Metrics | Datadog

Now all of the teams have the insight they need to test and troubleshoot operational and performance issues before and during production rollouts. This has also helped the teams work better together, and has made each team more accountable.

Darío Simonassi

Architecture Manager, MercadoLibre

The custom metrics we were tracking to understand usage patterns were incredibly easy to bring into Datadog since we were already using StatsD.

SeungYong Oh

VP of Engineering, Devsisters

Feature Overview

Datadog brings together all your metrics into a unified platform that is built for scale. With Datadog, you can alert on, correlate, and visualize all your metrics for proactive monitoring, rapid troubleshooting, and advanced analysis. On top of that, Datadog retains every metric for 15 months at 15-second granularity by default, so you always have the information you need to make data-driven decisions.

Monitor every metric across your stack in seconds

Track metrics from 850+ integrations with out-of-the-box dashboards and monitors and supplement them with custom metrics unique to your business
Generate custom metrics from logs, spans, events, and processes for a cost-effective way to analyze your telemetry at scale
Fill in gaps in your data and correct erroneous values using Historical Metrics Ingestion to maintain a complete and accurate archive

Eliminate blind spots and troubleshoot faster in a unified platform

Create SLOs and set up monitors on any business-critical metric to spot issues before they affect customers
Take action proactively with the help of Watchdog, which automatically surfaces metrics outliers and anomalies and forecasts trends
Uncover root causes with automated metric correlation and seamless pivoting between metrics, logs, and traces through unified tags

Run advanced analysis at scale on deep, granular metrics data

Analyze historical trends and forecast future capacity needs with metrics retained for 15 months at 15-second granularity
Slice-and-dice metrics with tags, transform them with 50+ built-in functions, and visualize them using 30+ drag-and-drop widgets
Summarize behavior across your entire infrastructure using distribution metrics for globally accurate percentiles

Collaborate effectively on a single platform anyone can use

Provide an unlimited number of users access to an intuitive interface that requires no query language or specialized training
Drive alignment by visualizing business metrics alongside observability data in dashboards built from drag-and-drop widgets
Provide fine-tuned access to the exact resources people need with Datadog Teams to enhance visibility and alignment

The Datadog Teams page shows relevant assets, services, monitors, incidents, and links.

Optimize cost and coverage with comprehensive governance tools

Maintain full visibility at the granularity you need while staying within budget by using Metrics without Limits™ to decouple ingestion and indexing cost
View usage in real-time and receive alerts on anomalous spikes to optimize high cardinality metrics and prevent runaway costs
Control costs by configuring low value tags and metrics that aren’t actively queried or used in assets

Tags and aggregations configured using Metrics without Limits to lower the volume of indexed custom metrics.

Product Brief: Datadog Metrics

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Resources

IN THE WILD

Lucid: Building a collaborative culture with Datadog

EBOOK

Business Observability with Custom Metrics

EBOOK

How to Prioritize Metrics as an E-commerce CTO

OFFICIAL DOCS

Custom Metrics Governance

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