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Datadog vs Zipkin

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DatadogObservability Platforms
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ZipkinDistributed Tracing
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Datadog
Observability Platforms

See inside any stack, any app, at any scale, anywhere

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Zipkin
Distributed Tracing

A distributed tracing system

Overview
CategoryObservability PlatformsDistributed Tracing
What it isDatadog is a cloud-scale monitoring and analytics platform that provides full-stack observability for infrastructure, applications, logs, and security. It unifies metrics, traces, and logs in a single platform.Open source distributed tracing system helping gather timing data to troubleshoot latency problems in service architectures.
Pricing
Published priceInfrastructure Free: $0 - Up to 5 hosts, 1-day retention Infrastructure Pro: $15/host/month - 750+ integrations, 15-month retention Infrastructure Enterprise: $23/host/month - Ful…Free
Zipkin does not publish a current numeric rate card through its public vendor channel. Pricing is provided by sales and varies with deployment scope, volume, modules, users, or co…
Pricing modelNot availableFree
Free optionsFree plan · Free trialFree plan · Free trial
Deal on Cubbie1 year free Live nowNone right now
Company
Founded20102012
Team size5,001-10,000 employees1-10 employees
HeadquartersNew York, New YorkRemote
Featured clientsSamsung, Peloton, Whole FoodsNot available

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