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Alternatives to New Relic
5 software tools sit alongside New Relic in this directory. Below is what separates each from New Relic on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 5
- With a free tier
- 4
- Cheaper to start
- 4
- New Relic starts at
- Free, then $49/month
Why people look past New Relic
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the New Relic entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
New Relic starts at $49/month. Across the 4 software tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $17.7/month.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Modern monitoring & security
- No free tier, where New Relic has one.
- Starts $34 a month cheaper, at $15/month.
Composable observability platform
- Starts $30 a month cheaper, at $19/month.
Application monitoring platform built by developers for developers
- Starts $23 a month cheaper, at $26/month.
The heart of the Elastic Stack for search and analytics
- Starts $32.6 a month cheaper, at $16.4/month.
Open source monitoring and alerting toolkit for cloud native environments
Priced and rated the same as New Relic on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every New Relic alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Relic (this page) | Free, then $49/month | - | - | |
| DatadogComprehensive observability platform with APM, infrastructure monitoring, and logging. Direct competitor with similar SaaS pricing model and multi-cloud support. | $15/month | - | 3 | vs New Relic |
| Grafana CloudOpen-source based observability platform with Prometheus and Loki for metrics and logs, competing on flexibility and open standards. | Free, then $19/month | - | 3 | vs New Relic |
| SentryError tracking and performance monitoring platform, competing on developer-first design and real-time issue tracking. | Free, then $26/month | - | 4 | vs New Relic |
| ElasticsearchSearch and analytics engine for logs and events, competing on log management and search capabilities. | Free, then $16.4/month | - | 2 | vs New Relic |
| PrometheusOpen-source metrics monitoring and alerting toolkit, competing on cost and deployment flexibility for metrics-focused workloads. | Free | Open-source | - | vs New Relic |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the New Relic badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (4)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Grafana Cloud , Free, then $19/month
- Sentry , Free, then $26/month
- Elasticsearch , Free, then $16.4/month
- Prometheus , Free
Cheaper than New Relic (4)
Entry price under New Relic's $49/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Datadog , $15/month
- Grafana Cloud , Free, then $19/month
- Sentry , Free, then $26/month
- Elasticsearch , Free, then $16.4/month
What you would be giving up
New Relic is most often brought in for application monitoring, infrastructure monitoring, error tracking, performance optimization. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If New Relic is broadly right and the question is cost, the New Relic pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the full directory lists everything.
New Relic runs on web, api, mobile. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about New Relic alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to New Relic?
- 5 other software tools are listed in this directory, led by Datadog, Grafana Cloud, Sentry, Elasticsearch. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to New Relic?
- 4 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Grafana Cloud, Sentry, Elasticsearch, Prometheus.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to New Relic?
- Yes. 4 of the alternatives below start under New Relic's $49/month: Datadog at $15/month, Grafana Cloud at Free, then $19/month, Sentry at Free, then $26/month, Elasticsearch at Free, then $16.4/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to New Relic?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: it costs more than the category median. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from New Relic?
- New Relic is most often brought in for application monitoring, infrastructure monitoring, error tracking, performance optimization. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to New Relic?
- Prometheus is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these New Relic alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Software, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare New Relic against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against New Relic covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every software tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Software category, 5 tools beside New Relic. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.