There's been a lot of chatter about this lately here, on Reddit, and on X. Since I have a background in both FinOps and O11y, this is my best vendor neutral attempt at breaking down the reasons that Datadog is so expensive. DISCLOSURE: I work for a DDOG competitor.
The battery backups (called uninterruptible power supplies) are only meant to bridge the gap between the power going out and the generator turning on, which is a few minutes. Did they say power was the issue this time? I suspect it’s actually something else (ahem network)