diff --git a/doc/usage.md b/doc/usage.md
index 029f6c2..90d1eb5 100644
--- a/doc/usage.md
+++ b/doc/usage.md
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
                     array(
                         'serv1' => array('address' => 'udp://200.22.143.12'),
                         'serv2' => array('port' => 8125, 'address' => 'udp://200.22.143.12')
-                    )
+                    ),
+                    new \M6Web\Component\Statsd\MessageFormatter\InfluxDBStatsDMessageFormatter()
                 );
 
 $client->increment('a.graphite.node');
diff --git a/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/Client.php b/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/Client.php
index 7ff3d6b..e8bbe3d 100644
--- a/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/Client.php
+++ b/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/Client.php
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
 namespace M6Web\Component\Statsd;
 
+use M6Web\Component\Statsd\MessageFormatter\InfluxDBStatsDMessageFormatter;
+use M6Web\Component\Statsd\MessageFormatter\MessageFormatterInterface;
+
 /**
  * client Statsd
  */
@@ -38,15 +41,19 @@ class Client
      */
     private $serverKeys = [];
 
+    /** @var MessageFormatterInterface */
+    private $messageFormatter;
+
     /**
      * contructeur
      *
      * @param array $servers les serveurs
      */
-    public function __construct(array $servers)
+    public function __construct(array $servers, MessageFormatterInterface $messageFormatter = null)
     {
         $this->init($servers);
         $this->initQueue();
+        $this->messageFormatter = $messageFormatter ?: new InfluxDBStatsDMessageFormatter();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -170,7 +177,9 @@ protected function buildSampledData()
 
         foreach ($this->getToSend() as $metric) {
             $server = $metric['server'];
-            $sampledData[$server][] = $metric['message']->getStatsdMessage();
+            /** @var MessageEntity $message */
+            $message = $metric['message'];
+            $sampledData[$server][] = $this->messageFormatter->format($message);
         }
 
