What Datadog shipped in April 2026

Pricing change detected for Datadoghq

Pricing updated for Datadoghq: - Log Management - Flex Logs Starter: allowance changed from Retention options of 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, and 15 months; Bundled Starter Compute for log volumes b…

Datadog launches Ably integration for real-time metrics

Datadog introduced an official integration with Ably, enabling users to send Ably’s real-time usage statistics—such as message counts, channel activity, and connection metrics—directly into Datadog da…

Datadog integrates with Abnormal Security for threat and log monitoring

Datadog introduced an integration with Abnormal Security to collect threat, case, and audit logs via API. The setup requires an Abnormal Security authentication token and a configured log index in Dat…

Datadog expands Active Directory integration with new metrics and service checks

Datadog updated its Active Directory integration to version 4.6.0, adding support for new metrics and service checks. The integration now collects detailed replication, DFSR, and DHCP failover metrics…

Datadog expands ActiveMQ integration with Artemis support and enhanced metrics

Datadog’s ActiveMQ integration now supports ActiveMQ Artemis (future v6) under the `activemq.artemis` namespace, adding 20+ new metrics for brokers, queues, producers, and consumers. The integration r…

Datadog adds ActiveMQ XML integration for real-time monitoring

Datadog introduced an ActiveMQ XML integration enabling real-time collection of metrics from ActiveMQ brokers, queues, producers, and consumers. The integration, included in the Datadog Agent package …

Datadog integrates with Adaptive Shield for SaaS security posture management

Datadog launched an integration with Adaptive Shield to monitor SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) alerts as Datadog Events. The integration enables security teams to track configuration drifts, …

Datadog launches integration for Adobe Experience Manager

Datadog introduced a new integration enabling users to collect Adobe Experience Manager logs to track errors, request response times, and identify poorly performing web pages. The integration requires…

Datadog launches Adyen integration for payment analytics

Datadog introduced a new integration with Adyen to ingest transaction, dispute, and payout data via webhooks for real-time payment analytics. Users can configure the integration to monitor Adyen payme…

Datadog updates Aerospike integration for real-time monitoring

Datadog has updated its Aerospike integration to support real-time collection of cluster and namespace statistics from Aerospike databases. The integration requires Aerospike server v4.9+ and Datadog …

Datadog launches Aerospike Enterprise integration for real-time observability

Datadog introduced a new integration for Aerospike Enterprise, enabling real-time collection of health and performance metrics from Aerospike clusters. The integration provides dashboards for cluster …

Pricing updated for Datadoghq: - Feature Flags: allowance changed from Usage below 1 million monthly flag configuration requests is included at no cost to 1 million MFCRs included at no cost - New tie

Kubernetes

Test network paths with TCP, UDP, and ICMP in Datadog

The product signal latency gap slowing your growth

Pricing updated for Datadoghq: - Code Coverage: annual price $1/mo → $12/mo - Log Management - Standard Indexing: $2.55/mo → Custom pricing - Log Management - Flex Storage: now includes Minimum retent

AWS Compliance using CIS Benchmarks

Datadog announced enhanced Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) capabilities to benchmark AWS environments against CIS benchmarks. The update enables real-time detection of misconfigurations in AW…

Pricing updated for Datadoghq: - Code Coverage: annual price $10/mo → $1/mo - Log Management - Standard Indexing: Custom pricing → $2.55/mo - Log Management - Standard Indexing: added annual billing a

How to investigate cloud credential compromise with Bits AI Security Analyst

Datadog announced a new AI-driven capability for cloud security investigations, enabling security teams to prioritize human judgment by automating time-intensive steps. The solution aims to reduce man…

Turn developer feedback into operational insight with Datadog Forms and Sheets

Datadog introduced Forms and Sheets to collect structured developer feedback directly within its platform, enabling analysis alongside operational data. This allows teams to correlate user insights wi…

Evaluate, optimize, and secure your Google Cloud AI stack with Datadog

Datadog announced a new integration with Google Cloud’s AI stack, enabling teams to evaluate AI agents, optimize GPU and TPU infrastructure, and enhance security monitoring. The collaboration leverage…

Bringing observability data hosting to the UK on AWS

Learn how Datadog’s UK availability zone on AWS enables organizations to host observability data in the UK while maintaining end-to-end visibility across their environments.

End-to-end observability with Datadog's 1,000+ built-in integrations

Datadog highlighted its growing library of integrations across AI/ML, containers, collaboration tools, software delivery, and CDNs, including new support for platforms like OpenAI, Docker, JIRA, GitLa…

Identify and fix code issues faster with Datadog’s Azure DevOps Source Code integration

Datadog announced an integration with Azure DevOps to analyze code health, accelerate troubleshooting, and enforce quality standards across the software delivery lifecycle. The integration enables tea…

Every team should be A/B testing

Read about why A/B testing makes sense for a wide variety of engineering purposes—not just growth and product.

