Better Cloud Stock: Snowflake vs. Datadog

Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) and Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) both break down "data silos" for companies with their cloud-based services.

Snowflake's platform pulls data from multiple computing platforms and centralizes those results for third-party apps and data visualization services. Datadog's platform helps IT professionals monitor the performance of different servers, databases, cloud services, and apps on its unified dashboards, which makes it much easier to spot potential problems.

Snowflake and Datadog operate in different markets, but they both simplify expensive and complex tasks for large companies. Back in January, I compared these two companies and claimed Datadog's profitability and lower valuation made it a better buy than Snowflake. Datadog's stock has rallied 56% since I made that call, while Snowflake's stock has only risen about 14%.

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Source Fool.com