Datadog Kubernetes Monitoring

Datadog Kubernetes Monitoring is ranked #4 of 49 in Kubernetes monitoring on Freedom251. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $1/mo.

Datadog Kubernetes Monitoring plans and pricing

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Container Monitoring (on-demand) Free Per container hour, per hour $0.002 per container hour datadoghq.com · 28 Sept 2026

Container Monitoring $1/mo Billed annually or month-to-month; per container, per month $1 per container per month; on-demand is $0.002 per container hour datadoghq.com · 28 Sept 2026

Compared on Kubernetes monitoring

Free plan: Yes
Paid from: $1/mo
Control-plane monitoring: Yes
Kubernetes logs: Yes
Distributed tracing: Yes
Alerting channels: email, Slack, PagerDuty, Microsoft Teams, webhooks
Managed Kubernetes support: Yes
Data retention: 450 days

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Datadog Kubernetes Monitoring

Purpose: Datadog provides visibility into the health, performance, and security of Kubernetes environments, from individual pods to multiple clusters.
Telemetry: Kubernetes component logs, traces, metrics, network traffic, and security signals are correlated in the Kubernetes Overview page.
Dashboards and analysis: Customizable dashboards and machine learning driven forecasting and anomaly detection help teams monitor Kubernetes data.
Integrations: The Kubernetes solution page names Istio, Karpenter, and Vault and says teams can use data from 1,000+ integrations, including major cloud providers.
Supported environments: Datadog says it provides Kubernetes visibility on managed platforms and self-hosted Rancher, OpenShift, or Anthos environments.
Kubernetes setup: The Kubernetes check is included in the Datadog Agent package, so no additional installation is needed on Kubernetes servers.
Container visibility: Container Monitoring provides multidimensional visibility into pod health, vulnerabilities, resource use, and deployment status.
Remediation: Bits AI Kubernetes Remediation can automate workflows from alert to pull request and offers guided playbooks for errors such as CrashLoopBackOff and OOMKilled.
Autoscaling: Kubernetes Autoscaling offers workload scaling recommendations and automation, and can scale based on custom Datadog queries or metrics.
Security: The product page says Datadog can identify cluster threats in real time using out-of-the-box security rules for suspicious activity.
Compliance: Container Monitoring lists out-of-the-box support for more than 15 frameworks, including PCI DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR.
Trust center: Datadog's Trust Center lists compliance topics including GDPR, HIPAA, ISO/IEC 27001, PCI DSS, and SOC 2 Type 2, and provides access to security documentation by request.
Support: Datadog Support offers ticket submission and live chat on business days from 10:00 to 19:00 ET.
Trial: Datadog advertises a 14-day free trial of its product suite.
Price from: $1/mo

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Sources

datadoghq.com/solutions/kubernetes/· checked 28 Sept 2026
docs.datadoghq.com/integrations/kubernetes/· checked 28 Sept 2026
datadoghq.com/product/container-monitoring/· checked 28 Sept 2026
trust.datadoghq.com· checked 28 Sept 2026
datadoghq.com/support/· checked 28 Sept 2026
investors.datadoghq.com/shareholder-services/investor-faqs· checked 28 Sept 2026
datadoghq.com/pricing/list/· checked 28 Sept 2026