Monitoring & Observability · reliability comparison
Datadog vs PagerDuty: which is more reliable? (2026)
PagerDuty is more reliable than Datadog, scoring 90.0 vs 82.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Datadog reported 10 incidents and PagerDuty reported 0, with effective uptime of 99.81% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Datadog | PagerDuty |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 82.1 | 90.0 |
| Rank (monitoring & observability tools) | #8 | — |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.81% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 10 | 0 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 36m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 50/100 |
Where Datadog and PagerDuty differ
- PagerDuty reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Datadog reported 10.
- Datadog had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for PagerDuty.
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
No incidents reported by PagerDuty in the last 90 days.
Other monitoring & observability tools to consider
- Rollbar · #1 · 99.98% uptime
- incident.io · #2 · 99.97% uptime
- New Relic · #3 · 99.93% uptime
- Checkly · #4 · 99.96% uptime
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