New Relic

newrelic.com
Observability & Monitoring
Weekend Project

Monitor, Debug and Improve Your Entire Stack

How to Replace New Relic

Overview

New Relic is a full-stack observability platform that helps organizations monitor, debug, and improve their entire technology stack. It provides intelligent observability capabilities including APM, infrastructure monitoring, log management, and security features to maximize business uptime and drive engineering excellence.

Features

41 features across 15 categories

AI(1)

New Relic AIAIPremium

AI-powered observability and intelligent automation capabilities

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Administration(1)

Feature Control Manager

Toggle Advanced Compute capabilities on/off to control spending

Also in: Notion, Airtable, Smartsheet

Alerting(2)

Alerts

Intelligent alerting and notification system

AnomaliesAI

Automatic anomaly detection and alerting

Also in: Splunk, Lacework, Dashlane

Analytics(1)

Engagement IntelligenceAI

Intelligence insights for user engagement

Also in: Hugging Face, Notion, Smartsheet

Automation(1)

RemediationAI

Automated remediation and resolution capabilities

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Compliance(1)

EU Data Center OptionPremium

Option to store data in European Union data center for compliance

Also in: Insider CDP, Airtable, 1Password

Compute(1)

Advanced ComputePremium

Pay-per-use compute capacity for advanced observability capabilities

Cost Management(1)

Cloud Cost IntelligenceAI

Monitor and optimize cloud spending

Data Management(3)

Data PlusPremium

Bundle with advanced data capabilities including extended retention, FedRAMP, HIPAA eligibility, and advanced logs obfuscation

Extended Data RetentionPremium

Extended data retention beyond default 8-90 days

Live ArchivesPremium

Advanced data archival and retrieval capabilities

Diagnostics(4)

Error Tracking

Track and manage application errors with errors inbox

Errors Inbox

Centralized inbox for error tracking and resolution

Traces

Distributed tracing for request tracking across services

Transaction 360AI

Resolve issues 5x faster with intelligent transaction observability

Governance(1)

Catalog & Scorecards

Service catalog and health scorecards for team insights

Integration(3)

CodeStream Integration

IDE integration for telemetry data visibility in code editor

Enhanced Streaming and Historical Data ExportPremium

Export New Relic data to external destinations for analysis and integration

Integrations

780+ integrations with third-party tools and platforms

Monitoring(16)

APM (Application Performance Monitoring)

Monitor application performance with distributed tracing capabilities

Browser Monitoring

Monitor real user experience and browser performance

Cloud Monitoring

Monitor cloud environments and cloud resources

Database Monitoring

Monitor database performance and health

eAPM

Elastic APM for comprehensive application performance monitoring

Full Stack Monitoring

Monitor front end, back end, infrastructure, and vulnerabilities across your entire stack

Host Monitoring

Monitor physical and virtual host systems

Infrastructure Monitoring

Monitor infrastructure hosts and cloud resources

Kubernetes Monitoring

Monitor Kubernetes clusters and container orchestration

Log Management

Collect, analyze, and manage logs from your entire stack

Mobile Monitoring

Monitor mobile application performance and user experience

Network Monitoring

Monitor network performance and connectivity

Serverless Monitoring

Monitor serverless functions and cloud functions

Streaming Video & Ads IntelligenceAI

Monitor streaming video and advertising performance

Synthetic Monitoring

Monitor application availability and performance from multiple locations

System Health

Overall system health monitoring and status

Reporting(1)

Dashboards

Custom dashboards for visualization and analysis

Security(4)

Advanced Logs ObfuscationPremium

Create and track rules to mask or hash sensitive log data

Automatic Log Obfuscation

Automatically masks known credit-card and Social-Security-number patterns in logs

SAML Single Sign-On

Enterprise SAML authentication for account security

Security RX

Security monitoring and vulnerability detection

Pricing

Free

Free
  • 100 GB data ingest per month
  • One full platform user
  • Unlimited basic users
  • Access to 50+ capabilities
  • Automatic logs obfuscation
  • 500 synthetic checks
  • 8 days data retention
  • No credit card required

Standard

$10/mo for first user, $99/additional (max 5)
  • Limited to 5 full platform users
  • 100 GB free data ingest per month
  • $0.40/GB beyond free tier
  • Ticketed support
  • 2 business days support response SLA
  • SAML single sign-on
  • Unlimited basic users
  • Access to 50+ capabilities

Pro

$349/user (annual) or $418.80/user (monthly)
  • Unlimited full platform users
  • 100 GB free data ingest per month
  • $0.40/GB beyond free tier
  • 2-hour critical initial support response SLA
  • Data Plus eligibility
  • Optional full consumption pricing with no user licenses
  • Volume discounts and commit pricing available
  • Access to 50+ capabilities

Enterprise

Custom
  • Everything in Pro plus
  • FedRAMP Moderate and HIPAA eligibility
  • Priority ticket routing
  • 1-hour critical initial support response SLA
  • Optional full consumption pricing with no user licenses
  • Custom data ingest pricing
  • Advanced security configurations
  • Volume discounts and commit pricing available

Cost Calculator

Keep Paying New Relic

Monthly$10/mo
Yearly$120/yr
5-Year Total$600

Build It Yourself

Est. Build Time~3 hrs
Hosting$20/mo
DifficultyVery Easy

Total Cost Comparison

1 Year
SaaS
$120
DIY
$240
3 Years
SaaS
$360
DIY
$720
5 Years
SaaS
$600
DIY
$1.2k

DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 41 features at very easy complexity.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a New Relic alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 41 features.

Buy New Relic

Better Value
Monthly cost$100/mo
3-year total$3,600
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$24,000
Maintenance$360/mo
3-year total$36,960
Dev time~2 months

Buying New Relic saves ~$33,360 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 41 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

7 known integrations

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