Monitoring & Observability · reliability comparison
Datadog vs Splunk Observability Cloud: which is more reliable? (2026)
Datadog is more reliable than Splunk Observability Cloud, scoring 82.1 vs 77.7 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Datadog reported 10 incidents and Splunk Observability Cloud reported 13, with effective uptime of 99.81% and 99.74% respectively. Datadog resolves incidents faster on average (1h 36m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Datadog | Splunk Observability Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 82.1 | 77.7 |
| Rank (monitoring & observability tools) | #8 | #9 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.81% | 99.74% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 10 | 13 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 3 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 36m | 2h 7m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Datadog and Splunk Observability Cloud differ
- Splunk Observability Cloud reported 30% more incidents than Datadog over the last 90 days (13 vs 10).
- Splunk Observability Cloud had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 2 for Datadog.
- Datadog fixes problems faster: 1h 36m on average, against 2h 7m for Splunk Observability Cloud.
- Datadog's longest outage on record lasted 14h 1m (May 8, 2026); Splunk Observability Cloud's lasted 7h 54m (Apr 25, 2026).
90-day uptime
Datadog
Splunk Observability Cloud
- 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 Splunk Observability Cloud incidents
- InformationalOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 52m
Performance degradation with apm code profiling
Affected: Splunk AlwaysOn Profiling API
- InformationalOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 15h 23m
Degraded AWS CloudWatch Metadata Integration
Affected: Splunk CloudWatch Metric Streams
- Partial outageOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 1h 34m
Splunk APM Trace Data Ingestion Delayed
Affected: Splunk APM Ingest, Splunk APM Trace Data
- Degraded performanceOct 15, 2026 · resolved in 2h 24m
Splunk Observability Cloud Web Interface Degradation
Affected: Splunk Observability Cloud Web Interface
- Partial outageOct 11, 2026 · resolved in 1h 25m
Charts not Loading for Some Customers
Affected: Splunk Observability Cloud Web Interface
- Degraded performanceOct 3, 2026 · resolved in 58m
Splunk Observability Synthetic Metric may be missing
Affected: Splunk Synthetics Monitoring Results processing
Other monitoring & observability tools to consider
- Rollbar · #1 · 99.98% uptime
- incident.io · #2 · 99.97% uptime
- Checkly · #3 · 99.96% uptime
- New Relic · #4 · 99.92% uptime
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