Datadog
Large (~6,000)
Harvey
Medium (~350)
Best For
Datadog
Best for: Engineers who want strong comp and interesting scale challenges in cloud observability
Harvey
Best for: Engineers who want to transform legal work with AI at a well-funded unicorn with exceptional comp
Ratings
DatadogHarvey
4.2
3.9
Overall
3.8
3.4
Work-Life Balance
4.3
4.0
Culture & Values
4.4
3.9
Comp & Benefits
3.8
3.7
Senior Mgmt
4.0
3.7
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 87% CEO Approval (Olivier Pomel)
👍 78% Recommend
👤 82% CEO Approval (Winston Weinberg)
Culture Values
Datadog only
No unique values
Harvey only
No unique values
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 Direct Product Impact💎 Strong Comp & Equity
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
Harvey
- Exceptional comp and equity packages
- Smart, driven colleagues who support each other
- Intense pace with long hours
- Growing pains and internal politics
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.
Harvey
Choose Harvey if you want exceptional equity, smart colleagues, and the chance to reshape the legal industry with AI — but expect relentless pace, long hours, and growing-company politics.
Open Roles
Datadog — 422 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
218
💻 Engineering
83
📋 Product
28
📣 Marketing
12
👤 HR / People
8
🧠 ML / AI
8
🎨 Design
6
⚖️ Legal
3
⚙️ Operations
3
📊 Data
2
💰 Finance
1
Harvey — 230 jobs
💻 Engineering
79
💼 Sales / GTM
47
⚙️ Operations
21
📋 Product
18
⚖️ Legal
17
📣 Marketing
13
🎨 Design
10
👤 HR / People
9
📊 Data
2
Summary
Datadog scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Harvey scores 3.9/5.0 overall with a 3.4 WLB. That’s a 0.3-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Learning & Growth, Direct Product Impact, Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, Datadog has 422 open roles and Harvey has 230 open roles.