Overrun control: Drop + lifecycle before the bill — not Datadog’s pay-then-filter. Open Horizon — Your savings vs Datadog, then the TCO calc:
tco-calc.o11ybot.app/?scenario=datadog
Punchline: Datadog ~$12.6K/mo vs Elastic Serverless ~$1.3K (89% cheaper). Metrics alone: ~$3.8K vs ~$0.9K (~4×).