Datadog Log Management

• Analyze logs with out-of-the-box interactive dashboards and drag-and-drop data visualizations.
• Jump start exploration with Log Patterns, which intelligently surfaces trends in log activity.
• Drill deeper with Pattern Inspector to understand at a glance the distribution of values within each pattern.
• For time sensitive issues, automatically identify Log Anomalies using Watchdog Insights.

Centralized Processing & Routing

• Leverage out-of-the-box log processing pipelines for 200+ common technologies.
• Build consistent, structured datasets from your raw log data, no matter the source.
• Enrich ingested logs with custom reference data to add more context and make them more actionable.
• Centralize routing of processed logs to 3rd party destinations such as your data lake or SIEM vendor using Log Forwarding.

Logging without Limits™

• Ingest, Live Tail, Live Search, flexibly store, and archive everything. Decide which logs are most useful to retain (and for how long); change your mind anytime.
• Generate metrics from all logs (regardless of whether they're indexed) to track trends and KPIs.
• Rehydrate logs from your compressed log archives and access them in Datadog to support audits or investigations.
• Perform simple or complex log queries directly on Flex Logs in Datadog, including extended retention options.

Flex Logs

• Leverage Flex Logs to adjust your retention and querying capacity independently, fulfilling even more use cases than standard retention.
• Meet your budget and users’ query needs while reducing the number of places logs need to be stored.
• Maximize full storage and investigation into any log type.
• Make both simple and complex queries on all stored logs with the full capabilities of the Log Explorer, which is purpose-built for querying logs.

Full Observability

• Pivot from logs to the corresponding APM traces with a single click for full context.
• Jump directly from logs to triggered security signals without switching tools or contexts.
• Easily navigate from dashboards to associated logs for faster troubleshooting.

Enterprise-ready

• Manage access to your log data with granular RBAC controls that can be scoped to fit your organization’s structures and roles.
• Scale with confidence—send and process millions of logs per minute or petabytes per month seamlessly.
• Supports PCI and HIPAA compliance.