Akamai mPulse vs Datadog RUM

Datadog RUM is used by more websites in our catalog: 2,496 use Akamai mPulse and 3,018 use Datadog RUM.

Akamai mPulse sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Akamai mPulse: 63, Datadog RUM: 19).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Akamai mPulse went from 0.38% to 0.28% of all tracked sites, while Datadog RUM went from 0.39% to 0.34%. Datadog RUM is gaining ground faster in our index.

24 websites in our catalog use both Akamai mPulse and Datadog RUM.

Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; Domain Rating comes from Ahrefs and traffic from DataForSEO. Figures reflect the sites we track and refresh at least monthly.