Comparison

Splunk On vs Datadog

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

Head to head
About

Splunk On

This app is a collaboration and incident management platform for on-call DevOps teams. It enhances situational awareness and expedites incident resolution with tools for passive expert engagement, improving system uptime and team quality of life.

Highlights
  • Live Timeline of monitoring data
  • Incident alerts via push, SMS, email, phone
  • Acknowledge and resolve incidents from mobile
  • Chat about issues and contribute insights
  • Swap on-call shifts easily
  • View next on-call information
  • Capture resolution details
Features
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Splunk On-Call is a collaboration and incident management platform for on-call DevOps teams. Through a combination of increased situational awareness for all team members and tools that encourage passive engagement from relevant experts, Splunk On-Call expedites incident resolution while improving quality of life for the individuals who keep systems running 24x7. Designed to work in conjunction with the Splunk On-Call service, the iOS application allows on call DevOps teams to: *View a live Timeline of monitoring data that provides ongoing status updates, not just alerts when something goes wrong *Be alerted of Incidents via push notification, SMS, email or phone call *View, Acknowledge and Resolve incidents in your monitoring system from your mobile device *Acknowledge and Resolve incidents directly from push notifications without launching app *View contact information and team member presence directly in the application *Chat about issues and contribute insights, even if you’re not on call *Swap on-call with the click of a button *Next on-call information readily available within the app, and using our Today Widget. *Capture resolution details to expedite future remediation and build team intelligence around healthy system behavior *Universal app works on iPad and iPhone A Splunk On-Call account is required to use this application.

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

Splunk On4 screens
Datadog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Datadog at 4.3 against Splunk On's 2.5. Datadog also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (292 vs 15). 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 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Datadog has 292 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Splunk On's written reviews are positive against 38% of Datadog's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Splunk On ships an update every 6 weeks, Datadog every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Splunk On versus Datadog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSplunk OnDatadog
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (15 ratings)4.3 (292 ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.3% of reviews37.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15292 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB255 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVictorOps, Inc.Datadog, Inc.

Customer experience

Splunk On

All ratings15 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive27.3%
Neutral10.9%
Negative61.8%

Datadog

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

Bugs and requests

Splunk On

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

Splunk On

No in-app purchases

None

Datadog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Splunk On free?
Splunk On 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, Splunk On or Datadog?
Datadog is rated higher. Splunk On averages 2.5 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Datadog averages 4.3 from 292 ratings.
Do Splunk On or Datadog have ads?
Neither Splunk On nor Datadog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Splunk On or Datadog?
Splunk On ships an update every 6 weeks, and Datadog every 9 days. Most recently, Splunk On was updated on September 20, 2026 and Datadog on September 21, 2026.

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