Datadog Network Monitoring Pricing (2026): The Full Bill

Short answer: Datadog's published annual-commitment rates include $5 per Cloud Network Monitoring (CNM) host per month and $7 per Network Device Monitoring (NDM) device per month. CNM also requires Infrastructure Pro or Enterprise for each monitored host; Pro starts at $15 per host monthly. NDM needs one or more Infrastructure hosts to poll devices. Network Path tests and NetFlow records have separate charges. The $5 or $7 figure alone is not a complete network bill. Datadog pricing list, pricing FAQ

Published network price lines

The following Datadog US list prices were checked September 26, 2026. The annual-commitment column is a monthly unit rate under annual billing, not a one-time fee. Monthly and on-demand prices differ.

Datadog's pricing FAQ says a CNM host needs an Infrastructure Pro or Enterprise subscription for every host it monitors. It says NDM instead requires one or more Infrastructure hosts that poll the devices. The number of polling hosts for an actual network depends on collection design, not a fixed one-to-one ratio.

Cloud host and network device examples

For ten CNM hosts with Infrastructure Pro, the published annual-list calculation is ten × ($15 + $5) × 12 = $2,400 a year before other products, taxes or negotiated terms. For 100 CNM hosts, the same simplified combination is $24,000 a year. These are arithmetic examples, not invoices or claims that every host needs CNM. Datadog pricing list

For 50 NDM devices at $7 per device monthly, the device line is 50 × $7 × 12 = $4,200 a year on the listed annual rate. That amount excludes the Infrastructure host or hosts used to poll them. With exactly one Pro polling host at the listed $15 monthly rate, the arithmetic example would be $4,380 annually. Real collector sizing, other Infrastructure usage, overages and contracts can change it. Datadog list, pricing FAQ

Do not combine CNM and NDM device counts unless the architecture truly uses both. CNM examines traffic between monitored hosts; NDM collects from physical or virtual network devices. A switch is not automatically a CNM host, and a CNM workload does not automatically become an NDM device. Datadog CNM docs, NDM setup

Path tests and NetFlow can change the bill

The price list quotes Network Path by 1,000 tests. Ten thousand monthly tests at the listed annual-commitment rate calculate to $50 for that month's path-test line. Confirm exactly what counts as a test and how many scheduled or dynamic tests the planned environment generates. The Network Path documentation explains its source-to-destination traceroute model.

NetFlow Monitoring is priced by aggregated records and retention period, not by raw flow packets. The list starts at $0.60 per million aggregated records monthly for 15-day retention; longer retention has higher listed rates. Ask how the data will be aggregated and measured in a pilot before multiplying a packet count by the price. Datadog list

Watch out: The public page also has month-to-month and on-demand columns. A short-term pilot or variable workload may have a different unit rate from the annual-commitment examples above. Review the exact column and any overage terms on the offer. Datadog pricing list

Build a quote from the architecture

List every host with CNM enabled, every NDM device, Infrastructure hosts that poll devices, planned Network Path tests, and expected aggregated NetFlow records at the chosen retention period. Ask Datadog to identify overlap with Infrastructure usage already purchased and show the annual total with monthly and on-demand alternatives. A full quote should also address support, data export and renewal conditions. Use the network monitoring category overview to define what visibility is necessary, and save the assumptions in a software shortlist.

Bottom line

Datadog's network products have several transparent public unit prices but no single network-monitoring total. CNM's required Infrastructure subscription and NDM's polling hosts make the advertised network rates only part of the bill. Map the collection architecture first, then price each host, device, test and retained flow line.