Best New Relic alternatives
New Relic handles monitoring well but pricing can escalate quickly. Many teams look for simpler, cheaper, or open-source alternatives.
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Datadog
Free tier
Cloud-scale monitoring and observability platform for infrastructure, applications, and logs.
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Application monitoring platform focused on error tracking, performance monitoring, and session replay.
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BetterStack
Free tier
Uptime monitoring, log management, and incident management platform with a clean, modern interface.
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Open-source observability platform for metrics visualization, dashboards, and alerting from any data source.
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Uptime Robot
Free tier
Simple uptime monitoring service that checks your websites every 5 minutes and alerts you when they go down.
Quick comparison: New Relic vs Datadog
| Feature | New Relic | Datadog |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free | $15/host/mo |
New Relic comparisons
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Datadog vs New Relic
New Relic is the free option; Datadog charges $15/host/mo but may offer more polish. Here is how they compare.
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Sentry vs New Relic
New Relic is the free option; Sentry charges $26/mo but may offer more polish. Here is how they compare.
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BetterStack vs New Relic
New Relic is the free option; BetterStack charges $24/mo but may offer more polish. Here is how they compare.
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Grafana vs New Relic
Grafana gives you open source and self-hosting; New Relic is a managed service. Which trade-off works for you?
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New Relic vs Uptime Robot
New Relic is built for engineering teams wanting all-in-one observability. Uptime Robot is built for anyone wanting simple, free uptime monitoring. Pick the one that fits.
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New Relic vs Checkly
New Relic is built for engineering teams wanting all-in-one observability. Checkly is built for devops teams wanting monitoring as code. Pick the one that fits.
More Monitoring tools
Datadog
Cloud-scale monitoring and observability platform for infrastructure, applications, and logs.
Sentry
Application monitoring platform focused on error tracking, performance monitoring, and session replay.
BetterStack
Uptime monitoring, log management, and incident management platform with a clean, modern interface.
Grafana
Open-source observability platform for metrics visualization, dashboards, and alerting from any data source.
Uptime Robot
Simple uptime monitoring service that checks your websites every 5 minutes and alerts you when they go down.
Checkly
API and browser monitoring with Playwright tests, deployed via code.
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