Datadog vs Neon
What each one’s own pages state, side by side. Every value is a quote AirStack found on that product’s pages; “Not observed” means AirStack has not found it on that product’s pages.
| Datadog | Neon | |
|---|---|---|
| What it says it does | The integrated platform for monitoring & security datadoghq.com | The backend for apps and agents, built to scale on Lakebase Postgres. neon.com |
| Starting at | Not observed | free plan listed |
| Platforms | Android, iOS datadoghq.com | Not observed |
| Integrations | Ably, Abnormal Security, Active Directory, ActiveMQ, ActiveMQ XML, Adaptive Shield, DNSFilter, Docker Daemon, GitHub, Kubernetes, Slack, MongoDB, MySQL, Postgres, Redis, Terraform datadoghq.com | Datadog, OTel neon.com |
| Compliance | Not observed | CCPA, GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 27001, SOC 2 neon.com |
| Free plan | Not observed | Yes neon.com |
| Plans | Flex, Flex Starter, Ingest, Standard datadoghq.com | Free, Launch, Scale, Agent neon.com |
| Models supported | Claude datadoghq.com | Not observed |
| Pricing basis | Per 500 credits, per month* datadoghq.com | Pay for what you use, not for the infrastructure you might need. neon.com |
| Customers (their claim) | Forbes adopts Datadog to enable observability across its entire technology organization datadoghq.com | Not observed |
Where they differ
- Neon’s pages state a free plan; AirStack has not found that on Datadog’s pages.
- Neon claims GDPR on its own pages; Datadog’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
- Neon claims HIPAA on its own pages; Datadog’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
- Neon claims ISO 27001 on its own pages; Datadog’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
- Neon claims SOC 2 on its own pages; Datadog’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
Prices are list prices as written on each pricing page; check them before you buy. Nothing here is a ranking or a recommendation.