Intuitive Datadog Alternative

Observability, Simplified

Qorrelate

Qorrelate

OpenTelemetry-native observability

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Datadog

Datadog

Enterprise monitoring and security

OpenTelemetry-native

OpenTelemetry-native platform for seamless, standardized data collection and interoperability across cloud and distributed systems.

Qorrelate
OpenTelemetry
service.nameservice.name
service.versionservice.version
cloud.providercloud.provider

Proprietary Ecosystem

Datadog's OpenTelemetry support is less integrated than the proprietary telemetry collection, causing configuration complexity, unexpected billing increases, and limited visibility into errors.

OpenTelemetry
Datadog
service.nameservice
service.versionversion
cloud.providercloud_provider

Simple Pricing

Qorrelate offers transparent pricing based on data ingested, ensuring cost predictability with no hidden fees or surprise bills. One simple rate for logs, metrics, and traces.

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Predictable monthly costs

Obscure & Expensive Pricing

Customers pay for ingestion, storage, retention, and additional pipeline features. Agent/host pricing is based on functionality and number of metric series monitored.

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Unpredictable bill growth

Easy To Use

Qorrelate's intuitive, minimalist UI streamlines observability with smart color cues, keyboard navigation, and effortless querying. Get answers in seconds, no specialized training required.

service:api AND status:error
Productive in minutes

Complex

Datadog's enterprise-focused interface presents a steep learning curve due to its overwhelming navigation, specialized terminology, and complex configuration.

avg:system.cpu.user{env:prod} by {host}.rollup(avg, 60)
Weeks of training needed

Open Standards

Built on OpenTelemetry and Prometheus for flexibility, interoperability, and future-proof observability – no vendor lock-in.

Perses
Prometheus
ClickHouse
OpenTelemetry

Vendor Lock-In

Datadog's reliance on proprietary standards creates significant vendor lock-in, as organizations invest heavily in Datadog-specific configurations that are not easily transferable.

Datadog

Pay For What You Use

With Qorrelate you only pay for the telemetry data you actually use, after filtering out noise with our built-in spam filter.

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Filter first, then pay

Pay For What You Ingest

With Datadog you have to pay for all ingested data, regardless of applied filtering mechanisms within Datadog.

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Pay for everything upfront

Why choose Qorrelate vs. Datadog?

See how we compare on the features that matter

Features
Qorrelate Qorrelate
Datadog Datadog
Easy to set up and use
OpenTelemetry-native (✓)
Transparent pricing
Full resource-based context and navigation (✓)
Self-hosted option
Telemetry spam filter
AI-powered log analysis (✓)
No vendor lock-in

Observability in Minutes, not Months

No complex setups, no maintenance – all the context for your logs, metrics and traces.

Logs View
LOGS

Instant log filtering and search

Manage diverse logs with the fastest search and filtering capabilities. Leverage OpenTelemetry semantic conventions for context, traces, and metrics, to spot patterns in a blink.

Metrics View
METRICS

Monitor the metrics that matter

Centralize Prometheus & OpenTelemetry metrics to monitor your infrastructure and service with ease. Use proven dashboards, integrations and alerts with full context.

Traces View
TRACES

Each request, explained

Spot errors and bottlenecks: real-time search and filtering capabilities for all high cardinal attributes. Get heatmap drilldowns, trace details, and context for events, logs, and resources on one page.

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