diff --git a/packages/backend-core/package.json b/packages/backend-core/package.json
index 6edeca3674..36b8de0f56 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend-core/package.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "bcryptjs": "2.4.3",
     "bull": "4.10.1",
     "correlation-id": "4.0.0",
+    "dd-trace": "3.13.2",
     "dotenv": "16.0.1",
     "ioredis": "5.3.2",
     "joi": "17.6.0",
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
index 8588a7157a..c7c4f98e98 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { directCouchUrlCall } from "./utils"
 import { getPouchDB } from "./pouchDB"
 import { WriteStream, ReadStream } from "fs"
 import { newid } from "../../docIds/newid"
+import { DDInstrumentedDatabase } from "../instrumentation"
 
 function buildNano(couchInfo: { url: string; cookie: string }) {
   return Nano({
@@ -38,7 +39,10 @@ export function DatabaseWithConnection(
   if (!connection) {
     throw new Error("Must provide connection details")
   }
-  return new DatabaseImpl(dbName, opts, connection)
+  return new DDInstrumentedDatabase(
+    new DatabaseImpl(dbName, opts, connection),
+    "couchdb"
+  )
 }
 
 export class DatabaseImpl implements Database {
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/db.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/db.ts
index 3e69d49f0e..3d0f522139 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/db.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/db.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { directCouchQuery, DatabaseImpl } from "./couch"
 import { CouchFindOptions, Database, DatabaseOpts } from "@budibase/types"
+import { DDInstrumentedDatabase } from "./instrumentation"
 
 export function getDB(dbName: string, opts?: DatabaseOpts): Database {
-  return new DatabaseImpl(dbName, opts)
+  return new DDInstrumentedDatabase(new DatabaseImpl(dbName, opts), "couchdb")
 }
 
 // we have to use a callback for this so that we can close
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/instrumentation.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/instrumentation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d34478952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/instrumentation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+import {
+  DocumentScope,
+  DocumentDestroyResponse,
+  DocumentInsertResponse,
+  DocumentBulkResponse,
+  OkResponse,
+} from "@budibase/nano"
+import {
+  AllDocsResponse,
+  AnyDocument,
+  Database,
+  DatabaseDumpOpts,
+  DatabasePutOpts,
+  DatabaseQueryOpts,
+  Document,
+} from "@budibase/types"
+import tracer from "dd-trace"
+import { Writable } from "stream"
+
+export class DDInstrumentedDatabase implements Database {
+  constructor(
+    private readonly db: Database,
+    private readonly resource: string
+  ) {}
+
+  get name(): string {
+    return this.db.name
+  }
+
+  exists(): Promise<boolean> {
+    return tracer.trace("exists", { resource: this.resource }, span => {
+      span?.addTags({ db_name: this.name })
+      return this.db.exists()
+    })
+  }
+
+  checkSetup(): Promise<DocumentScope<any>> {
+    return tracer.trace("checkSetup", { resource: this.resource }, span => {
+      span?.addTags({ db_name: this.name })
+      return this.db.checkSetup()
+    })
+  }
+
+  get<T extends Document>(id?: string | undefined): Promise<T> {
+    return tracer.trace("get", { resource: this.resource }, span => {
+      span?.addTags({ db_name: this.name, doc_id: id })
+      return this.db.get(id)
+    })
+  }
+
+  getMultiple<T extends Document>(
+    ids: string[],
+    opts?: { allowMissing?: boolean | undefined } | undefined
+  ): Promise<T[]> {
+    return tracer.trace("getMultiple", { resource: this.resource }, span => {
+      span?.addTags({
+        db_name: this.name,
+        num_docs: ids.length,
+        allow_missing: opts?.allowMissing,
+      })
+      return this.db.getMultiple(ids, opts)
+    })
+  }
+
+  remove(
+    id: string | Document,
+    rev?: string | undefined
+  ): Promise<DocumentDestroyResponse> {
+    return tracer.trace("remove", { resource: this.resource }, span => {
+      span?.addTags({ db_name: this.name, doc_id: id })
+      return this.db.remove(id, rev)
+    })
+  }
+
+  put(
+    document: AnyDocument,
+    opts?: DatabasePutOpts | undefined
+  ): Promise<DocumentInsertResponse> {
+    return tracer.trace("put", { resource: this.resource }, span => {
+      span?.addTags({ db_name: this.name, doc_id: document._id })
+      return this.db.put(document, opts)
+    })
+  }
+
+  bulkDocs(documents: AnyDocument[]): Promise<DocumentBulkResponse[]> {
+    return tracer.trace("bulkDocs", { resource: this.resource }, span => {
+      span?.addTags({ db_name: this.name, num_docs: documents.length })
+      return this.db.bulkDocs(documents)
+    })
+  }
+
+  allDocs<T extends Document>(
+    params: DatabaseQueryOpts
+  ): Promise<AllDocsResponse<T>> {
+    return tracer.trace("allDocs", { resource: this.resource }, span => {
+      span?.addTags({ db_name: this.name })
+      return this.db.allDocs(params)
+    })
+  }
+
+  query<T extends Document>(
+    viewName: string,
+    params: DatabaseQueryOpts
+  ): Promise<AllDocsResponse<T>> {
+    return tracer.trace("query", { resource: this.resource }, span => {
+      span?.addTags({ db_name: this.name, view_name: viewName })
+      return this.db.query(viewName, params)
+    })
+  }
+
+  destroy(): Promise<void | OkResponse> {
+    return tracer.trace("destroy", { resource: this.resource }, span => {
+      span?.addTags({ db_name: this.name })
+      return this.db.destroy()
+    })
+  }
+
+  compact(): Promise<void | OkResponse> {
+    return tracer.trace("compact", { resource: this.resource }, span => {
+      span?.addTags({ db_name: this.name })
+      return this.db.compact()
+    })
+  }
+
+  dump(stream: Writable, opts?: DatabaseDumpOpts | undefined): Promise<any> {
+    return tracer.trace("dump", { resource: this.resource }, span => {
+      span?.addTags({ db_name: this.name })
+      return this.db.dump(stream, opts)
+    })
+  }
+
+  load(...args: any[]): Promise<any> {
+    return tracer.trace("load", { resource: this.resource }, span => {
+      span?.addTags({ db_name: this.name })
+      return this.db.load(...args)
+    })
+  }
+
+  createIndex(...args: any[]): Promise<any> {
+    return tracer.trace("createIndex", { resource: this.resource }, span => {
+      span?.addTags({ db_name: this.name })
+      return this.db.createIndex(...args)
+    })
+  }
+
+  deleteIndex(...args: any[]): Promise<any> {
+    return tracer.trace("deleteIndex", { resource: this.resource }, span => {
+      span?.addTags({ db_name: this.name })
+      return this.db.deleteIndex(...args)
+    })
+  }
+
+  getIndexes(...args: any[]): Promise<any> {
+    return tracer.trace("getIndexes", { resource: this.resource }, span => {
+      span?.addTags({ db_name: this.name })
+      return this.db.getIndexes(...args)
+    })
+  }
+}