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Datadog LLM Observability

LLM and agent tracing inside the Datadog APM suite, attractive to teams already standardized on Datadog for infrastructure monitoring.

CategoryObservability & Tracing
OpenTelemetry-nativeYes — no proprietary-SDK lock-in
Open sourceNo
Self-hostableNo
Pricing modelpaid
Pricing notesFree up to 40k LLM spans/mo; Pro from ~$160/mo incl. 100k LLM spans, billed per span thereafter
Framework integrationsopenai-sdk, anthropic, langchain, amazon-bedrock, opentelemetry
Funding / ownershipPublic company (NASDAQ: DDOG)

Pricing/feature source: https://docs.datadoghq.com/llm_observability/monitoring/cost/

Frequently asked questions

Is Datadog LLM Observability open source?

No — Datadog LLM Observability is a proprietary/commercial product.

Can I self-host Datadog LLM Observability?

No — Datadog LLM Observability is cloud-only; there is no self-hosted deployment.

Is Datadog LLM Observability OpenTelemetry-native?

Yes — Datadog LLM Observability speaks OpenTelemetry (OTLP) natively, so there is no proprietary-SDK lock-in.

How much does Datadog LLM Observability cost?

Paid. Free up to 40k LLM spans/mo; Pro from ~$160/mo incl. 100k LLM spans, billed per span thereafter