Synthetic Monitoring - API and Browser Testing

Datadog Synthetic Monitoring is a proactive monitoring solution that enables you to create code-free API, browser, and mobile tests to automatically simulate user flows and requests to your applications, key endpoints, and network layers. Quickly detect user-facing issues and jump-start system-wide investigations so you can optimize performance and achieve reliable user experiences.

Proactively monitor end-to-end user flows with browser tests

Easily create tests with customized assertions using our fully hosted codeless web recorder
Reduce false alarms and alert fatigue with automatic detection of UI changes and updating of tests
Visualize user flows with step-by-step screenshots and Session Replay, and add key context with relevant network and performance metrics

Capture critical transactions with Datadog’s code-free, fully hosted web recorder.

Track endpoint health and performance with API tests

Validate all layers of your systems (HTTP, gRPC, SSL, DNS, WebSocket, TCP, UDP, and ICMP) from global managed and private locations
View a breakdown of network timing data for faster root cause analysis
Verify key user flows at the API level by chaining API requests together in multistep tests

View a Datadog API test result and view detailed metrics to understand global performance.

Gain actionable insights into your testing strategy

Assess your overall HTTP testing coverage with the Datadog API Catalog and quickly create API tests for any untested endpoints with a single click
Identify the most used untested web actions based on real user interactions and create relevant tests to eliminate gaps in your browser testing coverage
Increase testing efficiency and comprehensiveness with AI-Generated Synthetics, which intelligently identifies business-critical flows and creates the right tests for you in seconds through an intuitive chat UI

Incorporate Synthetic tests in your CI pipelines for early issue detection and remediation.

One suite for all testing needs

Incorporate end-to-end tests into your CI pipelines for early issue detection, prevention, and remediation for web and mobile applications
Use our integrations with popular CI providers (GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, CircleCI, Azure DevOps) and collaboration tools (Slack, Jira) to merge workflows and avoid context-switching
Streamline collaboration by eliminating the need for teams to maintain separate testing scenarios, helping improve efficiency, release velocity, and business agility

Increase efficiency through seamless integrations

Reduce mean time to resolution with full-stack visibility

Gain the full context for troubleshooting failed tests—without switching between tools—through correlated metrics, traces, logs, and session replays surfaced by Datadog APM and RUM integration
Visualize application uptime and performance data alongside key business metrics, helping you track your SLAs and SLOs
Gain deep visibility into your internet stack—including CDNs, SaaS APIs, cloud providers, and networks—to pinpoint issues and eliminate unnecessary troubleshooting cycles

Results from a browser test correlated with backend data: trace, metrics, logs, and more.

One thing that excites me about Synthetic Monitoring is the ability to automate our browser testing and continuously monitor for errors in our application.

Adam Savitzsky Staff Software Engineer, Carta

We were getting less than 60% coverage with our previous synthetic monitoring stack. Migrating to Datadog was a lightbulb moment for us, because we realized that we'd finally be able to get 100% coverage of our environment.

John Gerhardt Engineering Director, Compass

Adding Datadog synthetic browser tests to our CI pipelines was a big game changer for us. Developers are no longer avoiding production changes. They're now deploying with confidence.

Viljami Kuosmanen Head of Engineering, epilot.cloud

By proactively testing endpoints with Synthetic Monitoring, and monitoring errors and latency on real-time traces with APM, Vidio can stream to their viewers with confidence and consistency.

Ismail Hasbullah Head of Operations, Vidio

After just two weeks of usage, we had three instances where Datadog Synthetic Monitoring immediately notified us of a problem stemming from an internal private location. We were able to restore functionality before any users were impacted.

Matt Farley Senior IT Production Support Specialist, Asian Development Bank

Customer Testimonials

One thing that excites me about Synthetic Monitoring is the ability to automate our browser testing and continuously monitor for errors in our application.

Adam Savitzsky

Staff Software Engineer, Carta

John Gerhardt

Engineering Director, Compass

Adding Datadog synthetic browser tests to our CI pipelines was a big game changer for us. Developers are no longer avoiding production changes. They're now deploying with confidence.

Viljami Kuosmanen

Head of Engineering, epilot.cloud

By proactively testing endpoints with Synthetic Monitoring, and monitoring errors and latency on real-time traces with APM, Vidio can stream to their viewers with confidence and consistency.