Monitoring & Observability · reliability comparison
Datadog vs Sentry: which is more reliable? (2026)
Datadog is more reliable than Sentry, scoring 82.1 vs 54.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Datadog reported 10 incidents and Sentry reported 23, with effective uptime of 99.81% and 98.93% respectively. Datadog resolves incidents faster on average (1h 36m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Datadog | Sentry |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 82.1 | 54.9 |
| Rank (monitoring & observability tools) | #8 | #13 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.81% | 98.93% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 10 | 23 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 15 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 36m | 2h 21m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Datadog and Sentry differ
- Sentry reported 2.3× as many incidents as Datadog over the last 90 days (23 vs 10).
- Sentry had 15 partial or major outages, compared with 2 for Datadog.
- Datadog fixes problems faster: 1h 36m on average, against 2h 21m for Sentry.
- Datadog's longest outage on record lasted 14h 1m (May 8, 2026); Sentry's lasted 6h 18m (Aug 27, 2026).
90-day uptime
Datadog
Sentry
- 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 Sentry incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 21m
Increased latency processing integration webhooks
Affected: Slack, Integration Pipeline
- Major outageOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 1h
- Partial outageOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 3h 18m
- Major outageOct 19, 2026 · resolved in 53m
- Partial outageOct 14, 2026 · resolved in 2h 34m
- Major outageOct 6, 2026 · resolved in 42m
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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