Datadog
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Datadog is the premium all-in-one observability platform that enterprise teams buy when they want metrics, logs, traces, APM, and security monitoring from one vendor with one beautiful dashboard. The sales team is legendary. The invoices are also legendary. You'll gaslight yourself into thinking it's worth the cost.
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