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Apify vs Datadog

Compare Apify and Datadog on features, pricing, and buyer fit using the same researched criteria.

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Apify

7.5/10

Actor platform for web scraping — Free $0 ($5 usage); Starter $29/mo ($26 annual); Scale $199; Business $999.

Best for

• Teams that want ready-made or custom Actors rather than raw proxy ops
• Developers who need compute + storage + proxy in one platform
• Projects that benefit from Apify Store scrapers

Starting from $29.00/user/mo

Free plan available

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Our verdict

No universal winner

No universal winner. Choose based on which criteria matter most for your team.

Datadog is better for

✓ Starting pricing
✓ Integrations
✓ Security & admin

Tie

• Free plan

Choose Apify if: Teams that want ready-made or custom Actors rather than raw proxy ops

Choose Datadog if: SRE/platform teams needing unified infra + APM + logs

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Datadog

8.6/10

Observability suite — infrastructure, APM, logs, and security signals with consumption/host pricing; Infrastructure Pro from $15/host/mo annual.

Best for

• SRE/platform teams needing unified infra + APM + logs
• Cloud-native orgs with AWS/Azure/GCP estates
• Teams that can model multi-module observability TCO upfront

Starting from $15.00/user/mo

Free plan available

Comparison scorecard

Criterion-by-criterion results for Apify and Datadog. Numeric bars appear only when both products have approved scores.

Starting pricing
Published floor price and what that floor actually includes.
Datadog
Datadog publishes a lower researched starting floor ($15/mo vs $29/mo for Apify). Confirm currency, renewals, and add-ons — not a total TCO winner.
ApifyWeaker
DatadogStronger
Free plan
Whether a usable free plan is published, and what it gates.
Tie
Apify researches a free plan; Datadog researches a free plan.
ApifyTie
DatadogTie
User / licence minimum
Seat floors, per-employee minimums, and small-team pricing traps.
Depends
Check seat, agent, or licence minimums for Apify and Datadog on current vendor packaging.
ApifyDepends
DatadogDepends
Integrations
Important third-party integrations.
Datadog
Datadog leads on integrations (8/10 vs 9/10) from approved SoftwareGlimpse editorial assessments — not hands-on lab testing.
Apify8/10
Datadog9/10
Security & admin
Admin controls, access, compliance posture, and security packaging.
Datadog
Datadog leads on security admin (7/10 vs 9/10) from approved SoftwareGlimpse editorial assessments — not hands-on lab testing.
ApifyWeaker
DatadogStronger

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