# Cloudcraft review (2026): is it any good? > Live cloud architecture diagrams, included with Datadog Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Cloudcraft builds architecture diagrams of cloud accounts automatically from Datadog's cloud integrations. It covers AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud and on-prem VMware vSphere, and can overlay monitors, logs, costs and security findings. It is made by Datadog and included with every Datadog subscription. - **Category:** Whiteboards & Mind Maps - **Made by:** Datadog, Inc. - **Website:** https://www.cloudcraft.co - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you don't use Datadog, as there's no separate plan. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Cloudcraft is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Included with Datadog | $0 | Free with any Datadog subscription, including the free tier and trial; unlimited teammates and diagrams. | Read from https://www.cloudcraft.co/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Cloudcraft before buying. ## Key features - **Automatic diagrams:** Maps are built and kept current from the read-only cloud integrations already connected to Datadog, with no agent needed for cloud accounts. - **Multi-cloud coverage:** AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud accounts, plus on-prem environments such as VMware vSphere, can sit on one diagram. - **Overlays:** Infrastructure, monitors and observability coverage are included; logs, cost, security, APM and GPU overlays follow the Datadog products you use. - **Export and embed:** Export diagrams to SVG and PDF, or embed live diagrams in Datadog dashboards. - **AI and MCP access:** Ask Bits AI questions beside a diagram, or connect agents such as Claude Code and Codex through the Datadog MCP Server. ## Good for - Teams that already pay for Datadog and want live architecture maps - Cloud engineers who need diagrams that follow infrastructure changes - Audits and design reviews that need exported SVG or PDF diagrams ## Worth knowing - Cloudcraft is described as included with Datadog; the pricing page lists no separate paid plan. - Logs, cost, security, APM and GPU overlays appear only when the matching Datadog subscription is in use. - It maps existing infrastructure rather than serving as a freeform whiteboard. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Cloudcraft draws architecture diagrams of your AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle accounts from Datadog's integrations. It's included with a Datadog subscription and has no plan of its own, and several overlays only show if you pay for the matching Datadog product. It maps what exists and isn't a whiteboard. - **Value for money: C.** The price is $0 on top of a Datadog subscription, but there's no separate plan, so you pay for Datadog to get it. - **Free plan and trial: F.** Nothing free on its own: no standalone free plan or trial is on record, only inclusion with Datadog. - **Features: C.** Automatic multi-cloud diagrams, overlays and export. But it only maps existing infrastructure, and the cost, security, logs and APM overlays need the matching Datadog product. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You connect cloud accounts through Datadog's integrations first. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, but it covers AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud and VMware vSphere, and connects to Datadog and Claude Code. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Datadog's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among whiteboard and mind map tools - Cloudcraft's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 2 of the 98 other whiteboard and mind map tools we grade, and level with 5. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 35 of 98) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). - Cloudcraft has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/whiteboards ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Cloudcraft is free, so making your own would save you nothing. And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 91 of the 98 other whiteboard and mind map tools grade higher. - You could not: A diagram editor. - You could not: Several people working in it at the same moment. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Datadog, AWS and Azure among them. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Datadog, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, VMware vSphere, Claude Code **Tags:** Diagrams, Real-time collaboration, AI features ## Alternatives - [IcePanel](https://toolgpa.com/tools/icepanel): Software architecture modeling and diagramming around the C4 model. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cloudcraft-vs-icepanel) - [Lucidchart](https://toolgpa.com/tools/lucidchart): Browser-based diagramming for flowcharts, org charts and systems. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cloudcraft-vs-lucidchart) - [draw.io](https://toolgpa.com/tools/draw-io): Free diagram editor that saves files to storage you choose. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cloudcraft-vs-draw-io) - [Structurizr](https://toolgpa.com/tools/structurizr): Open-source models-as-code tool for C4 architecture diagrams. 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