Comparison
Korvus vs Datadog RUM
Datadog is the benchmark for technical observability and serves engineering teams. Korvus translates problems into euros so the CMO can act.
Comparison
Positioning
Korvus
Financial monitoring: every anomaly translated into lost euros
Datadog RUM
Full-stack observability: APM, logs, metrics, RUM
Audience
Korvus
CMO, Head of Growth
Datadog RUM
SREs, DevOps, developers
Pricing
Korvus
Flat, based on sessions, all features included
Datadog RUM
RUM Measure $0.15 per 1,000 sessions + RUM Investigate $3 per 1,000 retained sessions, Session Replay extra (annual rates). Unpredictable costs at scale.
Installation
Korvus
10 minutes via GTM, < 5 KB
Datadog RUM
Agent + SDK, infrastructure configuration
Hosting
Korvus
France (Scaleway, Paris)
Datadog RUM
US, EU (Germany), UK, Japan, Australia (multi-cloud)
Financial translation
Korvus
Automatic, with every alert in lost euros
Datadog RUM
None: raw technical metrics only
Features
| Feature | Korvus | Datadog |
|---|---|---|
| Financial impact in euros | ||
| Dead pixel detection | ||
| Core Web Vitals | ||
| APM (traces, spans) | ||
| Infrastructure monitoring | ||
| Log management | ||
| Session replay | ||
| Video evidence of incidents | ||
| Slack/email alerts | ||
| Hosted in France | ||
| No-dev installation |
Frequently asked questions
Datadog RUM measures performance. Does Korvus too?
Korvus measures LCP on paid traffic and translates slowdowns into financial impact. Datadog RUM measures 30+ performance metrics with backend correlation. Korvus says "this slowdown is costing you €3,200/day", where Datadog says "P95 LCP went from 2.1s to 4.3s".
My tech team uses Datadog. Why add Korvus?
Datadog is your SREs' tool and Korvus is your CMO's. The CMO will never open Datadog. Korvus sends them a Slack message when a technical problem is costing money, with the amount and the action to take.
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Your SRE team keeps Datadog. You add Korvus for the CMO.
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