We performed a comparison between Datadog and VMware Aria Operations for Logs based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Log Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."APM is great and has provided low-effort out-of-the-box observability for various services."
"It has turned into an operational dashboard. If you felt something is going wrong, you can immediately open up Datadog. It has been our go to application because we know the answer will be there."
"The CCM, Workflows, Logs, APM, and RUM are all useful aspects of the solution."
"For us to have visibility into our app stack and the hardware we run has been highly beneficial."
"The web app has a real-time support chat window in which a support engineer is chatting with you within a minute."
"Even if we don't end up using Datadog, it revealed problems and optimizations to us that weren't obvious before."
"Anything I've wanted to do, I found a way to get it done through Datadog."
"It is easy to navigate the menu and create tests."
"I like the interface."
"It gives the customer a quick overview, so they don't have to dig. There's a clear dashboard with many sensors in a single space. He gets a helicopter view of his environment, but he can investigate further if there are serious issues. It's pretty user-friendly."
"What I like is that you can have different storage locations for different applications."
"Our current costs are too high, and this tool will help us to better optimize our infrastructure."
"The virtualization solution supports data center virtualization, network and security."
"The solution's simplicity, flexibility, and extensibility are valuable features as we can integrate everything in vRealize."
"One of the most valuable features of vRealize Log Insight is that it gives you a clear forecast about your existing machines, for example, how long your machines could be supported and how long the remaining capacity is to host your machines. This is one of the best options available within vRealize Log Insight. Another valuable feature of the solution is automation. My company deploys a lot of automation when required in a very, very short period, and in a very uniform manner, and even if the automation is being deployed for different processes and departments, it's pretty much the same across the environment, so vRealize Log Insight helps reduce a lot of ambiguities and helps my company manage operational efficiencies well."
"The root cause analysis feature is very valuable."
"More pre-configured "Monitor Alerts" would be helpful."
"Auto instrumentation on tracing has not been very easy to find in the documentation."
"It seems that admin cost control granularity is an afterthought."
"There is always room for improvement when dealing with cloud-based technologies. Mainly, I would say, it's just increasing our offerings to attract various other types of industries and businesses across more fields."
"For three to four months, we have been experiencing real-time delays. For example, if we're monitoring incoming traffic, the real-time status should be displayed up to a certain point. However, due to delays or issues with Datadog, the real-time data might only be updated at an earlier time. We are experiencing consistent delays in data updates from Datadog, with the most recent data often being delayed by about an hour. This issue has been ongoing for the past four months."
"I often have issues with the UI in my browser."
"One area where I was really looking for improvement was the CSPM product line. I had really wanted to have team-level visibility for findings, since the team managing the resources has much more context and ability to resolve the issue, as the service owner. However, this has been added to the announcement in a recent keynote."
"The installation is easy for me. However, if you are new to this solution it might not be so easy."
"Technical support should be improved."
"The tool does not provide a centralized pane for monitoring."
"I would like to see more tutorials or at least an introduction video from the supplier, so you can become proficient and get the most out of the solution. You might not get the full benefit from a logging or reporting solution because you might not have a particular tool enabled. You could leave something out of your analysis because you aren't aware of it or you don't know how to set it up."
"I don't use the solution on a day to day basis, so I'm not sure what specifically can be improved."
"Paid or free does not matter, but it is complex to find good training material for vRealize Log Insight."
"In the VMware environment, one area for improvement is the handling of VM failovers due to host failures, such as unexpected shutdowns from hardware issues. Currently, High Availability (HA) doesn't seem to recognize whether the VMs are online during failover, treating them as offline or unavailable."
"Documentation is lacking, including some guide as to how to use the expressions. It is not clear how to look for a log, for example. Some examples in the documentation might be helpful. I think that VMware had good documentation, but it's no longer hosted. The documentation is not as easy to understand as it was before."
"The solution should be more user-friendly. The user interface and dashboard could be simplified."
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Datadog is ranked 2nd in Log Management with 137 reviews while VMware Aria Operations for Logs is ranked 10th in Log Management with 24 reviews. Datadog is rated 8.6, while VMware Aria Operations for Logs is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Datadog writes "Very good RUM, synthetics, and infrastructure host maps". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Aria Operations for Logs writes "Gives a clear forecast about existing machines, and has an automation feature that helps in reducing a lot of ambiguities and managing operational efficiencies". Datadog is most compared with Dynatrace, Azure Monitor, New Relic, AWS X-Ray and AppDynamics, whereas VMware Aria Operations for Logs is most compared with Splunk Enterprise Security, Elastic Security, LogRhythm SIEM, Graylog and Sumo Logic Security. See our Datadog vs. VMware Aria Operations for Logs report.
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