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title: "AppDynamics vs Datadog: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, AppDynamics or Datadog? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Application performance monitoring set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# AppDynamics vs Datadog: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, AppDynamics or Datadog? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Application performance monitoring set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: AppDynamics and Datadog
- **Competitive set**: Application performance monitoring
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **AppDynamics Share of Search**: 1.9%
- **Datadog Share of Search**: 60.3%

## Which is more popular in search, AppDynamics or Datadog?

- In August 2026, Datadog had more branded searches than AppDynamics among application performance monitoring worldwide. Datadog was estimated to have 254K branded searches compared to AppDynamics’ 8.1K, and held a 60.3% Share of Search versus AppDynamics’ 1.9%.
- Datadog was ahead of AppDynamics in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, AppDynamics’ estimated Share of Search among application performance monitoring worldwide moved from 3.7% to 1.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 18.1K to 8.1K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Datadog’s estimated Share of Search among application performance monitoring worldwide moved from 52.7% to 60.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 257K to 254K.

## How did search popularity change for application performance monitoring worldwide in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for AppDynamics worldwide fell 55.2% over 11 measured months, from 18.1K to 8.1K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | AppDynamics estimated searches | AppDynamics Share of Search | AppDynamics rank | Datadog estimated searches | Datadog Share of Search | Datadog rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 18.1K | 3.7% | 4 | 257K | 52.7% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 12.1K | 2.6% | 4 | 255K | 55.5% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 12.1K | 3.2% | 4 | 210K | 55.2% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 12.1K | 2.7% | 4 | 255K | 57.5% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 9.9K | 2.3% | 4 | 256K | 59.8% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 12.1K | 2.7% | 4 | 258K | 56.9% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 9.9K | 2.3% | 4 | 257K | 60% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 12.1K | 2.8% | 4 | 256K | 59.7% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 9.9K | 2.2% | 4 | 260K | 58.7% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 8.1K | 1.9% | 4 | 257K | 60.5% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 8.1K | 1.9% | 4 | 254K | 60.3% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using AppDynamics’ and Datadog’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **AppDynamics**: Measured on the search term “appdynamics”.
- **Datadog**: Measured on the search terms “apm datadog”, “datadog”, “datadog app”, “datadog monitoring”, “datadog observability”, “datadog software”, “datadoghq com”, “monitoring datadog” and “observability datadog”, summed into one figure.

- [AppDynamics profile](/demand/global-en/brands/appdynamics)
- [Datadog profile](/demand/global-en/brands/datadog)
- [All application performance monitoring worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/application-performance-monitoring-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, AppDynamics or Datadog?

In August 2026, Datadog had more branded searches than AppDynamics among application performance monitoring worldwide. Datadog was estimated to have 254K branded searches compared to AppDynamics’ 8.1K, and held a 60.3% Share of Search versus AppDynamics’ 1.9%.

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