Monitoring & Observability · reliability comparison
Datadog vs PagerDuty: which is more reliable? (2026)
Datadog is more reliable than PagerDuty, scoring 82.1 vs 76.8 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Datadog reported 10 incidents and PagerDuty reported 12, with effective uptime of 99.81% and 99.76% respectively. PagerDuty resolves incidents faster on average (52m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Datadog | PagerDuty |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 82.1 | 76.8 |
| Rank (monitoring & observability tools) | #8 | #10 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.81% | 99.76% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 10 | 12 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 11 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 36m | 52m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Datadog and PagerDuty differ
- PagerDuty reported 20% more incidents than Datadog over the last 90 days (12 vs 10).
- PagerDuty had 11 partial or major outages, compared with 2 for Datadog.
- PagerDuty fixes problems faster: 52m on average, against 1h 36m for Datadog.
- Datadog's longest outage on record lasted 14h 1m (May 8, 2026); PagerDuty's lasted 3h 20m (Aug 7, 2026).
90-day uptime
Datadog
PagerDuty
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
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
Recent PagerDuty incidents
- Partial outageOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 34m
Issue Resolved - Delays Across the PagerDuty Platform
Affected: Voice (US), SMS (US), Push (US), Email (US), Webhooks (US)
- Partial outageOct 19, 2026 · resolved in 1h 46m
Issue Resolved - Delays Across the PagerDuty Platform
Affected: SMS (US), Voice (US), Push (US), Email (US), Incident Workflows (US), Slack (US) +8 more
- Degraded performanceOct 14, 2026 · resolved in 17m
Issue Resolved - Delayed escalation of incidents and responder request invitations
- Partial outageSep 27, 2026 · resolved in 14m
Event Processing, Notification, and Platform Functionality Issues
Affected: Events API (US), Incident Workflows (US), SMS (US), Voice (US), Email (US), Push (US) +3 more
- Partial outageSep 25, 2026 · resolved in 1h 18m
Issue Identified - Incident Workflows experiencing delays
Affected: Incident Workflows (US), Incident Workflows (EU)
- Partial outageSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 56m
Other monitoring & observability tools to consider
- Rollbar · #1 · 99.98% uptime
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- Checkly · #3 · 99.96% uptime
- UptimeRobot · #4 · 99.94% uptime
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