This comparison is quite simple: Only Pump.co is 100% FREE.
No percentage fees. No subscriptions. No credit cards. Only savings.
Cloud Savings
Free forever plan
No fees, no invoices, no credit cards, no "percentage off the top" …It truly is 100% free
Not offered; free tier only covers Datadog's own product costs, not cloud/SaaS spend.
Commitment planner
Pump optimizes commitments for your ever-evolving cloud requirements. Faster than AWS, CE, & CUR
Not offered; Commitment Programs report coverage/utilization but don't execute RI/SP purchases.
Idle instance detection
Quickly identify & shut down idle instances
Surfaces rightsizing and idle-resource recommendations for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
Autopilot continuous monitoring
Around the clock analysis of your cloud usage
Not offered; recommendations require manual review and action by the customer.
Rightsizing
Match instance size to real usage patterns
Provides automated cost recommendations for compute resources across major clouds.
Automatic budget alerts
Get notified before you overspend via Slack and Email
Supports budgets per cloud/SaaS provider with monitor-based anomaly alerts.
Modernization recommendations
Suggests newer & cheaper instances to meet the same requirements
Not documented; no dedicated Graviton/ARM-style modernization scanner.
Kubernetes auto-scaling
Rightsize pods & workloads automatically
Sold as a separate product requiring in-app or GitOps approval, not an autonomous autoscaler within CCM.
Zero lock-in period
Zero days lock-in period for ultimate flexibility
Annual billing is priced 30-50% below on-demand rates, incentivizing term commitments.
Cloud Visibility
100% virtual tagging coverage
Auto-tag every untagged resource across your accounts, even retroactively
Supports Tag Pipelines and Custom Allocation Rules for cost attribution.
Single-lens global overview
One dashboard for every cloud, account, & region — no more toggling consoles
Surfaces AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, OCI, and SaaS costs in unified dashboards.
Customizable reports
Build the exact view you need with drag-and-drop dimensions, filters, & grouping
Supports customizable, schedulable reporting on any cost metric.
Kubernetes deployment reports
See cost per deployment, namespace, & pod
Allocates container costs to clusters, namespaces, and pods using CPU/memory/GPU telemetry.
CFO level financial forecasting
Board-ready spend forecasts you can deliver with confidence
Supports budget-based spend tracking and anomaly-based forecasting signals.
Top movers alerts
Whose spend on which instances is changing the most?
Surfaces cost anomalies and trend changes via monitors and detection.
Multi-channel notifications
Receive notifications in the way you're most likely to actually see them
Routes alerts through Datadog's existing monitor and notification integrations.
Annotations & teams tagging
Associate people & notations to cloud instances for greater insights
Supports Notebooks for annotating cost context and cross-team collaboration.
DeepScan technology
Identify deep inefficiencies like NAT traffic, policy misconfigurations, phantom capacity, & more
Not offered; Pump-specific waste-finding capability has no documented Datadog equivalent.
Multi-cloud support
Pump supports AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Oracle, & more
Covers AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and OCI, with GCP/Azure support added roughly four months after AWS-only launch.
Cloud Security
Overcommitment insurance
Pump actually underwrites your RI's & SP's. You CANNOT lose money by working with Pump!
Not offered; no commitment-loss insurance product documented.
Team and product permissions
RBAC to define who is allowed spend what, where
Supports role-based access as part of the broader Datadog platform's RBAC.
Automatic budget alerts
Get notified before you overspend via Slack and Email
Supports budgets per cloud/SaaS provider with monitor-based anomaly alerts.
Multi-channel alerts
Receive notifications in the way you're most likely to actually see them
Routes alerts through Datadog's existing monitor and notification integrations.
3 dedicated support staff
2 dedicated technical account managers, plus a dedicated solutions architect
Enterprise-tier customers get dedicated support as part of the broader Datadog contract.
Bank, med-tech, fin-tech compliance
Pump.co is SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, GDPR, AWS Well-Architected, Gov Cloud compliant, & more
Datadog holds SOC 2 Type II and other compliance certifications at the platform level.
