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GitLab vs Datadog - NRR head-to-head

Side-by-side Net Revenue Retention comparison sourced from SEC filings and earnings releases. Both compete in Dev Tools. Both at Public stage.

Datadog leads by +5pp on latest NRR (122% vs 117%).

NRR over time

107%114%120%127%133% FY2021-Q3FY2024-Q1FY2025-Q3FY2026-Q2FY2027-Q1FY2020-Q2FY2024-Q2FY2024-Q4 NRR GitLab Datadog GitLab - FY2021-Q3: 130% GitLab - FY-2022: 130% GitLab - FY2023-Q1: 130% GitLab - FY-2023: 130% GitLab - FY2024-Q1: 130% GitLab - FY-2024: 130% GitLab - FY2025-Q1: 129% GitLab - FY2025-Q2: 126% GitLab - FY2025-Q3: 124% GitLab - FY-2025: 123% GitLab - FY2025-Q4: 118% GitLab - FY2026-Q1: 122% GitLab - FY2026-Q2: 121% GitLab - FY2026-Q3: 119% GitLab - FY2026-Q4: 118% GitLab - FY-2026: 118% GitLab - FY2027-Q1: 117% Datadog - FY2021-Q3: 130% Datadog - FY2024-Q1: 115% Datadog - FY-2024: 118% Datadog - FY2025-Q1: 118% Datadog - FY2025-Q2: 120% Datadog - FY2025-Q3: 120% Datadog - FY-2025: 120% Datadog - FY2025-Q4: 110% Datadog - FY2026-Q1: 122% Datadog - FY2019-Q2: 130% Datadog - FY2019-Q3: 130% Datadog - FY2020-Q1: 130% Datadog - FY2020-Q2: 130% Datadog - FY2020-Q3: 130% Datadog - FY2021-Q1: 130% Datadog - FY2021-Q2: 130% Datadog - FY2024-Q2: 115% Datadog - FY2024-Q3: 115% Datadog - FY2024-Q4: 118%

Over 3 years, GitLab is down -13pp; Datadog is down -8pp.

Stat-by-stat

Metric GitLab Datadog
Latest NRR 117% 122%
All-time peak NRR 130% 130%
All-time low NRR 117% 110%
QoQ change -1pp +12pp
YoY change -4pp +2pp
3-year change -13pp -8pp
Disclosures tracked 17 19

Customer cohorts

MetricGitLabDatadog
Total customers 10,831 33,200
Over $100K ARR 1,519 4,550
Over $1M ARR - 603
Top-10 concentration - -
Average ACV - -
US revenue mix - 68.8%

Commercial structure

MetricGitLabDatadog
Total RPO $1.1B $3.5B
Current RPO (12mo) $724M -
Multi-year contracts - -
Avg contract length - -
Subscription rev mix - 99%
New customers added - 2,700

Post-sales motion

MetricGitLabDatadog
CS team size - -
Customers per CSM - -
Pricing model subscription hybrid
Renewal cadence annual annual
CSM coverage model account-named account-named
Top customer exec - -

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