Datadog Synthetic Monitoring
By Datadog. Category: Monitoring with AI checks. Homepage
Datadog's documentation describes Synthetic Monitoring as code-free API, browser and mobile app tests that monitor applications from Datadog-managed or private locations. Browser tests are recorded with a Chrome extension. Self-healing recomputes broken locators with updated values during runs. Bits Testing, in Preview, is an AI agent that explores an application from a starting URL and generates tests from a plain-language request. Goal-Based Testing, also in Preview, runs prompted, agentic tests. Tests are Datadog Synthetic test definitions, exportable as Terraform configuration. The docs cover GitHub Actions, GitLab, CircleCI, Jenkins and Azure DevOps.
Description written from the vendor's documentation.
Status
Status: Active
Facts
| Fact | Value | Evidence | Source | Verified on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status | Active | Documented | datadoghq.com | |
| Founded | Not documented | Not documented | None found | |
| Headquarters | New York City, United States | Vendor-stated | datadoghq.com | |
| AI capabilities | Documented | docs.datadoghq.com | ||
| Test creation | Documented | docs.datadoghq.com | ||
| Test output | Proprietary runner | Documented | docs.datadoghq.com | |
| Surfaces | Documented | docs.datadoghq.com | ||
| Hosting | Documented | docs.datadoghq.com | ||
| Pricing model | Documented | datadoghq.com | ||
| Free tier | Not documented | Not documented | None found | |
| CI integrations | Documented | docs.datadoghq.com | ||
| Self-healing | Documented | Documented | docs.datadoghq.com | |
| Agent integration | Datadog MCP Server, synthetics toolset (get_synthetics_tests, edit_synthetics_tests, synthetics_test_wizard for HTTP API tests) | Documented | docs.datadoghq.com |
Published prices
| Plan | Price | Billing |
|---|---|---|
| Synthetic API Tests | $5 per 10K API test runs, per month | Billed Annually |
| Synthetic API Tests | $6 per 10K API test runs, per month | Billed Month-to-month |
| Synthetic API Tests | $7.20 per 10K API test runs, per month | Billed On-demand |
| Synthetic Browser Tests | $12 per 1K browser test runs, per month | Billed Annually |
| Synthetic Browser Tests | $15 per 1K browser test runs, per month | Billed Month-to-month |
| Synthetic Browser Tests | $18 per 1K browser test runs, per month | Billed On-demand |
| Mobile App Testing | $50 Per 100 test runs, per month | Billed Annually |
| Mobile App Testing | $60 Per 100 test runs, per month | Billed Month-to-month |
| Mobile App Testing | $72 Per 100 test runs, per month | Billed On-demand |
| Parallel Testing | $79 Per additional parallelizations, per month | Billed Annually |
| Parallel Testing | $95 Per additional parallelizations, per month | Billed Month-to-month |
| Parallel Testing | $114 Per additional parallelizations, per month | Billed On-demand |
Alternatives
Tools in the same category (Monitoring with AI checks), ordered by the number of shared creation and surface values, then by name. Each line lists documented facts that differ from Datadog Synthetic Monitoring.
- Supercheck: documents output Mixed; hosting self-hosted; a free tier
- Checkly: documents output Standard Playwright; a free tier
- Flowtest.ai: Monitoring with AI checks; no documented difference in output, creation, hosting or free tier
Questions
Is this page a review of Datadog Synthetic Monitoring?
No. This page is a fact sheet. Each fact shows its evidence level, its source and the date it was checked. We do not rate or rank tools.
Does Datadog Synthetic Monitoring have a free tier?
A free tier is not documented for Datadog Synthetic Monitoring as of 2026-09-24.
What test output does Datadog Synthetic Monitoring produce?
Output: Proprietary runner. This is documented, checked on 2026-09-24.
Is Datadog Synthetic Monitoring still available?
Status: Active, checked on 2026-09-24.
Sources
- Synthetic Monitoring - API and Browser Testing | Datadog Opened
- Datadog Pricing List Opened
- Datadog Leadership Opened
- Contact Datadog Opened
- Datadog documentation index (llms.txt) Opened
- Synthetic Testing and Monitoring documentation index Opened
- Synthetic Testing and Monitoring | Datadog Docs Opened
- Browser Testing | Datadog Docs Opened
- Advanced Options for Browser Testing Steps | Datadog Docs Opened
- Browser Testing Steps | Datadog Docs Opened
- Bits Testing | Datadog Docs Opened
- Goal-Based Testing | Datadog Docs Opened
- Run Synthetic Tests from Private Locations | Datadog Docs Opened
- Continuous Testing documentation index Opened
- Continuous Testing and CI/CD | Datadog Docs Opened
- Datadog MCP Server documentation index Opened
- Datadog MCP Server Tools | Datadog Docs Opened
- Bits AI documentation index Opened
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