The Problem
Why teams leave Datadog
Usage-based pricing makes costs unpredictable
Multiple products each have separate per-host pricing
Log management costs scale exponentially with volume
Custom metrics have per-metric pricing
Vendor lock-in through proprietary query language
Bills frequently exceed estimates by 2-5x
What We Build Instead
Your custom devops & engineering tool
Observability platform on your infrastructure
Metrics, logs, and traces in one system
Custom dashboards and alerting
APM with distributed tracing
Log aggregation with predictable storage costs
No per-host or per-metric pricing — just your infrastructure cost
The Math
Datadog vs. custom build
Based on 50 seats at $31/seat/month, with ~10% annual SaaS price increases.
Keep paying Datadog
Build with 86 SaaS
3-year savings with 50 seats
-$18,370
-30% less than Datadog
How It Works
From Datadog to ownership in 10-16 weeks
Free Audit
We analyze your Datadog usage and identify exactly which features your team actually uses.
Scope & Build
We build your custom devops & engineering tool with only the features you need. 10-16 weeks.
Deploy & Migrate
We deploy to your infrastructure, migrate your data from Datadog, and train your team.
You Own It
Full source code, documentation, and optional maintenance retainer. No vendor lock-in. Ever.
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