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Datadog Infrastructure Monitoring vs Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus
Both stand on metrics monitoring tools. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Free plan LinuxMacWeb+1
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Free trial APILinuxSelf-hosted+1
This service combines managed Prometheus collection with long retention, global querying, and Cloud Monitoring features. Review ingestion and read-call billing, plus downsampling rules, before selecting it.
Visit Google Cloud Managed Service for PrometheusThe facts
| Datadog Infrastructure Monitoring | Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | A free trial |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | Linux, Mac, Web, Windows | API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web |
| Lowest paid plan | Infrastructure Pro: $15 a month | Monitoring API read calls: $0.50 a month |
| Plans published | 3 | 2 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | datadoghq.com | cloud.google.com |
| On metrics monitoring tools | #24 of 37 | #28 of 37 |
Datadog Infrastructure Monitoring: what it does well
Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus: what it does well
- 730-day metric retention
- Managed or self-deployed collectors
- PromQL, Grafana, and HTTP API support
- Global queries and rule evaluation
- SLO monitoring support
What to know first
- No free plan
- Metrics ingestion has no monthly free allotment
- Minimum scrape interval is five seconds
- Data is downsampled after six weeks
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