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Datadog ads

Datadog has 175 distinct ad creatives in our B2B ad libraries, 71 on LinkedIn, 61 on Google (59 search, 2 display) and 43 on Meta. Its longest running ad has been shown on Meta for 21 months. 3 of its ads scored 6 or higher out of 10 for B2B fit and craft.

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175distinct creatives
3channels
21 monthslongest run
3top-rated ads

Where Datadog advertises

Each creative counted once, however many ads it runs as. Every platform publishes a different public sign an ad is working, so each row shows its own.

ChannelCreativesMost used formatPublic signal
LinkedIn71Single Image (63%)Its most rerun creative runs as 8 ads
Google61Search text ad (97%)Longest shown for 5 months
Meta43Flexible (several images) (79%)Longest shown for 21 months

Datadog's best ads across every channel

Every ad in our libraries is scored out of 10 by an AI model built to judge creative, up to 5 for how well it would land with a senior B2B buyer and up to 5 for craft. 3 of Datadog's ads scored 6 or higher. We show the best in English, one per message and spread across channels, so no single campaign fills the list.

Datadog LinkedIn ad: Datadog Live Helsinki | 22 Oct, 16:00 EEST | Miltton House
LinkedInSingle Image AdRunning as 3 adsOur score 6.3/10

Ad headline

Datadog Live Helsinki | 22 Oct, 16:00 EEST | Miltton House

Pattern: Familiar artifact, rewritten

Datadog Meta ad: State of AI Engineering 2026
MetaSingle imageLive for 5 monthsOur score 6.2/10

Ad headline

State of AI Engineering 2026

Pattern: Hand-made illustration twist

Datadog LinkedIn ad: Datadog Checklist: How Unified Observability Unlocks AI in Financial Services
LinkedInSingle Image AdRunning as 3 adsOur score 6.2/10

Ad headline

Datadog Checklist: How Unified Observability Unlocks AI in Financial Services

Pattern: Report made physical

Datadog LinkedIn ad: Datadog Cloud Cost Management Product Brief
LinkedInSingle Image AdRunning as 6 adsOur score 5.8/10

Ad headline

Datadog Cloud Cost Management Product Brief

Datadog LinkedIn ad: End-to-End Visibility Across Every Environment | 20 October 2026 at 2:00 PM CEST
LinkedInSingle Image AdRunning as 4 adsOur score 5.8/10

Ad headline

End-to-End Visibility Across Every Environment | 20 October 2026 at 2:00 PM CEST

Datadog LinkedIn ad: Datadog Guide: Bits AI Readiness Checklist
LinkedInSingle Image AdRunning as 3 adsOur score 5.6/10

Ad headline

Datadog Guide: Bits AI Readiness Checklist

Datadog Meta ad: Live Technical Sessions
MetaSingle imageOur score 5.5/10

Ad headline

Live Technical Sessions

Datadog Meta ad: Cloud Architecture Visualization & Planning
MetaSingle imageRan for 4 monthsOur score 5.4/10

Ad headline

Cloud Architecture Visualization & Planning

Datadog Meta ad: AI, LLM, and Observability eBook
MetaSingle imageRan for 5 monthsOur score 5.2/10

Ad headline

AI, LLM, and Observability eBook

Datadog LinkedIn ads

71 distinct creatives, run as 200 separate ads, 25 of them sent from a named person. LinkedIn shares no performance data for US ads, so the best public sign an ad is working is how often Datadog reruns it. These are the creatives it reruns most.

Ad formats
TypeDatadogDev tools & infrastructure advertisers
Single Image63% (45)70%
Message35% (25)13%
Video1% (1)12%
Offers
TypeDatadogDev tools & infrastructure advertisers
No offer (brand)41% (29)75%
Webinar or event32% (23)10%
Report or guide15% (11)9%
Gift card6% (4)3%
Calculator or tool3% (2)1%
Demo3% (2)2%
Datadog LinkedIn ad: Datadog Live Dubai | 27 October | Al Habtoor Grand Resort
Running as 8 adsOur score 4.7/10
Single Image

Ad headline

Datadog Live Dubai | 27 October | Al Habtoor Grand Resort

Ad copy

Still spending more time finding the problem than fixing it?

Datadog LinkedIn ad: ➡️ We're hiring Recruiters & Sourcers!
Running as 8 adsOur score 2.9/10
Single Image

Ad headline

➡️ We're hiring Recruiters & Sourcers!

Ad copy

We’re hiring Recruiters to help us hire what’s next!

Datadog LinkedIn ad: Datadog Cloud Cost Management Product Brief
Running as 6 adsOur score 5.8/10
Single Image

Ad headline

Datadog Cloud Cost Management Product Brief

Ad copy

Give engineering teams greater visibility into the cost of the services and resources they operate.

Datadog LinkedIn ad: Datadog Live Mumbai | 28 October | JW Marriott Mumbai Sahar
Running as 6 adsOur score 5/10
Single Image

Ad headline

Datadog Live Mumbai | 28 October | JW Marriott Mumbai Sahar

Ad copy

Datadog Live is coming to Mumbai on Wednesday, 28 October.

Datadog LinkedIn ad: New in DEM: Monitor Every Critical User Journey | Oct 20 at 11 AM PT
Running as 6 adsOur score 5/10
Single Image

Ad headline

New in DEM: Monitor Every Critical User Journey | Oct 20 at 11 AM PT

Ad copy

When conversion drops, is the cause technical or behavioral?

