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If you’re here, you’re probably comparing Datadog competitors, maybe researching a Datadog alternative a colleague mentioned to you, or sanity-checking an alternative to Datadog you already had on your shortlist. You won’t be the first. This field guide breaks down the top Datadog alternatives in 2026 with plain-spoken overviews, where each tool fits i.e. observability, application performance management (APM) etc., and what pricing looks like.

It’s late, a critical service is down, and the war room is in chaos. Engineers are digging through logs and deployment histories, asking the same question: “What changed?” This isn’t just a hypothetical nightmare; it’s a scenario our engineers at SolarWinds knew we had to solve for ourselves.

Artificial intelligence is transforming how database teams diagnose and optimize performance. But there’s a pattern behind the most successful outcomes: AI accelerates clarity when it’s built on unified, trustworthy data. Where telemetry is fragmented, siloed, or incomplete, and workflows are reactive, even sophisticated models struggle to produce insights that teams can actually act on.

This is the second blog in a three-part series on the value of SolarWinds^® Observability. In the first part of this series, we explored the substantial return on investment (ROI) that comes from consolidating your monitoring tools into a single, unified observability platform. Cutting tool sprawl can save you hundreds of thousands of dollars annually by lowering software costs, reducing incidents, and slashing resolution times. But there’s a crucial piece of the puzzle we haven’t discussed yet: how you pay for it.

The recent government funding lapse has been resolved, and federal agencies are now operating under a Continuing Resolution (CR) that funds most agencies through January 30, 2026, at Fiscal Year 2024 spending levels. With the immediate crisis averted, federal IT leaders can shift their focus entirely from contingency planning back to mission assurance and operational efficiency.

We get why you’re here. You’re comparing Zendesk competitors and sifting through possible Zendesk alternatives to figure out what fits your stack, budget, and sanity in 2026.

Comparing Splunk competitors? You’re in the right place. This guide covers 16 of the most credible Splunk alternatives—meaning the most practical alternatives to Splunk for 2026.

Today marks the end of a transformative chapter for SolarWinds and the start of our next.

SolarWinds has been named in The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Service Management Platforms, Q4 2025 report, included among only fifteen vendors evaluated globally. The report examines vision, capability, and execution across the growing ESM category.