Comparison

Applications Manager vs Datadog

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

Head to head
About

Applications Manager

Monitor application performance and observability from anywhere. Get instant alerts for critical incidents and deep insights into your entire application stack, from backend databases to websites. Empower IT and DevOps teams to automate and troubleshoot effectively.

Highlights
  • Monitor 150+ technologies
  • Deep APM and byte-code instrumentation
  • Infrastructure and hybrid cloud monitoring
  • Digital experience monitoring
  • Real-time push notifications
  • Personalized dashboards and widgets
Features
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You need to run ManageEngine Applications Manager server to work with this app. Application performance monitoring and observability ManageEngine Applications Manager is your all-in-one enterprise solution for application performance monitoring and observability. Monitor 150+ technologies, on-premise and in the cloud. With deep APM, byte-code instrumentation, infrastructure, hybrid cloud, and digital experience monitoring, empower IT, DevOps, and SRE teams to automate, troubleshoot, and drive business success. Empower your team with the ManageEngine Applications Manager iOS app - your go-to solution for application performance monitoring. Access and oversee your applications from anywhere, and receive instant alerts on your iPhone or iPad for critical incidents affecting your application ecosystem. Take control of your business-critical applications, anytime, anywhere. With the Applications Manager mobile app, you can: • Monitor both traditional (IBM AS400, Tomcat, Windows, SAP) and modern applications (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift) from a single console. • From your backend database to your website, get an overview of the health, availability, and performance of all the applications running in your infrastructure. • Enable secure application monitoring with two-factor authentication. • Stay informed with instant push notifications on your iPhone and always stay aware of business-critical incidents in your application stack. • Classify alerts based on severity. Track outages instantly and ensure minimal resolution time. • Get to the root cause of issues precisely, quickly and avoid alert storms. • Tailor your monitoring experience with personalized dashboards and widgets, allowing you to focus on the specific metrics and data that matter most to your organization. Note: You need to run ManageEngine Applications Manager to work with this app. If you don't have Applications Manager yet, you can download from https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/download.html

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/

Screenshots

Applications Manager4 screens
Datadog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Datadog at 37% against Applications Manager's 0%. Datadog also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (293 vs 11). Applications Manager's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 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 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Datadog has 293 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Applications Manager's written reviews are positive against 37% of Datadog's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Applications Manager ships an update every 3 weeks, Datadog every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Applications Manager versus Datadog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApplications ManagerDatadog
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (11 ratings)4.3 (293 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews36.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11293 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB257 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZoho CorporationDatadog, Inc.

Customer experience

Applications Manager

All ratings11 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Datadog

All ratings293 ratings
Positive79.5%
Neutral5.1%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive36.8%
Neutral7.4%
Negative55.9%

Bugs and requests

Applications Manager

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or 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

In-app purchases

None

Applications Manager

No in-app purchases

None

Datadog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Applications Manager free?
Applications Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Datadog free?
Datadog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Applications Manager or Datadog?
Datadog is rated higher. Applications Manager averages 3.8 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Datadog averages 4.3 from 293 ratings.
Do Applications Manager or Datadog have ads?
Neither Applications Manager nor Datadog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Applications Manager or Datadog?
Applications Manager ships an update every 3 weeks, and Datadog every 9 days. Most recently, Applications Manager was updated on October 1, 2026 and Datadog on October 14, 2026.

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