--- title: "Datadog vs Grafana: Which is searched more in New Zealand?" description: "Is Datadog or Grafana more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Cloud observability platforms 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-cloud-observability-platforms/compare/datadog-vs-grafana" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Datadog vs Grafana: Which is searched more in New Zealand? Is Datadog or Grafana more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Cloud observability platforms 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 Grafana - **Competitive set**: Cloud observability platforms - **Market**: New Zealand - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Datadog Share of Search**: 31.9% - **Grafana Share of Search**: 44.7% ## Is Datadog or Grafana more popular in search? - In September 2026, Grafana had more branded searches than Datadog among cloud observability platforms in New Zealand. Grafana had about 1,010 branded searches, while Datadog had 720. Grafana made up 44.7% of all cloud observability platform searches we track, and Datadog accounted for 31.9%. - Grafana 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 cloud observability platforms in New Zealand moved from 30.9% to 31.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 720. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Grafana’s share of searches among cloud observability platforms in New Zealand moved from 39.1% to 44.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 910 to 1K. ## Top cloud observability platforms in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, both Datadog and Grafana showed up in all five answers. Datadog was listed before Grafana 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 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Dynatrace | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Grafana | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | New Relic | 4th | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Honeycomb | 5th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about cloud observability platforms - Asked ChatGPT "Which cloud observability platform should I use in New Zealand?": 1. Datadog, 2. Grafana, 3. Dynatrace, 4. New Relic - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best cloud observability platforms in New Zealand?": 1. Datadog, 2. Grafana, 3. Dynatrace, 4. New Relic - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best cloud observability platform in New Zealand for application monitoring?": 1. Datadog, 2. Dynatrace, 3. New Relic, 4. Grafana - Searched Google, AI Overview "best observability platform": 1. Datadog, 2. Dynatrace, 3. New Relic, 4. Grafana, 5. Honeycomb - Searched Google, AI Overview "cloud monitoring tools": 1. Datadog, 2. New Relic, 3. Dynatrace, 4. Grafana 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 cloud observability platforms in September 2026? - In September 2026, Grafana lost share of searches among cloud observability platforms in New Zealand, from 46.4% to 44.7%. ## Month by month | Month | Datadog estimated searches | Datadog Share of Search | Datadog rank | Grafana estimated searches | Grafana Share of Search | Grafana rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 720 | 30.9% | 2 | 910 | 39.1% | 1 | | Nov 2025 | 720 | 29.4% | 2 | 1K | 42% | 1 | | Dec 2025 | 480 | 26.4% | 2 | 900 | 49.5% | 1 | | Jan 2026 | 590 | 30.1% | 2 | 870 | 44.4% | 1 | | Feb 2026 | 720 | 33.8% | 2 | 870 | 40.8% | 1 | | Mar 2026 | 720 | 29.4% | 2 | 1.1K | 43.7% | 1 | | Apr 2026 | 590 | 28.4% | 2 | 1K | 48.6% | 1 | | May 2026 | 880 | 35.9% | 2 | 1K | 42.4% | 1 | | Jun 2026 | 720 | 31% | 2 | 1.1K | 45.7% | 1 | | Jul 2026 | 720 | 32.4% | 2 | 1K | 45.9% | 1 | | Aug 2026 | 720 | 32.1% | 2 | 1K | 46.4% | 1 | | Sep 2026 | 720 | 31.9% | 2 | 1K | 44.7% | 1 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Datadog’s and Grafana’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”. - **Grafana**: Measured on the search terms “grafana”, “grafana dashboard” and “prometheus grafana”, summed into one figure. - [Datadog profile](/demand/nz/brands/datadog) - [Grafana profile](/demand/nz/brands/grafana) - [All cloud observability platforms in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-cloud-observability-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 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 Grafana more popular in search? In September 2026, Grafana had more branded searches than Datadog among cloud observability platforms in New Zealand. Grafana had about 1,010 branded searches, while Datadog had 720. Grafana made up 44.7% of all cloud observability platform searches we track, and Datadog accounted for 31.9%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Datadog vs Grafana: Which is searched more in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/categories/nz-cloud-observability-platforms/compare/datadog-vs-grafana This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/categories/nz-cloud-observability-platforms/compare/datadog-vs-grafana. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.