         return $sampledData;
diff --git a/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/MessageEntity.php b/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/MessageEntity.php
index 084a654..2418c11 100644
--- a/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/MessageEntity.php
+++ b/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/MessageEntity.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ protected function checkConstructor()
      *
      * @return bool
      */
-    protected function useSampleRate()
+    public function useSampleRate()
     {
         if (($this->getSampleRate() < 1) && (mt_rand() / mt_getrandmax()) <= $this->getSampleRate()) {
             return true;
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ public function getUnit()
         return $this->unit;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getTags()
+    {
+        return $this->tags;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return string Tags formatted for sending
      *                ex: "server=5,country=fr"
@@ -147,9 +155,22 @@ private function getFullNode()
      * format a statsd message
      *
      * @return string
+     *
+     * @deprecated
      */
     public function getStatsdMessage()
     {
+        trigger_error(
+            sprintf(
+                '%s is deprecated and will be removed in the next major version. '.
+                'Update your code to use %s::%s.',
+                __METHOD__,
+                'M6Web\Component\Statsd\MessageFormatter\MessageFormatterInterface',
+                'format'
+            ),
+            E_USER_DEPRECATED
+        );
+
         $message = sprintf('%s:%s|%s', $this->getFullNode(), $this->getValue(), $this->getUnit());
         if ($this->useSampleRate()) {
             $message .= sprintf('|@%s', $this->getSampleRate());
diff --git a/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/MessageFormatter/DogStatsDMessageFormatter.php b/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/MessageFormatter/DogStatsDMessageFormatter.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efa344d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/MessageFormatter/DogStatsDMessageFormatter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace M6Web\Component\Statsd\MessageFormatter;
+
+use M6Web\Component\Statsd\MessageEntity;
+
+/**
+ * Formats a StatsD message using the DogStatsD style:
+ * https://docs.datadoghq.com/developers/dogstatsd/datagram_shell/?tab=metrics#tagging
+ */
+class DogStatsDMessageFormatter implements MessageFormatterInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function format(MessageEntity $message)
+    {
+        $formatted = sprintf('%s:%s|%s', $message->getNode(), $message->getValue(), $message->getUnit());
+
+        if ($message->useSampleRate()) {
+            $formatted .= sprintf('|@%s', $message->getSampleRate());
+        }
+
+        if ($message->getTags()) {
+            $formatted .= '|#'.$this->getTagsAsString($message);
+        }
+
+        return $formatted."\n";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private function getTagsAsString(MessageEntity $message)
+    {
+        $tags = array_map(static function ($k, $v) {
+            return $k.':'.$v;
+        }, array_keys($message->getTags()), $message->getTags());
+
+        return implode(',', $tags);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/MessageFormatter/InfluxDBStatsDMessageFormatter.php b/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/MessageFormatter/InfluxDBStatsDMessageFormatter.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..107da8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/MessageFormatter/InfluxDBStatsDMessageFormatter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace M6Web\Component\Statsd\MessageFormatter;
+
+use M6Web\Component\Statsd\MessageEntity;
+
+/**
+ * Formats a StatsD message using the InfluxDB StatsD style:
+ * https://www.influxdata.com/blog/getting-started-with-sending-statsd-metrics-to-telegraf-influxdb/#introducing-influx-statsd
+ */
+class InfluxDBStatsDMessageFormatter implements MessageFormatterInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function format(MessageEntity $message)
+    {
+        $node = $message->getNode();
+
+        if ($message->getTags()) {
+            $node .= ','.$this->getTagsAsString($message);
+        }
+
+        $formatted = sprintf('%s:%s|%s', $node, $message->getValue(), $message->getUnit());
+
+        if ($message->useSampleRate()) {
+            $formatted .= sprintf('|@%s', $message->getSampleRate());
+        }
+
+        return $formatted;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private function getTagsAsString(MessageEntity $message)
+    {
+        $tags = array_map(static function ($k, $v) {
+            return $k.'='.$v;
+        }, array_keys($message->getTags()), $message->getTags());
+
+        return implode(',', $tags);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/MessageFormatter/MessageFormatterInterface.php b/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/MessageFormatter/MessageFormatterInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96f3b5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/M6Web/Component/Statsd/MessageFormatter/MessageFormatterInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace M6Web\Component\Statsd\MessageFormatter;
+
+use M6Web\Component\Statsd\MessageEntity;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for formatting StatsD messages for different StatsD server implementations.
+ */
+interface MessageFormatterInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function format(MessageEntity $message);
+}
diff --git a/src/M6Web/Component/Tests/Units/Client.php b/src/M6Web/Component/Tests/Units/Client.php
index 6d18304..7b75439 100644
--- a/src/M6Web/Component/Tests/Units/Client.php
+++ b/src/M6Web/Component/Tests/Units/Client.php
@@ -306,7 +306,9 @@ public function testSend()
             ->boolean($client->send())
             ->isEqualTo(true)
             ->mock($client)
-                ->call('writeDatas')->exactly(1);
+                ->call('writeDatas')
+                    ->withArguments('serv2', ['service.foo:1|c'])->once()
+                    ->withAnyArguments()->exactly(1);
         $client = new \mock\M6Web\Component\Statsd\Client($this->getConf());
         $client->getMockController()->writeDatas = function ($server, $datas) {
             return true;
@@ -315,7 +317,9 @@ public function testSend()
             ->then()
             ->boolean($client->send())
             ->mock($client)
-                ->call('writeDatas')->exactly(1); // but one call
+                ->call('writeDatas')
+                    ->withArguments('serv2', ['service.foo:1|c', 'service.foo:1|c'])->once()
+                    ->withAnyArguments()->exactly(1); // but one call
         $client = new \mock\M6Web\Component\Statsd\Client($this->getConf());
         $client->getMockController()->writeDatas = function ($server, $datas) {
             return true;
@@ -324,12 +328,19 @@ public function testSend()
             ->then()
             ->boolean($client->send())
             ->mock($client)
-                ->call('writeDatas')->exactly(2);
+                ->call('writeDatas')
+                    ->withArguments('serv1', ['foo2:1|c'])->once()
+                    ->withArguments('serv2', ['foo:1|c'])->once()
+                    ->withAnyArguments()->exactly(2);
 