Datadog LinkedIn ad: New in DEM: Monitor Every Critical User Journey | 29 Oct at 2:30PM AEDT
Running as 6 adsOur score 4.9/10
Single Image

Ad headline

New in DEM: Monitor Every Critical User Journey | 29 Oct at 2:30PM AEDT

Ad copy

When conversion drops, is the cause technical or behavioral?

Datadog LinkedIn ad: Datadog eBook: Reducing IT Costs with Observability
Running as 6 adsOur score 4.8/10
Single Image

Ad headline

Datadog eBook: Reducing IT Costs with Observability

Ad copy

As teams take on more complexity, reducing it costs requires more complete context and repeatable workflows.

Datadog LinkedIn ad: Datadog Live London: AI That Works — Observable, Reliable, Secure | 4 November | 📍Convene 22 Bishopsgate
Running as 6 adsOur score 4.7/10
Single Image

Ad headline

Datadog Live London: AI That Works — Observable, Reliable, Secure | 4 November | 📍Convene 22 Bishopsgate

See the best B2B LinkedIn ads from every advertiser in the LinkedIn ad library.

Datadog Google ads

59 search ads and 2 display ads that ran for a month or more, 58 of them for three months or more. Below are the ones Google has shown longest, search and display apart.

Ad formats
TypeDatadogDev tools & infrastructure advertisers
Search text ad97% (59)88%
Display image ad3% (2)12%

Datadog search ads

Datadog Google ad: Search text ad
Ran for 5 monthsOur score 4.6/10
Search text ad
Datadog Google ad: Search text ad
Ran for 5 monthsOur score 4.2/10
Search text ad
Datadog Google ad: Search text ad
Ran for 5 monthsOur score 4/10
Search text ad
Datadog Google ad: Search text ad
Ran for 5 monthsOur score 4/10
Search text ad
Datadog Google ad: Search text ad
Ran for 5 monthsOur score 4/10
Search text ad
Datadog Google ad: Search text ad
Ran for 5 monthsOur score 3.7/10
Search text ad
Datadog Google ad: Search text ad
Ran for 5 monthsOur score 3.7/10
Search text ad
Datadog Google ad: Search text ad
Ran for 5 monthsOur score 3.7/10
Search text ad

Datadog display ads

Datadog Google ad: Display image ad
Ran for 35 daysOur score 5.2/10
Display image ad
Datadog Google ad: Display image ad
Ran for 35 daysOur score 2.7/10
Display image ad

See the best B2B Google ads from every advertiser in the Google ad library.

Datadog Meta ads

43 distinct creatives, 22 of them shown for three months or more. Advertisers stop paying for ads that don’t work, so these are the ones Meta has shown longest.

Ad formats
TypeDatadogDev tools & infrastructure advertisers
Flexible (several images)79% (34)54%
Single image19% (8)30%
Video2% (1)14%
Offers
TypeDatadogDev tools & infrastructure advertisers
No offer (brand)88% (38)83%
Report or guide9% (4)7%
Webinar or event2% (1)3%
Datadog Meta ad: Flexible (several images)
Ran for 21 monthsOur score 4/10
Flexible (several images)
Datadog Meta ad: AWS Serverless eBook
Ran for 20 monthsOur score 4.4/10
Single image

Ad headline

AWS Serverless eBook

Ad copy

Learn how to monitor the performance of your AWS serverless applications and approach typical challenges that arise when running serverless workloads.

Datadog Meta ad: Flexible (several images)
Ran for 20 monthsOur score 2.2/10
Flexible (several images)
Datadog Meta ad: Flexible (several images)
Ran for 20 monthsOur score 3.2/10
Flexible (several images)
Datadog Meta ad: Flexible (several images)
Ran for 16 monthsOur score 2.4/10
Flexible (several images)
Datadog Meta ad: Flexible (several images)
Ran for 15 monthsOur score 3.8/10
Flexible (several images)
Datadog Meta ad: Flexible (several images)
Ran for 14 monthsOur score 4.6/10
Flexible (several images)
Datadog Meta ad: Flexible (several images)
Ran for 14 monthsOur score 1.8/10
Flexible (several images)

See the best B2B Meta ads from every advertiser in the Meta ad library.

Datadog ads, answered

Where does Datadog advertise?

In the public ad libraries we track, Datadog runs ads on LinkedIn, Google and Meta, 175 distinct creatives in all, 71 on LinkedIn, 61 on Google (59 search, 2 display) and 43 on Meta. Most of its creatives are on LinkedIn.

How many LinkedIn ads is Datadog running?

71 distinct creatives, run as 200 separate ads in LinkedIn’s Ad Library. Its most rerun creative runs as 8 ads.

How many Google ads is Datadog running?

61 on Google (59 search, 2 display), that ran for a month or more in Google’s Ads Transparency Center. Longest shown for 5 months.

How many Meta ads is Datadog running?

43 distinct creatives in Meta’s Ad Library. Longest shown for 21 months.

How can I see Datadog's ads myself?

Search Datadog by name in each platform’s own public library, LinkedIn’s Ad Library, Google’s Ads Transparency Center and Meta’s Ad Library. Every ad on this page links to its entry there.

Every ad belongs to Datadog. Understory is not affiliated with Datadog. We collect public ads from each platform's own ad library to study what B2B advertisers run. Use them for ideas and make your own creative.

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