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Datadog vs Grafana Cloud (EU region)

Which one to pick in 2026 — comparing 🇺🇸 Datadog with the European alternative 🇪🇺 Grafana Cloud (EU region) on the things that actually decide who can read your data.

🇺🇸 Datadogvs🇪🇺 Grafana Cloud (EU region)

Verdict

  • Who has stronger privacy guarantees by law?

    Grafana Cloud (EU region) — GDPR-native and outside the US CLOUD Act / FISA 702 reach.

  • Which one encrypts your data end-to-end by default?

    Neither ships full E2E by default — check the table for nuance.

  • Which one tracks you for ads?

    Neither monetises through ad tracking.

  • Which one is open source?

    Grafana Cloud (EU region) is open source. Datadog is proprietary.

Side-by-side

Datadog vs Grafana Cloud (EU region) — full comparison

Criteria
🇪🇺 Grafana Cloud (EU region)
🇺🇸 Datadog
Headquarters
Stockholm, Sweden / New York (dual HQ)
New York, NY, USA
Jurisdiction
Sweden (EU GDPR) — self-hosted gives full sovereignty
USA (CLOUD Act, FISA 702)
Data location
EU region (Stockholm) or self-hosted
Global, US-controlled (AWS)
GDPR-native
Yes
No
CLOUD Act / FISA exposed
No
Yes
Ad tracking
No
No
End-to-end encryption
No
No
Open source
Yes
No
Ownership
Grafana Labs (private, Swedish founders)
Datadog Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG)
Founded
2014
2010

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