--- title: "Datadog vs Sentry: Which is searched more?" description: "Is Datadog or Sentry more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Error monitoring platforms 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." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/error-monitoring-platforms/compare/datadog-vs-sentry" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Datadog vs Sentry: Which is searched more? Is Datadog or Sentry more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Error monitoring platforms 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**: Datadog and Sentry - **Competitive set**: Error monitoring platforms - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Datadog Share of Search**: 80% - **Sentry Share of Search**: 4.9% ## Is Datadog or Sentry more popular in search? - In September 2026, Datadog had more branded searches than Sentry among error monitoring platforms worldwide. Datadog had about 246,000 branded searches, while Sentry had 15,200. Datadog made up 80% of all error monitoring platform searches we track, and Sentry accounted for 4.9%. - Datadog was ahead of Sentry in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Datadog’s share of searches among error monitoring platforms worldwide moved from 79.7% to 80%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 246K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Sentry’s share of searches among error monitoring platforms worldwide moved from 3.9% to 4.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 12K to 15.2K. ## Top error monitoring platforms in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Datadog and Sentry were each mentioned in four out of five: in all three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. Sentry was listed before Datadog in every answer. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Sentry | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Datadog | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Bugsnag | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Rollbar | 4th | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Raygun | 5th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | Honeybadger | 6th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | Airbrake | 7th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about error monitoring platforms - Asked ChatGPT "Which error monitoring platform should I use?": 1. Sentry, 2. Datadog, 3. Bugsnag, 4. Rollbar - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best error monitoring platforms?": 1. Sentry, 2. Datadog, 3. Bugsnag, 4. Rollbar, 5. Honeybadger - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best error monitoring platform for app error tracking?": 1. Sentry, 2. Bugsnag, 3. Rollbar, 4. Datadog - Searched Google, AI Overview "bug tracking software": named none of the brands we track - Searched Google, AI Overview "error monitoring platform": 1. Sentry, 2. Datadog, 3. Rollbar, 4. Bugsnag, 5. Raygun, 6. Airbrake Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 20, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for error monitoring platforms worldwide in September 2026? - In September 2026, Datadog gained share of searches among error monitoring platforms worldwide, from 76.3% to 80%. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Sentry worldwide rose 26.5% over 12 measured months, from 12K to 15.2K in September 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Datadog estimated searches | Datadog Share of Search | Datadog rank | Sentry estimated searches | Sentry Share of Search | Sentry rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 246K | 79.7% | 1 | 12K | 3.9% | 3 | | Nov 2025 | 246K | 79.8% | 1 | 11.7K | 3.8% | 3 | | Dec 2025 | 201K | 76.8% | 1 | 10.1K | 3.9% | 3 | | Jan 2026 | 246K | 80.2% | 1 | 11.9K | 3.9% | 3 | | Feb 2026 | 246K | 83.1% | 1 | 11.5K | 3.9% | 3 | | Mar 2026 | 246K | 79.8% | 1 | 14.9K | 4.8% | 3 | | Apr 2026 | 246K | 79.7% | 1 | 15.3K | 5% | 3 | | May 2026 | 246K | 80.2% | 1 | 14.7K | 4.8% | 3 | | Jun 2026 | 246K | 78.5% | 1 | 14.6K | 4.7% | 3 | | Jul 2026 | 246K | 81.9% | 1 | 14.4K | 4.8% | 3 | | Aug 2026 | 246K | 76.3% | 1 | 14.8K | 4.6% | 3 | | Sep 2026 | 246K | 80% | 1 | 15.2K | 4.9% | 3 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Datadog’s and Sentry’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. - **Datadog**: Measured on the search term “datadog”. - **Sentry**: Measured on the search terms “sentry application”, “sentry application monitoring”, “sentry crash reporting”, “sentry io” and “sentry monitoring”, summed into one figure. - [Datadog profile](/demand/global-en/brands/datadog) - [Sentry profile](/demand/global-en/brands/sentry) - [All error monitoring platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/error-monitoring-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 7 brands. ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Datadog or Sentry more popular in search? In September 2026, Datadog had more branded searches than Sentry among error monitoring platforms worldwide. Datadog had about 246,000 branded searches, while Sentry had 15,200. Datadog made up 80% of all error monitoring platform searches we track, and Sentry accounted for 4.9%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Datadog vs Sentry: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/error-monitoring-platforms/compare/datadog-vs-sentry This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/error-monitoring-platforms/compare/datadog-vs-sentry. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.