We performed a comparison between Datadog and ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"They have a very good foundation in capturing metrics, logs, and traces. It's a very nice tool for that and it allows you to apply these monitoring tools in almost any technology."
"The most valuable aspect is the APM which can monitor the metrics and latencies."
"The infrastructure monitoring capabilities are really valuable. You can just log on and see everything that is happening within an IT environment."
"I really enjoy the RUM monitoring features of Datadog. It allows us to monitor user behavior in a way we couldn't before."
"Datadog has proven to be easy to set up and legible for both development and operational teams."
"It is a good one stop location where we keep all our data for our infrastructure, and it's also easier to navigate between different things."
"Having a wealth of information has helped us investigate outages, and having historical data helps us tune our system."
"The solution has improved the organization by providing good insights into app performance and offering good dashboards."
"The most valuable feature is the way it handles data, from Layer 2 up to Layer 7. We can see everything that happens in the network."
"There are many valuable features in this product, but probably the biggest is the customization capability it has."
"The most valuable features are security detections, perimeter detection, dashboards, and alerts."
"This solution is more applications reference architecture focused. Its benefit is that it specializes in that space."
"Not only can you look at the protocol import level. It also has a live PCAP analysis."
"Wire data analytics."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"Could be a little more user friendly."
"It would be ideal if the product offered a bit more monitoring from our dashboard."
"It would be nice to be able to graph metrics by excluding certain tags (like you can do in monitors)."
"I sometimes log in and see items changed, either in the UI or a feature enabled. To see it for the first time without proper communication can sometimes come as a shock."
"We would like to see smaller or shorter tutorials and video sessions."
"Datadog has a lot of documentation, but a lot of that documentation assumes you know how the service works, which can lead to confusion."
"The on-premise version is very difficult to upgrade."
"The more tools that they can build that allow you to run AWX playbooks, or other similar fixes, would benefit clients greatly."
"They either have to go broad or decide what their bread and butter is and get really good at that."
"I would improve the Rule-Based Access Control (RBAC) by providing granular access control to the data."
"This solution would be improved if it had the ability to retain data longer."
"We'd like to see a local presence within the region in order to have seamless service whether it's the support, the implementation, or professional services."
"They have a new solution, ExtraHop Reveal(x), and I think it needs improvement."
"Network visibility is something that needs to be improved."
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Datadog is ranked 2nd in Network Monitoring Software with 137 reviews while ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations is ranked 57th in Network Monitoring Software with 8 reviews. Datadog is rated 8.6, while ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Datadog writes "Very good RUM, synthetics, and infrastructure host maps". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations writes "Great for identifying application interdependencies with helpful support but needs better visualizations". Datadog is most compared with Dynatrace, Azure Monitor, New Relic, AWS X-Ray and Elastic Observability, whereas ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations is most compared with NETSCOUT nGeniusONE, ThousandEyes, vRealize Network Insight, Dynatrace and LiveAction LiveNX. See our Datadog vs. ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations report.
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