--- title: "Datadog vs Sentry: Which is searched more in New Zealand?" description: "Is Datadog or Sentry more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Application monitoring tools set in New Zealand. 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/nz/categories/nz-application-monitoring-tools/compare/datadog-vs-sentry" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Datadog vs Sentry: Which is searched more in New Zealand? Is Datadog or Sentry more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Application monitoring tools set in New Zealand. 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**: Application monitoring tools - **Market**: New Zealand - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Datadog Share of Search**: 26.1% - **Sentry Share of Search**: 2.1% ## Is Datadog or Sentry more popular in search? - In September 2026, Datadog had more branded searches than Sentry among application monitoring tools in New Zealand. Datadog had about 740 branded searches, while Sentry had 60. Datadog made up 26.1% of all application monitoring tool searches we track, and Sentry accounted for 2.1%. - 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 application monitoring tools in New Zealand moved from 24.8% to 26.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 750 to 740. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Sentry’s share of searches among application monitoring tools in New Zealand moved from 3% to 2.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 90 to 60. ## Top application monitoring tools in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Datadog was mentioned in four out of five: in all three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. Sentry was mentioned in two out of five: in one of the three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. Datadog was listed before Sentry 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Datadog | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | New Relic | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Dynatrace | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | Grafana | 4th | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Sentry | 5th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Splunk | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about application monitoring tools - Asked ChatGPT "Which application monitoring tool should I use in New Zealand?": 1. Datadog, 2. New Relic, 3. Grafana - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best application monitoring tools in New Zealand?": 1. Datadog, 2. New Relic, 3. Dynatrace, 4. Sentry, 5. Grafana - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best application monitoring tool in New Zealand for system performance?": 1. Datadog, 2. Dynatrace, 3. New Relic, 4. Grafana - Searched Google, AI Overview "application performance monitoring": named none of the brands we track - Searched Google, AI Overview "application monitoring tools": 1. Datadog, 2. Dynatrace, 3. New Relic, 4. Sentry, 5. Grafana Not named in any answer: Splunk. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in New Zealand on October 20, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for New Zealand application monitoring tools in September 2026? - In September 2026, Sentry lost share of searches among application monitoring tools in New Zealand, from 2.8% to 2.1%. ## Month by month | Month | Datadog estimated searches | Datadog Share of Search | Datadog rank | Sentry estimated searches | Sentry Share of Search | Sentry rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 750 | 24.8% | 2 | 90 | 3% | 6 | | Nov 2025 | 750 | 23.4% | 2 | 90 | 2.8% | 6 | | Dec 2025 | 500 | 21.1% | 2 | 60 | 2.5% | 6 | | Jan 2026 | 610 | 24% | 2 | 80 | 3.1% | 6 | | Feb 2026 | 760 | 27% | 2 | 70 | 2.5% | 6 | | Mar 2026 | 750 | 23.6% | 2 | 70 | 2.2% | 6 | | Apr 2026 | 620 | 22.2% | 2 | 80 | 2.9% | 6 | | May 2026 | 920 | 29.8% | 2 | 80 | 2.6% | 6 | | Jun 2026 | 760 | 25.9% | 2 | 70 | 2.4% | 6 | | Jul 2026 | 760 | 26.2% | 2 | 80 | 2.8% | 6 | | Aug 2026 | 750 | 26.4% | 2 | 80 | 2.8% | 6 | | Sep 2026 | 740 | 26.1% | 2 | 60 | 2.1% | 6 | ## 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 terms “datadog”, “datadog apm” and “datadog monitoring”, summed into one figure. - **Sentry**: Measured on the search terms “sentry apm”, “sentry io”, “sentry logging”, “sentry monitoring” and “sentry observability”, summed into one figure. - [Datadog profile](/demand/nz/brands/datadog) - [Sentry profile](/demand/nz/brands/sentry) - [All application monitoring tools in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-application-monitoring-tools): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 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 application monitoring tools in New Zealand. Datadog had about 740 branded searches, while Sentry had 60. Datadog made up 26.1% of all application monitoring tool searches we track, and Sentry accounted for 2.1%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Datadog vs Sentry: Which is searched more in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/categories/nz-application-monitoring-tools/compare/datadog-vs-sentry This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/categories/nz-application-monitoring-tools/compare/datadog-vs-sentry. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.