Comparison

Datadog vs Splunk Observability Cloud

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Datadog

Gain real-time visibility into alerts, incidents, and performance metrics from your mobile device. Quickly respond to critical issues, monitor key data, and manage incidents on the go. Access dashboards, logs, and APM traces anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Real-time alert and incident management
  • Monitor key metrics and dashboards
  • Create and manage incidents on-the-go
  • Search and explore logs in real-time
  • View APM traces and service health
  • Home Screen widget for quick access
Features
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The Datadog mobile app provides real-time visibility into critical alerts, incidents, monitors, dashboards, logs and application performance metrics across your entire environment directly from your iPhone or iPad. Datadog seamlessly integrates with your on-call notification and messaging services so your on-call engineers can quickly evaluate the conditions that triggered an alert, determine its urgency, and decide the next course of action—anywhere, anytime. With Datadog for iOS, you can: - Trigger, respond, and resolve On-Call alerts anywhere: Receive critical push notifications and investigate alerting monitors or active incidents with direct access to monitors and incidents. Additionally, Bits AI SRE accelerates root cause detection. - Monitor key metrics on-the-go: Track performance, SLO, and cloud integrations with full access to your Datadog dashboards and monitors. -Create and manage Incidents from anywhere: Kick off incidents, assemble teams, and manage response workflows without ever having to open your laptop - Add Datadog on your Homescreen: Add Datadog to your Home or Lock Screen for one-tap access to critical metrics and monitors. - Search and explore Logs in real time: Pinpoint issues faster with log search and anomaly detection powered by Watchdog. - View APM traces and service health anytime: Analyze distributed traces and stay on top of application performance wherever you are. A Datadog account is required to use this application. Setup a Datadog account for free at datadoghq.com For more information, see Datadog Mobile App documentation: https://docs.datadoghq.com/mobile/ IMPORTANT NOTICE - PLEASE READ By downloading this app, you agree to comply with the terms and conditions governing the use and operation of this software in the End User License Agreement available at the following link: https://www.datadoghq.com/legal/eula/

About

Splunk Observability Cloud

Access critical system metrics and alerts from your Splunk Observability Cloud instance on the go. Gain situational awareness and conduct high-level investigations before transitioning to desktop tools.

Highlights
  • View, filter, and search dashboards
  • Access active alert details
  • Gain context on triggering conditions
  • Conduct high-level investigations
  • Extend desktop capabilities
Read full description

Splunk Observability Cloud for Mobile is a companion app to the Splunk Observability Cloud platform that extends users capabilities beyond the desktop. Mobile access to check system critical metrics provides increased situational awareness for all team members and encourages passive engagement for relevant users. Using Splunk Observability Cloud for mobile, you can: • View, filter, and search for dashboards and alerts from your Splunk Observability Cloud instance. • Gain context on active alerts such as triggering conditions and detector details. • Conduct high level investigation before transitioning to the Splunk Observability Cloud platform or other relevant tools.

Screenshots

Datadog4 screens
Splunk Observability Cloud4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Datadog at 4.3 against Splunk Observability Cloud's 3.7. Datadog also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 0%) and ratings volume (292 vs 6). Splunk Observability Cloud's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Datadog holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Datadog has 292 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Datadog's written reviews are positive against 0% of Splunk Observability Cloud's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Datadog ships an update every 9 days, Splunk Observability Cloud monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Datadog versus Splunk Observability Cloud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDatadogSplunk Observability Cloud
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (292 ratings) — better3.7 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews37.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings292 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size255 MB163 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDatadog, Inc.Splunk Inc.

Customer experience

Datadog

All ratings292 ratings
Positive79.8%
Neutral5.1%
Negative15.1%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive37.9%
Neutral7.6%
Negative54.5%

Splunk Observability Cloud

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Datadog

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • Login issues
  • In-app browser broken
  • Links not opening correctly
  • Authentication failures
  • App crashes
Show 14 more
  • App not launching after update
  • Dashboards not loading or reloading
  • Widgets not working
  • Monitors showing errors
  • Cannot search with filters
  • Graphs showing incorrect scales
  • Cannot access logs
  • Cannot switch organizations
  • SSO login failures
  • App logs out users unexpectedly
  • Cannot connect to login after logout
  • UI performance issues
  • Dashboards not updating without manual intervention
  • Loading animations that never end

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add volume control for alarms
  • Add RUM Session Replay accessibility
  • Add ability to see traces on mobile
  • Add ability to manually trigger synthetic monitors
  • Add push notification for warning monitors
Show 5 more
  • Add logs feature exposure
  • Add APM views to the app
  • Add widgets for iOS 14
  • Add ability to edit dashboards
  • Add logs feature

Splunk Observability Cloud

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Datadog

No in-app purchases

None

Splunk Observability Cloud

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Datadog free?
Datadog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Splunk Observability Cloud free?
Splunk Observability Cloud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Datadog or Splunk Observability Cloud?
Datadog is rated higher. Datadog averages 4.3 out of 5 from 292 ratings, while Splunk Observability Cloud averages 3.7 from 6 ratings.
Do Datadog or Splunk Observability Cloud have ads?
Neither Datadog nor Splunk Observability Cloud shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Datadog or Splunk Observability Cloud?
Datadog ships an update every 9 days, and Splunk Observability Cloud monthly. Most recently, Datadog was updated on September 21, 2026 and Splunk Observability Cloud on June 1, 2026.

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