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Datadog APM costs Free to $27 per host per month as of September 2026, with 3 plans available including a free tier. Plans: Free (free), Pro at $18/user/month, and Enterprise at $27/user/month. Pricing depends on your chosen tier, contract length, and negotiated discounts.

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  • Free tier: Yes

Datadog APM offers 3 pricing tiers: Free, Pro, Enterprise. A free plan is available. Paid plans include Pro at $18/user/month, Enterprise at $27/user/month. The Pro plan is teams monitoring systems.

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Datadog APM lists $0-$27/per host per month, but hidden costs like implementation and support add to the total as of September 2026. Key hidden costs: requires pro or enterprise infrastructure monitoring ($15-$23/host/month additional), span ingestion overages: $0.10 per gb beyond 150 gb allotment per host, indexed spans for extended retention: $1.27-$3.75 per million spans depending on retention period. Verified from 1 sources by CostBench.

Hidden Costs Breakdown

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Requires Pro or Enterprise Infrastructure Monitoring ($15-$23/host/month additional)

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Span ingestion overages: $0.10 per GB beyond 150 GB allotment per host

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Indexed spans for extended retention: $1.27-$3.75 per million spans depending on retention period

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7-day indexed spans: $1.91/million (on-demand) or $1.27/million (annual)

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15-day indexed spans: $2.55/million (on-demand) or $1.70/million (annual)

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30-day indexed spans: $3.75/million (on-demand) or $2.50/million (annual)

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AWS Fargate tasks: $2-$2.60 per task/month depending on tier

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Annual commitment required for lower per-host pricing

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Host count based on 99th percentile usage measured hourly

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