Updated 2026-08-18

New Relic alternatives

Approved substitutes for New Relic from existing SoftwareGlimpse catalogue peers and editorial assessments. This is a job-fit list, not a ranked best-of.

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Last updated 2026-08-18

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New Relic

8/10

Observability — Free 100 GB ingest + 1 full user; Standard from $10 first full user then $99; data $0.40/GB after 100 GB; Pro $349/full user annual.

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Best overall alternative

Datadog

8.6/10

Datadog is a catalogue substitute when SRE/platform teams needing unified infra + APM + logs. Stay with New Relic when Teams that want APM + logs + infra in one ingest bill. Reasons come from approved editorial assessments — not a ranked best-of list.

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Best New Relic alternatives

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Datadog
Best overall
Datadog is a catalogue substitute when SRE/platform teams needing unified infra + APM + logs. Stay with New Relic when Teams that want APM + logs + infra in one ingest bill. Reasons come from approved editorial assessments — not a ranked best-of list.
Best for
SRE/platform teams needing unified infra + APM + logs
Starting price
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Dynatrace
Dynatrace is a catalogue substitute when Enterprises that will sign a DPS commit and deploy OneAgent broadly. Stay with New Relic when Teams that want APM + logs + infra in one ingest bill. Reasons come from approved editorial assessments — not a ranked best-of list.
Best for
Enterprises that will sign a DPS commit and deploy OneAgent broadly
Starting price
See pricing
View review
Visit website
3
Grafana Cloud
Grafana Cloud is a catalogue substitute when Teams already fluent in Grafana/Prometheus. Stay with New Relic when Teams that want APM + logs + infra in one ingest bill. Reasons come from approved editorial assessments — not a ranked best-of list.
Best for
Teams already fluent in Grafana/Prometheus
Starting price
See pricing
View review
Visit website

Software	Best for	Starting price	Overall score	Actions
1 Datadog Best overall Datadog is a catalogue substitute when SRE/platform teams needing unified infra + APM + logs. Stay with New Relic when Teams that want APM + logs + infra in one ingest bill. Reasons come from approved editorial assessments — not a ranked best-of list.	SRE/platform teams needing unified infra + APM + logs	See pricing	8.6/10	View review Visit website
2 Dynatrace Dynatrace is a catalogue substitute when Enterprises that will sign a DPS commit and deploy OneAgent broadly. Stay with New Relic when Teams that want APM + logs + infra in one ingest bill. Reasons come from approved editorial assessments — not a ranked best-of list.	Enterprises that will sign a DPS commit and deploy OneAgent broadly	See pricing	8.2/10	View review Visit website
3 Grafana Cloud Grafana Cloud is a catalogue substitute when Teams already fluent in Grafana/Prometheus. Stay with New Relic when Teams that want APM + logs + infra in one ingest bill. Reasons come from approved editorial assessments — not a ranked best-of list.	Teams already fluent in Grafana/Prometheus	See pricing	7.5/10	View review Visit website

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Datadog

Better when

SRE/platform teams needing unified infra + APM + logs
Cloud-native orgs with AWS/Azure/GCP estates

Worse when

Buyers whose primary job is ITSM ticketing (Freshservice)
Small teams needing predictable single-line seat pricing only

Key tradeoff: Datadog fits SRE/platform teams needing unified infra + APM + logs; New Relic fits Teams that want APM + logs + infra in one ingest bill.

Dynatrace

Dynatrace is a catalogue substitute when Enterprises that will sign a DPS commit and deploy OneAgent broadly. Stay with New Relic when Teams that want APM + logs + infra in one ingest bill. Reasons come from approved editorial assessments — not a ranked best-of list.

Better when

Enterprises that will sign a DPS commit and deploy OneAgent broadly
SRE teams that want full-stack APM plus Davis AI in one platform

Worse when

SMB teams that need a published $15/host tile (Datadog)
On-call-only paging (PagerDuty)

Key tradeoff: Dynatrace fits Enterprises that will sign a DPS commit and deploy OneAgent broadly; New Relic fits Teams that want APM + logs + infra in one ingest bill.

Grafana Cloud

Grafana Cloud is a catalogue substitute when Teams already fluent in Grafana/Prometheus. Stay with New Relic when Teams that want APM + logs + infra in one ingest bill. Reasons come from approved editorial assessments — not a ranked best-of list.

Better when

Teams already fluent in Grafana/Prometheus
Startups that fit in the Free telemetry caps

Worse when

Buyers who want Datadog-style host SKUs and a single APM vendor UX
ITSM desks (Freshservice)

Key tradeoff: Grafana Cloud fits Teams already fluent in Grafana/Prometheus; New Relic fits Teams that want APM + logs + infra in one ingest bill.

Editorial note

Stay on New Relic when Teams that want APM + logs + infra in one ingest bill. Move to Datadog when SRE/platform teams needing unified infra + APM + logs. Move to Dynatrace when Enterprises that will sign a DPS commit and deploy OneAgent broadly. Move to Grafana Cloud when Teams already fluent in Grafana/Prometheus. Not a ranked best-of list — affiliate relationships never set the order.

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