Datadog
Large (~6,000)
Vanta
Large (~1,400)
Best For
Datadog
Best for: Engineers who want strong comp and interesting scale challenges in cloud observability
Vanta
Best for: Engineers and salespeople who want top-of-market comp at the category leader in security compliance and can handle a meeting-heavy, high-intensity pace
Ratings
DatadogVanta
4.2
3.8
Overall
3.8
3.3
Work-Life Balance
4.3
3.9
Culture & Values
4.4
3.8
Comp & Benefits
3.8
3.6
Senior Mgmt
4.0
3.6
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 87% CEO Approval (Olivier Pomel)
👍 76% Recommend
👤 80% CEO Approval (Christina Cacioppo)
Culture Values
Datadog only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌱 Learning & Growth
Vanta only
No unique values
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🎯 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
Vanta
- Strong compensation rated 4.3/5 — best category score
- Market-defining product in security compliance automation
- Brutal meeting culture pushing work into nights and weekends
- Virtually no AEs hit quota — targets unrealistically high
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.
Vanta
Pays extremely well and owns its market niche, but the meeting-heavy culture and low WLB score (3.3/5) signal this is not for anyone seeking balance.
Open Roles
Datadog — 464 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
217
💻 Engineering
125
📋 Product
28
📣 Marketing
16
👤 HR / People
9
🧠 ML / AI
8
🎨 Design
6
⚙️ Operations
6
⚖️ Legal
3
📊 Data
1
💰 Finance
1
Vanta — 169 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
73
💻 Engineering
50
📋 Product
9
🎨 Design
7
📣 Marketing
5
📊 Data
4
⚙️ Operations
2
👤 HR / People
1
⚖️ Legal
1
Summary
Datadog scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Vanta scores 3.8/5.0 overall with a 3.3 WLB. That’s a 0.4-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Direct Product Impact, Strong Comp & Equity. Datadog also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Learning & Growth.
On the hiring front, Datadog has 464 open roles and Vanta has 169 open roles.