Cohere
Small (~500)
Datadog
Large (~6,000)
Best For
Cohere
Best for: Enterprise AI builders willing to trade stability for cutting-edge NLP research
Datadog
Best for: Engineers who want strong comp and interesting scale challenges in cloud observability
Ratings
CohereDatadog
2.9
4.2
Overall
3.5
3.8
Work-Life Balance
3.0
4.3
Culture & Values
3.2
4.4
Comp & Benefits
2.3
3.8
Senior Mgmt
2.5
4.0
Career Opps
👍 48% Recommend
👤 55% CEO Approval (Aidan Gomez)
👍 80% Recommend
👤 87% CEO Approval (Olivier Pomel)
Culture Values
Cohere only
🧩 Wears Many Hats
Datadog only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🎯 Direct Product Impact💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
🌱 Learning & Growth⚙️ Engineering-Driven
Pros & Cons
Cohere
- Cutting-edge NLP research from Transformer co-author
- Enterprise AI focus gives real customer impact
- Frequent organizational restructuring has led to notable team turnover
- Internal communication from leadership could be more transparent
Datadog
- Excellent compensation and equity — stock has been a genuine wealth builder for early employees
- Strong engineering culture with smart coworkers and interesting technical challenges at scale
- Fast pace can lead to long hours and pressure to deliver, work-life balance varies by team
- Rapid growth has led to organizational growing pains and bureaucracy creeping in
Bottom Line
Cohere
Choose Cohere if you want Transformer co-author pedigree and enterprise AI focus — but expect turbulence and lower ratings.
Datadog
Choose Datadog if you want strong comp, interesting scale challenges in observability, and a fast-paced engineering culture — but expect long hours and growing bureaucracy.
Open Roles
Cohere — 123 jobs
💻 Engineering
33
💼 Sales / GTM
19
📋 Product
12
🧠 ML / AI
9
📣 Marketing
4
👤 HR / People
3
📊 Data
2
⚖️ Legal
2
⚙️ Operations
2
🎧 Support
2
💰 Finance
1
Datadog — 451 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
217
💻 Engineering
118
📋 Product
28
📣 Marketing
15
👤 HR / People
8
🧠 ML / AI
8
🎨 Design
7
⚙️ Operations
6
⚖️ Legal
3
📊 Data
1
💰 Finance
1
Summary
Cohere scores 2.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.5 work-life balance rating. Datadog scores 4.2/5.0 overall with a 3.8 WLB. That’s a 1.3-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Learning & Growth, Engineering-Driven. Cohere also emphasizes Wears Many Hats. Datadog also emphasizes Ship Fast & Iterate, Direct Product Impact, Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, Cohere has 123 open roles and Datadog has 451 open roles.