App errors, logs, and traces. On one plan.

Q: Is Squasher a full Datadog replacement?

No. Datadog also covers infrastructure at scale, security, synthetic tests, database monitoring, and more. Squasher covers application errors, logs, traces, session replay, uptime, and AI triage. You can keep Datadog for infrastructure and use Squasher to debug the app.

Q: Can Squasher receive logs from Datadog?

Yes. Create a Datadog Agent or Datadog HTTP connector in Squasher, then forward JSON logs from the Agent or a Datadog pipeline with the connector key. Keep the service, env, and host tags so searches stay familiar.

Q: How does Datadog Error Tracking pricing compare?

Datadog lists Error Tracking at $25 a month for the first 50,000 errors on annual billing, then a rate per 1,000 errors. Squasher counts errors in its telemetry GB allowance, from 10 GB a month on the free plan, and paid plans start at $29 a month. Checked 2026-10-20.

Q: Can Datadog monitors still open incidents in Squasher?

Yes. A Datadog monitors source turns Datadog webhook alerts into Squasher incidents. Firing, renotify, and recovery keep one incident, so one set of notification routes covers both tools.

Q: Does Squasher accept OpenTelemetry?

Yes. Send logs, traces, and metrics over OTLP/HTTP to https://ingest.squasher.ai with an x-squasher-key header. A span that ends with an error status is recorded as an error.

Q: Does Squasher monitor hosts?

Squasher Collector sends CPU, memory, disk, network, and optional Docker container metrics over OpenTelemetry. It is a small agent for your app's hosts, not a replacement for Datadog's infrastructure products.

Datadog prices error tracking, logs, APM hosts, and session replay one product at a time. Squasher puts the app-debugging part on one monthly plan, with AI triage included.

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Datadog and Squasher, signal by signal, from public pages checked 2026-10-20.
Signal	Datadog	Squasher
Error tracking	Costs extra: Per 1K errors	Included: Plan allowance
Logs	Costs extra: Per GB, plus indexing	Included: Plan allowance
Traces	Costs extra: Per APM host	Included: OTLP traces
Session replay	Costs extra: RUM add-on	Included: Plan allowance
Infrastructure	Costs extra: Per host	Partly: Host and Docker metrics
Security	Costs extra: SIEM, code security	Not offered or not listed: Not offered

IncludedCosts extraPartlyNot offered or not listedChecked 2026-10-20.

Datadog runs the platform. Squasher debugs the app.

You can keep both. The question is where app errors, and the logs around them, should live.

Datadog

Pick Datadog when

You monitor hosts, containers, and cloud services across many teams.
You need APM with host-level detail, a continuous profiler, or database monitoring.
Your security team already works in Datadog Cloud SIEM or Code Security.
You want synthetic tests, RUM, and product analytics in the same account.

Squasher

Pick Squasher when

Your pain is app errors and the logs around them, not host metrics.
You want one monthly price that includes errors, telemetry, replay, and monitor checks.
You want AI triage on every plan, and fix pull requests on Team and up.
You want to start by mirroring one Datadog log stream, with no code change.

Datadog and Squasher for app errors.

Only the parts an app-debugging setup uses. Datadog has many more products than this.

Error tracking

Datadog: Groups errors from APM, RUM, and logs
Squasher: Groups SDK, Sentry SDK, and OTLP errors

Logs

Datadog: Ingest per GB; index per million, 3 to 30 days
Squasher: SDK logs, OTLP, drains, and Datadog forwarding

APM and traces

Datadog: Full APM, priced per host
Squasher: OTLP traces linked to errors by trace ID

Session replay

Datadog: RUM add-on, priced per 1,000 sessions
Squasher: Browser SDK replay on every plan

Infrastructure

Datadog: Per-host infrastructure monitoring
Squasher: Host and Docker metrics from Squasher Collector

