DataDog has a high learning curve and can be rather expensive if you need to monitor a lot of hosts and microservices. Uptrace tries hard to stay simple while

DataDog has a high learning curve and can be rather expensive if you need to monitor a lot of hosts and microservices. Uptrace tries hard to stay simple while providing almost the same set of features. It can also be self-hosted without paying anything which can save a lot of money. Uptrace aims to be an open source alternative to DataDog, but realistically we are not there yet.