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Datadog vs Zyte

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

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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

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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
✓ Free plan
✓ Integrations
✓ Security & admin

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

Choose Zyte if: Teams that knew Scrapinghub and need the Zyte API extraction path

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Zyte

7.4/10

Zyte API web-data collection (formerly Scrapinghub) — PAYG; monthly commitments from $100; $5 free trial credit. Does not outrank Bright Data 7.7.

Best for

• Teams that knew Scrapinghub and need the Zyte API extraction path
• Buyers who want a published $100 monthly commit versus Bright Data ~$499
• Projects that will spend the $5 trial credit before scaling

Starting from $100.00/user/mo

No free plan

Comparison scorecard

Criterion-by-criterion results for Datadog and Zyte. 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 $100/mo for Zyte). Confirm currency, renewals, and add-ons — not a total TCO winner.
DatadogStronger
ZyteWeaker
Free plan
Whether a usable free plan is published, and what it gates.
Datadog
Datadog researches a free plan; Zyte does not research a free plan.
DatadogStronger
ZyteWeaker
User / licence minimum
Seat floors, per-employee minimums, and small-team pricing traps.
Depends
Check seat, agent, or licence minimums for Datadog and Zyte on current vendor packaging.
DatadogDepends
ZyteDepends
Integrations
Important third-party integrations.
Datadog
Datadog leads on integrations (9/10 vs 8/10) from approved SoftwareGlimpse editorial assessments — not hands-on lab testing.
Datadog9/10
Zyte8/10
Security & admin
Admin controls, access, compliance posture, and security packaging.
Datadog
Datadog leads on security admin (9/10 vs 7/10) from approved SoftwareGlimpse editorial assessments — not hands-on lab testing.
DatadogStronger
ZyteWeaker

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