--- title: "Datadog vs Nagios: Which is searched more?" description: "Is Datadog or Nagios more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Network monitoring tools 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/network-monitoring-tools/compare/datadog-vs-nagios" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Datadog vs Nagios: Which is searched more? Is Datadog or Nagios more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Network monitoring tools 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 Nagios - **Competitive set**: Network monitoring tools - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Datadog Share of Search**: 0.2% - **Nagios Share of Search**: 7.6% ## Is Datadog or Nagios more popular in search? - In September 2026, Nagios had more branded searches than Datadog among network monitoring tools worldwide. Nagios had about 22,200 branded searches, while Datadog had 590. Nagios made up 7.6% of all network monitoring tool searches we track, and Datadog accounted for 0.2%. - Nagios was ahead of Datadog in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Datadog’s share of searches among network monitoring tools worldwide moved from 0.25% to 0.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 930 to 590. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Nagios’ share of searches among network monitoring tools worldwide moved from 10.7% to 7.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 40.5K to 22.2K. ## Top network monitoring tools in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Datadog appeared in all five answers. Nagios was mentioned in one out of five: not in any of the three ChatGPT answers, but in one of the two Google AI Overviews. Datadog was listed before Nagios 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Zabbix | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | PRTG | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Datadog | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | SolarWinds | 4th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Auvik | 5th | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | ManageEngine OpManager | 6th | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | Checkmk | 7th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | LibreNMS | 8th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Nagios | 9th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about network monitoring tools - Asked ChatGPT "Which network monitoring tool should I use?": 1. PRTG, 2. Zabbix, 3. Auvik, 4. Datadog, 5. LibreNMS, 6. SolarWinds - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best network monitoring tools?": 1. PRTG, 2. Zabbix, 3. Auvik, 4. SolarWinds, 5. Datadog, 6. Checkmk, 7. ManageEngine OpManager - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best network monitoring tool for a small it team?": 1. PRTG, 2. Zabbix, 3. Auvik, 4. ManageEngine OpManager, 5. Datadog - Searched Google, AI Overview "network monitoring tools": 1. SolarWinds, 2. ManageEngine OpManager, 3. PRTG, 4. Datadog, 5. Zabbix, 6. Nagios, 7. LibreNMS - Searched Google, AI Overview "server monitoring tools": 1. Zabbix, 2. Datadog, 3. SolarWinds, 4. Checkmk Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 21, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for network monitoring tools worldwide in September 2026? - Estimated monthly branded searches for Nagios worldwide fell 45.2% over 12 measured months, from 40.5K to 22.2K in September 2026. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Datadog worldwide fell 36.6% over 12 measured months, from 930 to 590 in September 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Datadog estimated searches | Datadog Share of Search | Datadog rank | Nagios estimated searches | Nagios Share of Search | Nagios rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 930 | 0.25% | 9 | 40.5K | 10.7% | 3 | | Nov 2025 | 800 | 0.22% | 9 | 40.5K | 11.1% | 3 | | Dec 2025 | 760 | 0.23% | 9 | 33.1K | 9.9% | 3 | | Jan 2026 | 800 | 0.22% | 9 | 33.1K | 9.3% | 4 | | Feb 2026 | 1.1K | 0.3% | 9 | 33.1K | 9.4% | 3 | | Mar 2026 | 1.1K | 0.3% | 9 | 33.1K | 9% | 5 | | Apr 2026 | 1.2K | 0.34% | 9 | 33.1K | 9.4% | 3 | | May 2026 | 1.5K | 0.49% | 9 | 27.1K | 9% | 4 | | Jun 2026 | 1.1K | 0.35% | 9 | 27.1K | 9% | 4 | | Jul 2026 | 860 | 0.29% | 9 | 22.2K | 7.6% | 6 | | Aug 2026 | 500 | 0.17% | 9 | 22.2K | 7.6% | 6 | | Sep 2026 | 590 | 0.2% | 9 | 22.2K | 7.6% | 6 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Datadog’s and Nagios’ 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 terms “datadog network monitoring” and “datadog npm”, summed into one figure. - **Nagios**: Measured on the search term “nagios”. - [Datadog profile](/demand/global-en/brands/datadog) - [Nagios profile](/demand/global-en/brands/nagios) - [All network monitoring tools worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/network-monitoring-tools): The set both shares are measured inside, 9 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 Nagios more popular in search? In September 2026, Nagios had more branded searches than Datadog among network monitoring tools worldwide. Nagios had about 22,200 branded searches, while Datadog had 590. Nagios made up 7.6% of all network monitoring tool searches we track, and Datadog accounted for 0.2%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Datadog vs Nagios: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/network-monitoring-tools/compare/datadog-vs-nagios This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/network-monitoring-tools/compare/datadog-vs-nagios. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.