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Replacement brief
Datadog
Replaces apm + metrics + logs (all-in-one)
The all-in-one observability tax. Powerful, but priced for enterprises. Piecing together the open-source equivalent is real work.
The verdict weighs direct cost against maintenance, reliability, migration risk, and founder time.
- Verdict
- hard Keep the managed service
- Estimated annual saving
- $600 against the typical bill
- Open-source options
- 2 reviewed alternatives
01 / Deploy
Start with one command
A Teploy-style starting point for a small VPS. Review the generated configuration, then replace the example host and domain with your own.
teploy deploy --compose signoz --host hetzner --domain observ.example.comOur recommendation
Keep Datadog managed unless you have a non-cost reason to leave. Costs scale with hosts and custom metrics — both explode quietly.