Monitoring & Observability · reliability comparison
Better Stack vs Datadog: which is more reliable? (2026)
Datadog is more reliable than Better Stack, scoring 82.1 vs 64.7 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Better Stack reported 5 incidents and Datadog reported 10, with effective uptime of 99.61% and 99.81% respectively. Datadog resolves incidents faster on average (1h 36m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Better Stack | Datadog |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 64.7 | 82.1 |
| Rank (monitoring & observability tools) | #12 | #8 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.61% | 99.81% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 5 | 10 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 2 |
| Avg time to resolve | 18h 4m | 1h 36m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Better Stack and Datadog differ
- Datadog reported 2× as many incidents as Better Stack over the last 90 days (10 vs 5).
- Datadog had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Better Stack.
- Datadog fixes problems faster: 1h 36m on average, against 18h 4m for Better Stack (11.2× quicker).
- Better Stack's longest outage on record lasted 2h (Jun 15, 2026); Datadog's lasted 14h 1m (May 8, 2026).
90-day uptime
Better Stack
Datadog
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Better Stack incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 39m
- Degraded performanceSep 4, 2026 · resolved in 2d 5h
- Degraded performanceSep 3, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceAug 27, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Maintenance: Migrating some Telemetry sources to new infrastructure
- Major outageAug 20, 2026 · resolved in 9m
Recent Datadog incidents
- Partial outageOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 2h 29m
Metrics query are disruptedofficial update ↗
Affected: APM, Cloud Cost Management, Product Analytics, Cloud Network Monitoring, RUM, Bits AI +2 more
- Major outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 57m
Elevated Error Rates for Workflow Automation, App Builder, Bits Code, Bits Agent Builderofficial update ↗
Affected: App Builder, Workflow Automation, Bits AI
- Degraded performanceOct 2, 2026 · resolved in 2h 16m
Affected: RUM
- Degraded performanceSep 30, 2026 · resolved in 48m
Affected: Error Tracking, APM, CI Visibility, Cloud Network Monitoring, RUM
- Degraded performanceSep 25, 2026 · resolved in 27m
Users are unable to acknowledge, escalate, or resolve On-Call Pages
Affected: Incident Response
- Degraded performanceSep 21, 2026 · resolved in 46m
Delayed Monitors Notifications
Affected: Monitors
Other monitoring & observability tools to consider
- Rollbar · #1 · 99.98% uptime
- incident.io · #2 · 99.97% uptime
- Checkly · #3 · 99.96% uptime
- UptimeRobot · #4 · 99.95% uptime
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