview
AlertingWebhook, Slack, PagerDuty, emailMonitors notify email, Slack, PagerDuty, Teams, webhooks and moreSameNotifications
Synthetic checksHTTP, TLS, TCP, DNS, ICMP from your probes; no browserAPI, browser and network path tests; private locationsBilled per test runSynthetic MonitoringPrivate locations
Infrastructure inventoryClusters to containers, plus AWS and Azure resourcesResource Catalog and Kubernetes ExplorerSameResource CatalogKubernetes Explorer
RUM and profilingNeitherRUM, Continuous Profiler and Error TrackingEach billed separatelyRUMProfilerError Tracking
SSOOIDC with any provider; no SAMLSAML and Google OAuth; OIDC not supportedSAML on Pro and Enterprise, not FreeInfrastructure plansSAML
SCIMIncludedMicrosoft Entra ID and OktaPro, Enterprise and Startup plansSCIM
RBAC and audit logPer-project roles, teams, audit log with CSV exportThree default roles plus custom rolesAudit Trail: 2% of spend billed annually, 3% month-to-monthRBACPrice listAudit Trail
MCP serverBuilt in at /mcp, read-onlyHosted remote server per site, OAuth or tokensSome toolsets in Preview; not on US government sitesMCP ServerMCP setup
Many regionsControl plane in front of many SitesParent org manages child orgs; no sharing across sitesCross-org queries in one site; non-Enterprise up to 5 orgsMultiple organisationsCross-org visibility
PriceFree; you run the infrastructureInfrastructure Pro $15, Enterprise $23 per host/month, billed annuallyLogs $0.10/GB ingested plus indexing; APM $31/host; billed annuallyPrice listInfrastructure plans

Moving from Datadog

  1. Run Obzly where your data must live. Install it in your own cluster or cloud account. Helm
  2. Send to both. Add an OTLP exporter for Obzly to an OpenTelemetry Collector next to your Datadog pipeline, so both receive the same data. Collector guide
  3. Keep Prometheus metrics flowing. Scrape the same endpoints with the Collector, or send remote write to Obzly. PromQL and Grafana
  4. Rebuild dashboards and monitors. Datadog queries don't carry over. Recreate dashboards with PromQL and log search, and turn monitors into Obzly alert rules. Alerts
  5. Move API tests. Recreate them as HTTP, TLS, TCP, DNS or ICMP checks from your own probes. Obzly synthetics need a control plane, and browser tests have no equivalent. Synthetics
  6. Switch off Datadog once Obzly has your full retention.

Sources

Every Datadog fact on this page comes from its vendor's own pages, read on 27 October 2026. Plan names and prices change; check the linked page before you decide.

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