         $this->if($client->count('foocount', 5))
             ->then()
             ->boolean($client->send())
             ->mock($client)
-                ->call('writeDatas')->exactly(3);
+                ->call('writeDatas')
+                    ->withArguments('serv1', ['foo2:1|c'])->once()
+                    ->withArguments('serv2', ['foo:1|c'])->once()
+                    ->withArguments('serv2', ['foocount:5|c'])->once()
+                    ->withAnyArguments()->exactly(3);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/M6Web/Component/Tests/Units/MessageEntity.php b/src/M6Web/Component/Tests/Units/MessageEntity.php
index bb08dc1..3262a33 100644
--- a/src/M6Web/Component/Tests/Units/MessageEntity.php
+++ b/src/M6Web/Component/Tests/Units/MessageEntity.php
@@ -37,32 +37,55 @@ public function testGet()
      */
     public function testgetStatsdMessage()
     {
+        $expectedDeprecation =
+            'M6Web\Component\Statsd\MessageEntity::getStatsdMessage is deprecated and will be '.
+            'removed in the next major version. Update your code to use '.
+            'M6Web\Component\Statsd\MessageFormatter\MessageFormatterInterface::format.';
+
         // not sampled message
-        $this->if($messageEntity = new Statsd\MessageEntity(
-            'raoul.node', 1, 'c'))
-            ->then()
-                ->string($messageEntity->getStatsdMessage())
-                ->isEqualTo('raoul.node:1|c')
-        ;
+        $this
+            ->when(function () {
+                $this->if($messageEntity = new Statsd\MessageEntity(
+                    'raoul.node', 1, 'c'))
+                    ->then()
+                    ->string($messageEntity->getStatsdMessage())
+                    ->isEqualTo('raoul.node:1|c')
+                ;
+            })
+            ->error()
+            ->withMessage($expectedDeprecation)
+            ->exists();
 
         // sampled message
         $this->function->mt_rand = function () { return 1; };
         $this->function->mt_getrandmax = function () { return 10; };
 
-        $this->if($messageEntity = new Statsd\MessageEntity(
-            'raoul.node', 1, 'c', 0.2))
-            ->then()
-                ->string($messageEntity->getStatsdMessage())
-                    ->isEqualTo('raoul.node:1|c|@0.2')
-        ;
+        $this
+            ->when(function () {
+                $this->if($messageEntity = new Statsd\MessageEntity(
+                    'raoul.node', 1, 'c', 0.2))
+                    ->then()
+                        ->string($messageEntity->getStatsdMessage())
+                            ->isEqualTo('raoul.node:1|c|@0.2')
+                ;
+            })
+            ->error()
+            ->withMessage($expectedDeprecation)
+            ->exists();
 
         // with tags
-        $this->if($messageEntity = new Statsd\MessageEntity(
-            'raoul.node', 1, 'c', 0.2, ['foo' => 'bar']))
-            ->then()
-            ->string($messageEntity->getStatsdMessage())
-            ->isEqualTo('raoul.node,foo=bar:1|c|@0.2')
-        ;
+        $this
+            ->when(function () {
+                $this->if($messageEntity = new Statsd\MessageEntity(
+                    'raoul.node', 1, 'c', 0.2, ['foo' => 'bar']))
+                    ->then()
+                    ->string($messageEntity->getStatsdMessage())
+                    ->isEqualTo('raoul.node,foo=bar:1|c|@0.2')
+                ;
+            })
+            ->error()
+            ->withMessage($expectedDeprecation)
+            ->exists();
     }
 