Centralize observability management with Datadog Governance Console

Datadog introduced the Governance Console, a centralized platform for usage insights and automated policy enforcement. The tool aims to reduce operational risk, control costs, and enhance observabilit…

Route OTel data from AI apps to ClickHouse and Datadog using Observability Pipelines

Learn how Datadog Observability Pipelines helps teams transform and normalize logs and metrics from OpenTelemetry.

Spotting CI/CD misconfigurations before the bots do: Securing GitHub Actions with Datadog IaC Security

Use Datadog IaC Security to catch GitHub Actions misconfigurations in the diff, before they reach production.

Manage service tracing across hosts with Single Step Instrumentation rules

Datadog introduced Single Step Instrumentation rules to let users control which services are traced by APM, reducing unnecessary trace data. The feature allows granular selection of services for instr…

Detect runtime threats in Python Lambda functions with Datadog AAP

Datadog has introduced in-process security monitoring for Python AWS Lambda functions through its App and API Protection service, enabling real-time detection of application-level attacks. This enhanc…

Offline evaluation for AI agents: Best practices

Learn how to run offline evaluations to optimize agents in pre-production.

Introducing our open source AI-native SAST

Datadog has introduced an open source Static Application Security Testing (SAST) solution powered by AI to enhance the detection of code vulnerabilities. The tool aims to improve accuracy and efficien…

Platform engineering metrics: What to measure and what to ignore

Learn which platform engineering metrics to collect and how to interpret them to quantify the platform’s impact on software delivery performance.

Not all index scans are equal: How we cut query latency by over 99%

Just because your query uses an index scan doesn't mean it's fast or performant. Learn how misaligned predicates and column order hurt index scan performance and how to detect this pattern using DBM.…

Integrate Recorded Future threat intelligence with Datadog Cloud SIEM

Use the Recorded Future integration and Content Pack to enrich logs, ingest alerts, and prioritize threats in Datadog Cloud SIEM with real-time intelligence.

Instrument and monitor Boomi integration flows with OpenTelemetry and Datadog

Boomi integration flows can now be instrumented using OpenTelemetry and Datadog to collect, correlate, and analyze telemetry data from processes, JVM, and databases. This enhancement enables organizat…

Pricing updated for Datadoghq: - Code Coverage: annual price $1/mo → $10/mo - Log Management - Flex Storage: annual price $0.00625/mo → $0.0625/mo - Log Management - Flex Storage: now includes Minimum

Pricing updated for Datadoghq: - Code Coverage: billing changed from yearly to monthly - Code Coverage: added annual billing at $1/mo - Log Management - Ingest: billing changed from yearly to monthly

Ingress NGINX is EOL: A practical guide for migrating to Kubernetes Gateway API

Datadog has published a guide to help users migrate from Ingress NGINX to Gateway API, emphasizing a structured approach to avoid regressions. The migration involves validation, gradual traffic shifti…

CI/CD security: How to secure your GitHub ecosystem

Learn how to apply a detection-based threat model to secure your GitHub ecosystem by identifying key inputs, identities, and their associated risks.

CI/CD security: threat modeling using a MITRE-style threat matrix

CI/CD pipelines are often an overlooked component of your organization's security trust boundary. Learn how to to anticipate attack vectors targeting your CI/CD and secure it against different risks.…

Operating agentic AI with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and Datadog LLM Observability: Lessons from NTT DATA

NTT DATA has adopted Amazon Bedrock AgentCore to execute agentic AI workflows, leveraging Datadog’s LLM Observability tools to trace, evaluate, and enhance these workflows. The integration enables NTT…

Introducing the Datadog Code Security MCP

Datadog has introduced a new capability called Datadog Code Security MCP, designed to scan AI-generated code for vulnerabilities, exposed secrets, and risky dependencies in real time. This tool integr…

Capture and analyze custom heatmaps in Session Replay

Datadog has introduced a new feature for Session Replay that allows teams to customize heatmap backgrounds, enabling direct control over which UI states are captured and analyzed. This enhancement pro…

How we designed empathetic alert sounds for on-call engineers

Datadog redesigned the sound alerts for its on-call engineering tools to better address the needs of engineers managing incident response. The redesign followed a research-first approach, focusing on …

Search and act across Datadog to resolve issues faster with Bits Assistant

Bits Assistant lets you search, visualize, and take action across Datadog using natural language, without losing context or switching tools.

Monitor ClickHouse query performance with Datadog Database Monitoring

Datadog has introduced a new database monitoring solution specifically for ClickHouse, enabling users to track aggregated query metrics, completed samples, and active queries across all ClickHouse dep…

Understand session replays faster with AI summaries and smart chapters

Datadog introduces AI-powered summaries and smart chapters to enhance user session replay analysis. The new features automatically distill key events from user sessions into concise summaries, enablin…

Pricing updated for Datadoghq: - Infrastructure - Free: billing changed from yearly to monthly

Measure the business impact of every product change with Datadog Experiments

Datadog has introduced a new product called Datadog Experiments, designed to accelerate the process of running reliable product experiments. The tool combines behavioral analytics, performance signals…