# Tutorial: Build observability dashboards as a Datadog alternative

DevFeed: [Tutorial: Build observability dashboards as a Datadog alternative](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/build-a-datadog-alternative-in-5-minutes-18400.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.tinybird.co/blog/build-a-datadog-alternative-in-5-minutes>)

Author: Alberto Romeu

Published: 2025-02-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Tinybird](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tinybird.md>)

Topics: [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dashboards.md>), [datadog](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datadog.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/observability.md>), [Tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tutorial.md>)

Tags: [build](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build.md>), [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dashboards.md>), [datadog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/datadog.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [i-built-this](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/i-built-this.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability.md>), [tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorial.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to create observability dashboards from scratch as an alternative to Datadog.

## Source excerpt

Build a Datadog alternative in 5 minutes. Seriously. This tutorial shows how to create observability dashboards from scratch.