How We Cut Datadog Bills by 60% Without Losing Observability
Last year our Datadog bill hit $38k/month. Leadership asked me to cut it in half. Here's how we got to $15k without losing a single useful signal.
The 5 moves that worked
1. Dropped custom metrics with zero dashboard references. We had 2,400 custom m...
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