     public function testErrorConstructorStatsdMessage()
diff --git a/src/M6Web/Component/Tests/Units/MessageFormatter/DogStatsDMessageFormatter.php b/src/M6Web/Component/Tests/Units/MessageFormatter/DogStatsDMessageFormatter.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fbe237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/M6Web/Component/Tests/Units/MessageFormatter/DogStatsDMessageFormatter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace M6Web\Component\Statsd\Tests\Units\MessageFormatter;
+
+use M6Web\Component\Statsd;
+use mageekguy\atoum;
+
+class DogStatsDMessageFormatter extends atoum\test
+{
+    public function testFormat()
+    {
+        // not sampled message
+        $message = new \mock\M6Web\Component\Statsd\MessageEntity('raoul.node', 1, 'c');
+        $this
+            ->if($formatter = new Statsd\MessageFormatter\DogStatsDMessageFormatter())
+            ->then()
+            ->string($formatter->format($message))
+            ->isEqualTo("raoul.node:1|c\n");
+
+        // sampled message
+        $message = new \mock\M6Web\Component\Statsd\MessageEntity('raoul.node', 1, 'c', 0.2);
+        $this->calling($message)->useSampleRate = true;
+        $this
+            ->given($formatter = new Statsd\MessageFormatter\DogStatsDMessageFormatter())
+            ->then()
+            ->string($formatter->format($message))
+            ->isEqualTo("raoul.node:1|c|@0.2\n");
+
+        // with tags
+        $message = new \mock\M6Web\Component\Statsd\MessageEntity('raoul.node', 1, 'c', 0.2, ['foo' => 'bar']);
+        $this->calling($message)->useSampleRate = true;
+        $this
+            ->if($formatter = new Statsd\MessageFormatter\DogStatsDMessageFormatter())
+            ->then()
+            ->string($formatter->format($message))
+            ->isEqualTo("raoul.node:1|c|@0.2|#foo:bar\n");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/M6Web/Component/Tests/Units/MessageFormatter/InfluxDBStatsDMessageFormatter.php b/src/M6Web/Component/Tests/Units/MessageFormatter/InfluxDBStatsDMessageFormatter.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd83ed4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/M6Web/Component/Tests/Units/MessageFormatter/InfluxDBStatsDMessageFormatter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace M6Web\Component\Statsd\Tests\Units\MessageFormatter;
+
+use M6Web\Component\Statsd;
+use mageekguy\atoum;
+
+class InfluxDBStatsDMessageFormatter extends atoum\test
+{
+    public function testFormat()
+    {
+        // not sampled message
+        $message = new \mock\M6Web\Component\Statsd\MessageEntity('raoul.node', 1, 'c');
+        $this
+            ->if($formatter = new Statsd\MessageFormatter\InfluxDBStatsDMessageFormatter())
+            ->then()
+            ->string($formatter->format($message))
+            ->isEqualTo('raoul.node:1|c');
+
+        // sampled message
+        $message = new \mock\M6Web\Component\Statsd\MessageEntity('raoul.node', 1, 'c', 0.2);
+        $this->calling($message)->useSampleRate = true;
+        $this
+            ->given($formatter = new Statsd\MessageFormatter\InfluxDBStatsDMessageFormatter())
+            ->then()
+            ->string($formatter->format($message))
+            ->isEqualTo('raoul.node:1|c|@0.2');
+
+        // with tags
+        $message = new \mock\M6Web\Component\Statsd\MessageEntity('raoul.node', 1, 'c', 0.2, ['foo' => 'bar']);
+        $this->calling($message)->useSampleRate = true;
+        $this
+            ->if($formatter = new Statsd\MessageFormatter\InfluxDBStatsDMessageFormatter())
+            ->then()
+            ->string($formatter->format($message))
+            ->isEqualTo('raoul.node,foo=bar:1|c|@0.2');
+    }
+}