Monitoring & Observability · reliability comparison
Datadog vs Rollbar: which is more reliable? (2026)
Rollbar is more reliable than Datadog, scoring 96.1 vs 82.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Datadog reported 10 incidents and Rollbar reported 3, with effective uptime of 99.81% and 99.98% respectively. Rollbar resolves incidents faster on average (37m).
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Datadog | Rollbar |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 82.1 | 96.1 |
| Rank (monitoring & observability tools) | #8 | #1 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.81% | 99.98% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 10 | 3 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 36m | 37m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Datadog and Rollbar differ
- Datadog reported 3.3× as many incidents as Rollbar over the last 90 days (10 vs 3).
- Datadog had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Rollbar.
- Rollbar fixes problems faster: 37m on average, against 1h 36m for Datadog (2.6× quicker).
- Datadog's longest outage on record lasted 14h 1m (May 8, 2026); Rollbar's lasted 12h 9m (May 18, 2026).
90-day uptime
Datadog
Rollbar
- 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 Rollbar incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 13m
Increased occurrence processing pipeline latency
Affected: Proguard processing pipeline, Core Processing Pipeline, iOS Symbolication processing pipeline, Source map processing pipeline
- MaintenanceOct 23, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: Proguard processing pipeline, Core Processing Pipeline, Web Application (app.rollbar.com), iOS Symbolication processing pipeline, Source map processing pipeline, API Tier (api.rollbar.com)
- MaintenanceOct 18, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: Homepage (rollbar.com), Core Processing Pipeline, Web Application (app.rollbar.com), iOS Symbolication processing pipeline, Source map processing pipeline, API Tier (api.rollbar.com) +1 more
- MaintenanceOct 14, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: Core Processing Pipeline, Web Application (app.rollbar.com), iOS Symbolication processing pipeline, Source map processing pipeline, API Tier (api.rollbar.com), Proguard processing pipeline
- MaintenanceSep 23, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: Proguard processing pipeline, Homepage (rollbar.com), Core Processing Pipeline, Web Application (app.rollbar.com), iOS Symbolication processing pipeline, Source map processing pipeline +1 more
- MaintenanceSep 21, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: Homepage (rollbar.com), Core Processing Pipeline, Web Application (app.rollbar.com), iOS Symbolication processing pipeline, Source map processing pipeline, API Tier (api.rollbar.com) +1 more
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