# Datadog vs Grafana — Fit & Features

Canonical: https://trutool.co/compare/datadog-vs-grafana
Author: Sandeep (https://trutool.co/authors/sandeep)

Compare Datadog and Grafana by use case, features, limitations, and evaluation questions.

## Compare fit, features, and limitations

### Datadog
Infrastructure monitoring and observability.
Best fit: Engineering and operations teams considering Datadog for this job: Infrastructure monitoring and observability.
- Infrastructure monitoring and observability
Before you choose: Test signal coverage, alert noise, retention, incident handoffs, and usage-based billing in the exact plan you intend to use.
Pricing: https://www.datadoghq.com
- [Read Datadog profile](https://trutool.co/tools/datadog): Read Datadog profile

### Grafana
Observability dashboards and monitoring.
Best fit: Engineering and operations teams considering Grafana for this job: Observability dashboards and monitoring.
- Observability dashboards and monitoring
Before you choose: Test signal coverage, alert noise, retention, incident handoffs, and usage-based billing in the exact plan you intend to use.
Pricing: https://grafana.com
- [Read Grafana profile](https://trutool.co/tools/grafana): Read Grafana profile