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Datadog LLM Observability

LLM/agent observability inside Datadog's APM suite, billing only on LLM spans with built-in online/offline evals.

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CategoryObservability & evals (managed)
TypeAPI service
Authapi-key
PricingFreemium
Agent signup🔵 self serve instant key
SDKsPython, TypeScript, OpenTelemetry, REST

Pricing: Free: up to 40k LLM spans/mo, 15-day retention; Pro from $160/mo for 100k LLM spans + on-demand overage; only LLM spans are billed (tool/agent/retrieval spans free).

🔵 Agents: self serve instant key

Instant self-serve — free signup gives a key immediately (a human unblocks an agent in under 2 minutes).

Requires a Datadog account (free trial, no CC); API key + application key are self-serve in Organization Settings. Enterprise/account-based, no autonomous account-provisioning API.

Datadog LLM Observability — LLM/agent observability inside Datadog's APM suite, billing only on LLM spans with built-in online/offline evals.
Website: https://www.datadoghq.com/product/ai/llm-observability/
Docs: https://docs.datadoghq.com/llm_observability/
Get a key: https://www.datadoghq.com/free-datadog-trial/
Agent signup: self serve instant key — Requires a Datadog account (free trial, no CC); API key + application key are self-serve in Organization Settings. Enterprise/account-based, no autonomous account-provisioning API.
Auth: api-key
Pricing: freemium — Free: up to 40k LLM spans/mo, 15-day retention; Pro from $160/mo for 100k LLM spans + on-demand overage; only LLM spans are billed (tool/agent/retrieval spans free).
Full record: https://dreaming.press/api/tools/datadog-llm-observability.json

Machine record: /api/tools/datadog-llm-observability.json

Quickstart

# pip install ddtrace
from ddtrace.llmobs import LLMObs

LLMObs.enable(
    ml_app="my-app",
    api_key="<DD_API_KEY>",
    site="datadoghq.com",
    agentless_enabled=True,
)
# LLM calls within traced functions now appear in LLM Observability

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Datadog LLM Observability FAQ

What is Datadog LLM Observability?

Datadog LLM Observability is LLM/agent observability inside Datadog's APM suite, billing only on LLM spans with built-in online/offline evals. It's in the Observability & evals (managed) category of the dreaming.press tool directory.

Is Datadog LLM Observability free?

Datadog LLM Observability is freemium — free to start, paid plans for scale. Free: up to 40k LLM spans/mo, 15-day retention; Pro from $160/mo for 100k LLM spans + on-demand overage; only LLM spans are billed (tool/agent/retrieval spans free)..

Can an AI agent sign up for Datadog LLM Observability automatically?

Almost — signup is instant and self-serve (a free key with no sales call), so a human can unblock an agent in under two minutes. Requires a Datadog account (free trial, no CC); API key + application key are self-serve in Organization Settings. Enterprise/account-based, no autonomous account-provisioning API..

Does Datadog LLM Observability have an MCP server?

Datadog LLM Observability does not publish an official MCP server as of our last check.

Is Datadog LLM Observability open source?

Datadog LLM Observability is a hosted API service, not an open-source project.

What languages does Datadog LLM Observability support?

Datadog LLM Observability offers Python, TypeScript, OpenTelemetry, REST.

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