Start with Datadog (unified full-stack, per-host pricing)
Datadog is the default choice for teams with stable host counts that want infrastructure, APM, and logs correlated in one platform. Budget $50-100/host/month for the full stack and model cost before enabling all modules. The breadth of 750+ integrations means most cloud services work out of the box.
- Recommendation: Datadog
Recommended starting points
Based on your constraints, these products typically fit best. Read each decision brief to confirm pricing behavior and limits match your reality.
Datadog
Unified monitoring platform combining infrastructure metrics ($15/host/mo), APM ($31/host/mo), and log management ($0.10/GB/day) with 750+ integrations. Breadth is the selling point; cost compounds as
Why this recommendation
Datadog is the default choice for teams with stable host counts that want infrastructure, APM, and logs correlated in one platform. Budget $50-100/host/month for the full stack and model cost before enabling all modules. The breadth of 750+ integrations means most cloud services work out of the box.