Cloud-scale monitoring for students
See metrics from all your apps, tools, and services with Datadog in your GitHub Student Developer Pack.
Datadog for students
Build, monitor, and learn with production-grade observability
- Monitor your student projects. The program cannot be used for commercial projects.
- Retain standard and custom metrics for up to 15 months.
- Create insightful dashboards to demonstrate the performance and availability of your applications.
- Create alerts to notify you upon failures.
- Trace requests across all of your services.
The Datadog Student Developer program is part of GitHub Education's Student Developer Pack and provides free Datadog for up to two years while the participant remains a student.
Included each month
Program limits
- 10hosts for Infrastructure and APM
- 500 GBingested logs
- 50containers
- 10Lambda functions
- 5Fargate tasks
- 1,000browser tests
- 10,000API tests
- 1,000Browser RUM sessions
- 1,000Mobile RUM sessions
- 100,000LLM spans for Agent Observability
Need to know
Frequently asked questions
How can I add my existing free tier account to the student developer program?
We understand that many students have already been taking advantage of Datadog through our free trial. We are not currently able to convert existing Datadog user accounts to student accounts.
If you have an existing account, sign up for a new account with the Student Pack Portal and update your Agent configuration to use the API keys for your student account. We cannot transition users, agents, hosts, or metrics.
To ease this process, we have documented a number of community-developed tools that may help you copy monitors between accounts through our APIs.
Which region are student accounts created in?
All Datadog student accounts are created in our US5 region. To log in to your account, visit us5.datadoghq.com.
Student accounts cannot be migrated to a different Datadog region.
Why is my email required for the student developer program?
When you sign up for a Datadog student developer account, we promise not to spam you or share your contact information without your permission. Many Datadog features may result in emails—for example, alerts, weekly digests, or graphs shared with other users.
When you register for the program, we also add you to our monthly newsletter, which provides tips and guides to help you monitor systems better, along with information about new features and integrations. We may occasionally share educational resources about monitoring best practices that may help you in your studies.
If your membership in the student program ends or you exceed your allotted hosts, our team may contact you to discuss options for continuing to use the service.
Why does my account show an additional user?
For management purposes, your student developer account is initially provisioned by a Datadog staff member. Once you are invited to the account, our staff user's account access is disabled.
Privacy and security are of the utmost importance to Datadog. Student Developer Accounts are covered under Datadog's privacy policy.
My student developer account has expired, but I am still a student. Can I renew?
We are happy to extend your account as long as you continue to be an active member of the GitHub Student Pack program.
I am an educator and would like to use Datadog in my curriculum.
Please email studentpack@datadoghq.com. We are happy to assist you with access for your students, as well as educational materials you can use in your courses.