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Datadog APM

Datadog APM provides end-to-end distributed tracing, continuous profiling, and real-time performance monitoring for applications and microservices. It automatically instruments applications to provide deep visibility into request traces, latency, and error rates across distributed systems.

Datadog APM publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Service Definitions API, Services API, SL Os API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include APM, Distributed Tracing, Microservices, Observability, and Performance Monitoring.

The Datadog APM catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Datadog APM’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, GitHub presence, engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, and 8 more developer resources.

43.7/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 18/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
AccessFreemium
5 APIs
APMDistributed TracingMicroservicesObservabilityPerformance Monitoring

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 43.7/100 · developing
Contract Quality 17.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20
Access Clarity 9.5 / 20
Operational Transparency 1.7 / 13
Contract Governance 3.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.2 / 10
Agent readiness — 18/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Datadog APM Service Definitions API

The Service Definitions API from Datadog APM — 2 operation(s) for service definitions.

Datadog APM Services API

The Services API from Datadog APM — 1 operation(s) for services.

Datadog APM SL Os API

The SLOs API from Datadog APM — 3 operation(s) for slos.

Datadog APM Spans API

The Spans API from Datadog APM — 2 operation(s) for spans.

Datadog APM Traces API

The Traces API from Datadog APM — 1 operation(s) for traces.

Open Collections 6

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Datadog APM Services API

OPEN COLLECTION

Datadog APM SL Os API

OPEN COLLECTION

Datadog APM Spans API

OPEN COLLECTION

Datadog APM Traces API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Datadog Apm Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Datadog Apm Context

0 classes · 5 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Datadog APM API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Datadog APM API Rules

5 rules · 1 errors 4 warnings

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Datadog Apm Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Datadog Apm Trust Center

SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, CSA STAR

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: datadog-apm
name: Datadog APM
description: Datadog APM provides end-to-end distributed tracing, continuous profiling, and real-time performance monitoring
  for applications and microservices. It automatically instruments applications to provide deep visibility into request traces,
  latency, and error rates across distributed systems.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/datadog-apm.png
tags:
- APM
- Distributed Tracing
- Microservices
- Observability
- Performance Monitoring
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/datadog-apm/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
kind: company
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
apis:
- aid: datadog-apm:datadog-apm-service-definitions-api
  name: Datadog APM Service Definitions API
  description: The Service Definitions API from Datadog APM — 2 operation(s) for service definitions.
  humanURL: https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/tracing/
  tags:
  - Service Definitions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/datadog-apm-service-definitions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/tracing/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/trace.yml
- aid: datadog-apm:datadog-apm-services-api
  name: Datadog APM Services API
  description: The Services API from Datadog APM — 1 operation(s) for services.
  humanURL: https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/tracing/
  tags:
  - Services
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/datadog-apm-services-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/tracing/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/trace.yml
- aid: datadog-apm:datadog-apm-slos-api
  name: Datadog APM SL Os API
  description: The SLOs API from Datadog APM — 3 operation(s) for slos.
  humanURL: https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/tracing/
  tags:
  - SLO
  tags_raw:
  - SLOs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/datadog-apm-slos-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/tracing/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/trace.yml
- aid: datadog-apm:datadog-apm-spans-api
  name: Datadog APM Spans API
  description: The Spans API from Datadog APM — 2 operation(s) for spans.
  humanURL: https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/tracing/
  tags:
  - Spans
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/datadog-apm-spans-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/tracing/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/trace.yml
- aid: datadog-apm:datadog-apm-traces-api
  name: Datadog APM Traces API
  description: The Traces API from Datadog APM — 1 operation(s) for traces.
  humanURL: https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/tracing/
  tags:
  - Traces
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/datadog-apm-traces-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/tracing/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/trace.yml
common:
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/datadog-apm-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/datadog-apm-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/datadog-apm-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.datadoghq.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.datadoghq.com/getting_started/tracing/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/DataDog
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.datadoghq.com/pricing/
- type: Signup
  url: https://www.datadoghq.com/free-datadog-trial/
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/datadog-apm-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/datadog-apm-vocabulary.yml
- type: Rules
  url: rules/datadog-apm-rules.yml
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.datadoghq.com/product/platform/integrations/
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt
integrations:
- name: Ably
- name: Abnormal Security
- name: Active Directory
- name: ActiveMQ
- name: ActiveMQ XML
- name: Adaptive Shield
- name: Adobe Experience Manager
- name: Adyen
- name: Aerospike
- name: Aerospike Enterprise
- name: Agent Metrics
- name: Agora Analytics
- name: AIMon
- name: Airbrake
- name: Airbyte
- name: Airflow
- name: Akamai Application Security
- name: Akamai DataStream 2
- name: Akamai mPulse
- name: Akamai Zero Trust
- name: Akamas
- name: Akeyless Gateway
- name: Alcide
- name: AlertNow
- name: Algorithmia
- name: Alibaba Cloud
- name: Altostra
- name: Amazon API Gateway Integration
- name: AWS App Mesh
- name: AWS App Runner
- name: Amazon AppStream
- name: Amazon Athena
- name: AWS Auto Scaling
- name: AWS Backup
- name: AWS Batch
- name: Amazon Bedrock
- name: AWS Billing and Cost Management
- name: AWS Certificate Manager
- name: Amazon CloudFront
- name: AWS CloudHSM
- name: Amazon CloudSearch
- name: AWS CloudTrail
- name: AWS CodeBuild
- name: AWS CodeDeploy
- name: Amazon CodeWhisperer
- name: Amazon Cognito
- name: AWS Compute Optimizer
- name: AWS Config
- name: Amazon Connect
- name: AWS Direct Connect
- name: AWS DMS
- name: Amazon DocumentDB
- name: Amazon DynamoDB
- name: Amazon DAX
- name: Amazon EBS
- name: Amazon EC2
- name: Amazon EC2 Spot
- name: Amazon ECR
- name: Amazon ECS
- name: Amazon EFS
- name: Amazon EKS
- name: Datadog Blueprints Add-on
- name: AWS Elastic Beanstalk
- name: Amazon Elastic Transcoder
- name: Amazon ElastiCache
- name: Amazon Elastic Load Balancing
- name: Amazon EMR
- name: Amazon OpenSearch Service
- name: Amazon EventBridge
- name: Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose
- name: Amazon FSx
- name: Amazon GameLift
- name: Amazon Global Accelerator
- name: AWS Glue
- name: AWS Health
- name: Amazon Inspector
- name: AWS IoT Core
- name: Amazon MSK (Agent)
- name: Amazon Keyspaces
- name: Amazon Kinesis
- name: Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics
- name: AWS KMS
- name: AWS Lambda
- name: Amazon Lex
- name: Amazon Machine Learning
- name: AWS MediaConnect
- name: Amazon MediaConvert
- name: Amazon MediaLive
- name: AWS MediaPackage
- name: AWS MediaStore
- name: AWS MediaTailor
- name: Amazon MemoryDB
- name: Amazon MQ
- name: Amazon MSK
- name: Amazon MWAA
- name: Amazon Nat Gateway
- name: Amazon Neptune
- name: AWS Network Firewall
- name: AWS Network Manager
- name: Amazon OpenSearch Serverless
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com