Datadog
Large (~6,000)
Doctolib
Large (~3,500)
Best For
Datadog
Best for: Engineers who want strong comp and interesting scale challenges in cloud observability
Doctolib
Best for: Engineers motivated by healthcare impact who want to build products improving medical access across Europe at a mission-driven company with a strong French tech identity
Ratings
DatadogDoctolib
4.2
3.7
Overall
3.8
3.7
Work-Life Balance
4.3
3.8
Culture & Values
4.4
3.7
Comp & Benefits
3.8
3.5
Senior Mgmt
4.0
3.5
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 87% CEO Approval (Olivier Pomel)
👍 74% Recommend
👤 78% CEO Approval (Stanislas Niox-Chateau)
Culture Values
Datadog only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Doctolib only
💜 Mission-Driven
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 Direct Product Impact
Pros & Cons
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
Doctolib
- Mission-driven colleagues who genuinely care about improving healthcare access
- Strong growth opportunities with flexible remote policy and decent benefits
- Management can be heavy-handed — uses company principles as weapons against feedback
- French-centric culture makes it harder for non-French speakers to advance
Bottom Line
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.
Doctolib
Genuine social mission (digitizing healthcare access for millions) with a fast-shipping culture, but at 3,500 people reviews cite organizational change fatigue and management inconsistency.
Open Roles
Datadog — 433 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
208
💻 Engineering
112
📋 Product
26
📣 Marketing
16
👤 HR / People
8
🧠 ML / AI
8
🎨 Design
5
⚙️ Operations
5
⚖️ Legal
3
📊 Data
1
💰 Finance
1
Doctolib — 248 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
86
💻 Engineering
44
📣 Marketing
13
📋 Product
8
📊 Data
6
👤 HR / People
6
🧠 ML / AI
5
🎨 Design
2
⚖️ Legal
2
⚙️ Operations
2
🎧 Support
2
💰 Finance
1
Summary
Datadog scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Doctolib scores 3.7/5.0 overall with a 3.7 WLB. That’s a 0.5-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Learning & Growth, Direct Product Impact. Datadog also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Strong Comp & Equity. Doctolib also emphasizes Mission-Driven.
On the hiring front, Datadog has 433 open roles and Doctolib has 248 open roles.