Datadog Integration Levels

The Finout-Datadog integration offers multiple levels, granting users the flexibility to choose from diverse Finout features and supported Datadog products available at each level. Each level requires different Datadog scopes. To gain all Datadog capabilities and features in Finout, ‘not scoped’ key is required.

Datadog scopes	Finout platform functionality	Organization keys level	API Used
usage_read, billing_read	Basic Datadog cost center integration - View Datadog’s products in Finout’s MegaBill with breakdowns by usage type (committed / on-demand cost), products, and organization.	Only Parent organization	get-hourly-usage-by-product-family Get estimated cost
usage_read, metrics_read, timeseries_query logs_read_config billing_read	Enhanced Datadog integration- Default Datadog list of tags per product	Parent organization + all multiple child-organizations	query-timeseries-points list-tags-by-metric-name
monitors_read, dashboards_read	CostGuard- Out-of-the-box actionable cost optimizations for Idle Synthetics. Note: Currently, the default integration is Usage Attribution Tags for new Datadog cost centers created since April 2025. For cot centers created before that, the default integration remains Custom Tags, and they should contact Finout support at [email protected] to transition to UAT-based integration.	Parent organization + all multiple child-organizations	get-all-dashboards get-a-dashboard get-all-monitor-details
Not scoped	Enhanced Datadog integration- custom tags set by the customer Products basic list of tags- Indexed Log Enhanced Datadog integration- Kubernetes cost and unit metrics	Parent organization + all multiple child-organizations	get-all-indexes ​ list-tags-by-metric-name get-all-hosts-for-your-organization query-timeseries-points

Basic Datadog Integration

Finout’s most basic offering. Add your Datadog’s product cost to Finout’s MegaBill with breakdowns by, sub-products, regions, and organizations.

Finout supports all Datadog products.

Required scopes: usage_read

Note: For the basic Datadog integration, having keys for the parent organization is mandatory. However, for enhanced integrations, API keys for all multiple child organizations are required.

Enhanced Datadog Integration- Cost Per Tag Visibility

With this advanced integration level, you can add cost-per-tag visibility to the Finout MegaBill. By incorporating product tags, you can access a more comprehensive breakdown of your Datadog Logs and Timeseries products, facilitating precise cost attribution to these services.

Two groups of tags can be added to Finout:

• Default Datadog set of tags per product

  For example, the tags for Indexed Log- "service", "status", "datadog_index"

  Required scopes: metrics_read, timeseries_query

• Custom tags set by the customer

  Customers have the freedom to set their own custom tags. Our process is designed to dynamically resolve tag values based on customer specifications. In cases where resolution is unsuccessful, Finout utilizes its default tag set as a fallback option.

  Required scopes: not scoped

Note: For Timeseries products, only the metric_name tag is available.

Enhanced Datadog Integration - CostGuard

Finout enables you to effortlessly access out-of-the-box actionable cost optimizations and insights for your Datadog usage via the CostGuard product.

Required scopes: monitor_read, dashboard_read

Note: Currently, the default integration is Usage Attribution Tags for new Datadog cost centers created since April 2025. For cot centers created before that, the default integration remains Custom Tags, and they should contact Finout support at [email protected] to transition to UAT-based integration.

Enhanced Datadog Integration- Kubernetes Cost and Unit Metrics

Required scopes: not scoped