Datadog provides a comprehensive solution for MySQL monitoring by integrating the Datadog Agent on database servers to collect metrics and performance data. The integration allows users to view historical query performance metrics, explain plans, host-level metrics, and more through Datadog Database Monitoring. This enables users to identify long-term performance trends, recent issues, and optimize their databases for better performance. Additionally, Datadog supports auto-instrumentation for popular languages, libraries, and frameworks, allowing users to start tracing with minimal configuration. The platform also provides logs and distributed traces to troubleshoot performance issues with greater context, giving users the deep visibility needed to resolve any issues that arise.