Our take
Pick Datadog if ops / app teams who will stay on Infrastructure Free (up to 5 hosts) while they open a first Trace Explorer list, then buy Infra Pro at $15 / host / month when they need longer retention — and APM at $36 / host / month standalone when they instrument traces. Pick Rollbar if app teams who will stay on Free at $0 (5K occurrences + 1K sessions / month, 30-day retention) while they open a first Items
Best for
Datadog Spans you search at a public $
Rollbar A grouped error you bill at a public $
Free plan
Datadog No free plan
Rollbar $0 · / month. 5K occurrences. 1K sessions. 30-day retention. Unlimited projects and users
Lowest paid
Datadog Infrastructure Pro $15
Rollbar
Next step up
Datadog APM (standalone) $36/mo yearly
Rollbar
Runs where
Datadog Hosted
Rollbar Hosted
Watch out
Datadog $15 is per host, not a seat
Rollbar Free stops at 5K occurrences
Last checked
Datadog 2026-10-23 · datadoghq.com/pricing
Rollbar 2026-10-23 · rollbar.com/pricing
ops / app teams who will stay on Infrastructure Free (up to 5 hosts) while they open a first Trace Explorer list, then buy Infra Pro at $15 / host / month when they need longer retention — and APM at $36 / host / month standalone when they instrument traces.
Read the Datadog pageapp teams who will stay on Free at $0 (5K occurrences + 1K sessions / month, 30-day retention) while they open a first Items list, then a paid usage tile when 5K is tight.
Read the Rollbar page
