EzStat vs StatHat vs StatFlow vs Datadog
An honest, developer-first comparison. If your StatHat calls stopped and you're picking a new home, here is how the simple options stack up — including where the others beat us. We would rather you trust the table than oversell it.
EzStat is a StatHat-compatible metrics API: one HTTP POST, auto charts, flat pricing. Looking for a StatHat alternative or a cheaper Datadog alternative for plain metric tracking? Start here.
| Feature | EzStat | StatHat | StatFlow | Datadog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status | Live | API offline / not accepting data | Coming soon / waitlist | Live |
| Pricing model | Flat monthly tiers | — | Free + paid tiers | Per-host + per-GB + per-metric |
| Entry price | From $20/mo (USD/EUR/CZK) | — | Free tier, then paid | $15+/host/mo + usage add-ons |
| StatHat API compatibility | Yes — /ez, /c, /v wire-compatible | Native (original) | No — own REST /v1/ingest API | No |
| Setup | One HTTP POST — no agent | One HTTP POST | New REST client (not one-URL) | Install agent + configure |
| Ingest speed | Fast | — | Not published | Enterprise observability suite |
| Alerts | Coming soon | — | Planned: threshold/delta/dead-man → email, webhooks | Extensive, mature |
| Ask-your-data AI | Coming soon | No | No | AI features (add-on) |
| Data export / lock-in | Full CSV + JSON export | — | Export + import (planned) | Platform-locked |
| Bill predictability | Flat — price you see is price you pay | — | Tiered | Documented bill-predictability complaints |
| Breadth | Focused metrics API | Simple metrics | Metrics + dashboards | Full suite: APM, logs, traces, 900+ integrations |
Competitor details from their public materials, current as of July 2026. Prices and features change — check each vendor for the latest. “Coming soon” means built but not yet switched on; we do not bill for it and we do not claim it as live.
Being straight: where each one wins
Simple + flat + fast
- Flat $20–$499/mo — no per-host or per-metric surprises.
- StatHat-compatible: change one URL, use your EzStat key.
- Fast, reliable ingest.
- Full CSV/JSON export — your data stays yours.
Ambitious roadmap — pre-launch
- Planned alerting (threshold, delta, dead-man) to email/webhooks, plus AI anomaly detection.
- Planned one-click data import.
- Still Coming Soon / waitlist, on its own REST API — one to watch, but not live yet.
Breadth + depth
- Full observability: APM, logs, tracing, 900+ integrations.
- Deep, mature alerting and dashboards.
- If you need an enterprise platform, Datadog does far more.
If you need full-stack observability, buy Datadog. If you want to track StatFlow's roadmap, it's an ambitious pre-launch entrant worth watching. If you want the simplest, flattest-priced, StatHat-compatible way to track a number and see a chart — live today — that's EzStat.
Coming from StatHat? Change one base URL and use your EzStat API key — the /ez, /c and /v endpoints are StatHat-compatible.
A credit-card + email-gated free trial is coming. Ask-your-data AI is on the roadmap — not live yet.