Profiling and databases

Datadog: Yes
Squasher: No

Security products

Datadog: Yes
Squasher: No

Uptime checks

Datadog: Synthetic Monitoring
Squasher: Uptime monitors and heartbeat URLs

On-call and status pages

Datadog: On-Call and Incident Management, priced per seat
Squasher: Incidents and status pages in each plan; on-call in beta

AI on errors

Datadog: AI insights and issue classification
Squasher: AI triage on every plan

Billing

Datadog: Per product; annual, monthly, or on-demand rates
Squasher: One monthly plan with included volume

Datadog and Squasher compared feature by feature. Datadog facts were checked on their public pages.
Feature	Datadog	Squasher
Error tracking	Groups errors from APM, RUM, and logs	Groups SDK, Sentry SDK, and OTLP errors
Logs	Ingest per GB; index per million, 3 to 30 days	SDK logs, OTLP, drains, and Datadog forwarding
APM and traces	Full APM, priced per host	OTLP traces linked to errors by trace ID
Session replay	RUM add-on, priced per 1,000 sessions	Browser SDK replay on every plan
Infrastructure	Per-host infrastructure monitoring	Host and Docker metrics from Squasher Collector
Profiling and databases	Yes	No
Security products	Yes	No
Uptime checks	Synthetic Monitoring	Uptime monitors and heartbeat URLs
On-call and status pages	On-Call and Incident Management, priced per seat	Incidents and status pages in each plan; on-call in beta
AI on errors	AI insights and issue classification	AI triage on every plan
Billing	Per product; annual, monthly, or on-demand rates	One monthly plan with included volume

Datadog facts checked 2026-10-20 on Datadog’s own pages: Datadog price list, Datadog Error Tracking, Datadog Error Tracking docs, Datadog Status Pages docs. Squasher facts come from our docs and pricing.

Errors, logs, and traces on one record.

Errors, logs, and spans share trace IDs. Open a log line to see its trace and the lines around it.

Browser errors and replays share a session ID.
Query logs, spans, and metrics with SQL from the API, the CLI, or MCP.
Host and Docker metrics come from Squasher Collector when you need them.

Log monitoring

14:06:09infoPOST /api/checkout 200 188ms
14:06:11infocart.load cart=8f21 items=3
14:06:12warnpricing: price pending at render
14:06:12errorTypeError: reading 'amount' of undefined
14:06:14infoPOST /api/checkout 500 2.31s
14:06:15warnretry pricing.load attempt=2
14:06:16infoGET /api/cart 200 84ms
14:06:18errorTypeError: reading 'amount' of undefined
14:06:09infoPOST /api/checkout 200 188ms
14:06:11infocart.load cart=8f21 items=3
14:06:12warnpricing: price pending at render
14:06:12errorTypeError: reading 'amount' of undefined
14:06:14infoPOST /api/checkout 500 2.31s
14:06:15warnretry pricing.load attempt=2
14:06:16infoGET /api/cart 200 84ms
14:06:18errorTypeError: reading 'amount' of undefined

POST /api/checkout
cart.load
pricing.load
db.query prices
render.total
0 msrender.total threw2.31 s

Example logs and trace.

Alerts that say what changed.

A query monitor opens an incident when error volume jumps. Datadog monitors can open the same incidents.

Alert on a fixed threshold, or on a spike over the usual baseline.
Route by severity to Slack, email, webhooks, PagerDuty, or Telegram.
Slack cards name the impact, the likely cause, and a deploy from the hour before.

Datadog monitor alerts

Example alert.

Per-product rates, or one plan.

Datadog lists a rate for each product. These are the ones an app-debugging setup uses, next to Squasher's plans.

Datadog

List prices from their pricing page

Error Tracking: $25/month; First 50K errors a month. Then $0.25 per 1,000 errors up to 100K.
Log Management: $0.10 per GB ingested; Plus $1.06 to $2.50 per million indexed logs, for 3- to 30-day retention
APM: $31 per host/month; Indexed spans are billed on top
Session Replay: $2.50 per 1,000 sessions; An add-on to RUM or Product Analytics. RUM starts at $0.15 per 1,000 sessions
Incident Response: $40 per seat/month; On-Call ($20) with SMS and voice, plus Incident Management ($30) with status pages
Infrastructure Pro: $15 per host/month; Per infrastructure host. The Enterprise tier is $23

Squasher

Monthly plans. No per-seat price.

