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title: "Datadog vs SolarWinds: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Datadog or SolarWinds 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."
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publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Datadog vs SolarWinds: Which is searched more?

Is Datadog or SolarWinds 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 SolarWinds
- **Competitive set**: Network monitoring tools
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Datadog Share of Search**: 0.2%
- **SolarWinds Share of Search**: 13.8%

## Is Datadog or SolarWinds more popular in search?

- In September 2026, SolarWinds had more branded searches than Datadog among network monitoring tools worldwide. SolarWinds had about 40,500 branded searches, while Datadog had 590. SolarWinds made up 13.8% of all network monitoring tool searches we track, and Datadog accounted for 0.2%.
- SolarWinds 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, SolarWinds’ share of searches among network monitoring tools worldwide moved from 16% to 13.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 60.5K to 40.5K.

## How did search popularity change for network monitoring tools worldwide in September 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Datadog worldwide fell 36.6% over 12 measured months, from 930 to 590 in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for SolarWinds worldwide fell 33.1% over 12 measured months, from 60.5K to 40.5K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Datadog estimated searches | Datadog Share of Search | Datadog rank | SolarWinds estimated searches | SolarWinds Share of Search | SolarWinds rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 930 | 0.25% | 9 | 60.5K | 16% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | 800 | 0.22% | 9 | 49.5K | 13.5% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 760 | 0.23% | 9 | 40.5K | 12.1% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 800 | 0.22% | 9 | 49.5K | 13.9% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 1.1K | 0.3% | 9 | 49.5K | 14.1% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 1.1K | 0.3% | 9 | 49.5K | 13.5% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 1.2K | 0.34% | 9 | 49.5K | 14% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 1.5K | 0.49% | 9 | 40.5K | 13.5% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 1.1K | 0.35% | 9 | 40.5K | 13.5% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 860 | 0.29% | 9 | 40.5K | 13.8% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 500 | 0.17% | 9 | 40.5K | 13.9% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | 590 | 0.2% | 9 | 40.5K | 13.8% | 2 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Datadog’s and SolarWinds’ 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.
- **SolarWinds**: Measured on the search term “solarwinds”.

- [Datadog profile](/demand/global-en/brands/datadog)
- [SolarWinds profile](/demand/global-en/brands/solarwinds)
- [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 SolarWinds more popular in search?

In September 2026, SolarWinds had more branded searches than Datadog among network monitoring tools worldwide. SolarWinds had about 40,500 branded searches, while Datadog had 590. SolarWinds made up 13.8% of all network monitoring tool searches we track, and Datadog accounted for 0.2%.

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