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The Open Source Datadog alternative

Session replay of your frontend, fullstack error monitoring, and powerful logging.
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Highlight.io vs Datadog

A detailed comparison of Datadog and Highlight.io
General
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Unlimited Team Members
Support Ticket Integrations
Self-hosted Options
Analytics Integrations
Self-serve Setup
Session Replay
Session Commenting
Heatmaps
Session Sharing
Privacy SDKs
Embedded, fullstack error monitoring
Canvas & WebGL Recording
Shadow DOM Recording
Error Monitoring
Embedded Session Replay
Error Sharing
Support for Backend SDKs
Agent-less architecture
Logging
Frontend logging
Backend logging
Embedded replay and stacktraces
Agent-less architecture

What makes us different?

Highlight.io is open source and transparent
Highlight.io is built with transparency at its core, with a permissive license. Not only do we work in the open, but we also expose what we're working on, on our roadmap. The fact that Highlight.io is open source also makes it easy to integrate and build your own tools on-top of it, an advantage closed-source products like Datadog can't offer.
Highlight.io constantly ships new features
At Highlight.io, we ship quickly. We update our changelog with a recap of new features biweekly, and we share when these features are completed in our public roadmap. Plus, our community keeps pushing us to do more, so we're constantly adding new integrations. We work hard to keep Highlight.io ahead of the curve, and we're not afraid to show off our secret sauce.
Full-stack Observability
While Datadog provides a comprehensive set of separate features for observability, it does not support full-stack observability. Highlight.io enables teams to monitor and optimize their entire tech stack, pairing server-side infrastructure with your frontend web application. This makes Highlight.io a more comprehensive solution for developers who need to monitor their entire tech stack, in a simple, easy to implement solution.
Pricing
Datadog's pricing structure is based on the number of hosts you have, the amount of data you ingest, and the amount of data you retain. This can make it difficult to predict your monthly bill. Highlight.io's pricing is based entirely on your usage with a straightforward retention multiplier, and you can find more details on our pricing page.
Agent-less Architecture
Datadog's architecture requires you to install an agent on your server. This can be a pain to install and maintain. Highlight.io's architecture is agent-less and requires no installation, but in the case that you want to install an agent long-term, we have an open-source agent/collector that you can install on your servers.

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Our customers

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Max Musing

Highlight helps us catch bugs that would otherwise go undetected and makes it easy to replicate and debug them.

Max Musing
Max Musing, Founder & CEO
Lorilyn McCue

Before Highlight, I was flying blind, but now I can see exactly where users are succeeding, failing, and running into issues.

Lorilyn McCue
Lorilyn McCue, Head of Product
Kai Hess

Highlight weaves together the incredible, varied, and complex interactions of our users into something understandable and actionable.

Kai Hess
Kai Hess, Founding Product Designer
Meryl Dakin

I love Highlight because not only does it help me debug more quickly, but it gives me insight into how customers are actually using our product.

Meryl Dakin
Meryl Dakin, Founding Software Engineer
Neil Raina

Highlight has helped us win over several customers by making it possible for us to provide hands-on support, based on a detailed understanding of what each user was doing.

Neil Raina
Neil Raina, CTO
Max Musing

Highlight helps us catch bugs that would otherwise go undetected and makes it easy to replicate and debug them.

Max Musing
Max Musing, Founder & CEO
Lorilyn McCue

Before Highlight, I was flying blind, but now I can see exactly where users are succeeding, failing, and running into issues.

Lorilyn McCue
Lorilyn McCue, Head of Product
Kai Hess

Highlight weaves together the incredible, varied, and complex interactions of our users into something understandable and actionable.

Kai Hess
Kai Hess, Founding Product Designer
Meryl Dakin

I love Highlight because not only does it help me debug more quickly, but it gives me insight into how customers are actually using our product.

Meryl Dakin
Meryl Dakin, Founding Software Engineer
Neil Raina

Highlight has helped us win over several customers by making it possible for us to provide hands-on support, based on a detailed understanding of what each user was doing.

Neil Raina
Neil Raina, CTO
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