Free: $0/month; 10 GB of errors, logs, traces, and metrics, 5K replays, 30-day error history
Pro: $29/month; 100 GB of errors, logs, traces, and metrics, 10K replays, 90-day error history
Team: $99/month; 250 GB of errors, logs, traces, and metrics, 40K replays, 90-day error history
Scale: $299/month; 1 TB of errors, logs, traces, and metrics, 150K replays, 90-day error history

Compare every Squasher plan

How to compare

Datadog rates shown are for annual billing. Month-to-month and on-demand rates are higher.
Add only the Datadog products you would really use, then compare the total.
Each Squasher plan includes an allowance for errors, telemetry, replays, and monitor checks.

Mirror one stream before you move anything.

Keep Datadog live, add Squasher as a second destination, and compare before you move alerts.

List what must keep working
Note the services, environments, saved searches, and monitors you need during the overlap.
Create a Datadog connector
Use datadog_http for Datadog HTTP forwarding, or datadog_agent when the Agent already tails your logs.
```
squasher log-connectors onboard \  --project <project-id> \  --connector-key datadog_http
```
Datadog HTTP guide
Compare one service
Check error counts, the service and env tags, and request IDs. Keep the overlap through at least one deploy.
Datadog migration guide
Move alerts, then rotate keys
Rebuild the routes you use, turn off duplicate paging, and rotate the connector key after the last forwarder is gone.

Paste into your coding agent

Install Squasher for this project. If Squasher skills or MCP are not configured in this agent environment, run `bash <(curl -fsSL https://squasher.ai/install.sh) --agents -y`. Then read https://skills.squasher.ai/squasher-onboard/SKILL.md, map every runnable app/service/worker/frontend/agent in the repo, choose the matching Squasher SDK, log drain, OTLP, or Agent SDK path, initialize with SQUASHER_API_KEY and SQUASHER_PROJECT_ID from environment variables, send one real verification event, and report the files changed plus the verification step. Do not hardcode or reveal real API keys.

bash <(curl -fsSL https://squasher.ai/install.sh) --agents -y

Questions, answered.

Is Squasher a full Datadog replacement?

No. Datadog also covers infrastructure at scale, security, synthetic tests, database monitoring, and more. Squasher covers application errors, logs, traces, session replay, uptime, and AI triage. You can keep Datadog for infrastructure and use Squasher to debug the app.

Can Squasher receive logs from Datadog?

Yes. Create a Datadog Agent or Datadog HTTP connector in Squasher, then forward JSON logs from the Agent or a Datadog pipeline with the connector key. Keep the service, env, and host tags so searches stay familiar.

How does Datadog Error Tracking pricing compare?

Datadog lists Error Tracking at $25 a month for the first 50,000 errors on annual billing, then a rate per 1,000 errors. Squasher counts errors in its telemetry GB allowance, from 10 GB a month on the free plan, and paid plans start at $29 a month. Checked 2026-10-20.

Can Datadog monitors still open incidents in Squasher?

Yes. A Datadog monitors source turns Datadog webhook alerts into Squasher incidents. Firing, renotify, and recovery keep one incident, so one set of notification routes covers both tools.

Does Squasher accept OpenTelemetry?

Yes. Send logs, traces, and metrics over OTLP/HTTP to https://ingest.squasher.ai with an x-squasher-key header. A span that ends with an error status is recorded as an error.

Does Squasher monitor hosts?

Squasher Collector sends CPU, memory, disk, network, and optional Docker container metrics over OpenTelemetry. It is a small agent for your app's hosts, not a replacement for Datadog's infrastructure products.

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Forward one service's logs from Datadog and see the errors, traces, and triage in Squasher.

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