Datadog is a monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York City. The company provides unified visibility into servers, containers, databases, and third-party services. Its SaaS-based platform combines infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, log management, security monitoring, digital experience tracking, and AI-powered insights into a single view for troubleshooting and building reliable systems.
The company went public in 2019 and employs over 8,000 people worldwide. Its technical work spans domains including infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, log management, security monitoring, digital experience tracking, and AI-powered insights.
Datadog's stated focus is on solving real problems engineers face daily and making complex modern software more understandable. The company operates primarily in the cloud applications, software engineering, and infrastructure sectors.
