Datadog
Large (~6,000)
PostHog
Small (~170)
Best For
Datadog
Best for: Engineers who want strong comp and interesting scale challenges in cloud observability
PostHog
Best for: Professionals interested in PostHog
Ratings
DatadogPostHog
4.2
4.3
Overall
3.8
4.5
Work-Life Balance
4.3
4.4
Culture & Values
4.4
4.3
Comp & Benefits
3.8
4.1
Senior Mgmt
4.0
4.1
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 87% CEO Approval (Olivier Pomel)
👍 86% Recommend
👤 90% CEO Approval (CEO)
Culture Values
Datadog only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 Direct Product Impact💎 Strong Comp & Equity
PostHog only
🔓 Open Source🪟 Transparent📡 Async-First🌐 Remote-Friendly🤝 Flat Hierarchy🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
None
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
PostHog
- Extreme transparency — public handbook, open-source everything, radical autonomy
- Generous compensation with competitive pay, equity, and home office budget
- Small team means limited career progression paths
- Top-down decision-making can sometimes override team input
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.
PostHog
PostHog — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
Open Roles
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
PostHog — 15 jobs
💻 Engineering
8
💼 Sales / GTM
2
🧠 ML / AI
1
📋 Product
1
Summary
Datadog scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. PostHog scores 4.3/5.0 overall with a 4.5 WLB. That’s a 0.1-point gap on overall satisfaction.
On the hiring front, Datadog has 451 open roles and PostHog has 15 open roles.