Datadog log economics without the bloat.
50%
This includes pre-ingestion filtering, log-to-metric conversion, sampling, deduplication, and payload trimming.
Advanced inputs
Throughput-based bill estimate: $3,476 (34,761.43 GB/month)
Estimated volume
2.83 TB/day
Estimated from invoice or advanced throughput inputs.
Recommended plan
Growth
Up to 5 TB/day
LogTrim cost used
$599/mo
Flat monthly shared-plan price.
Net annual savings after LogTrim cost
$43,812
That's a 6.1x return on the recommended LogTrim plan.
Current monthly Datadog bill: $8,500
Recoverable Datadog spend: $4,250
Datadog spend after LogTrim reduction: $4,250
Recommended LogTrim plan: Growth ($599/mo)
Projected total with LogTrim: $4,849
Net monthly savings after LogTrim cost: $3,651
Plan recommendation is estimated from bill size and the configured Datadog cost per GB, or from advanced throughput inputs when enabled. Shared-plan limits are measured against ingress or egress, whichever is reached first.