New Relic Review

IT & DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE

Choose New Relic when unified observability billed on ingest + users is the job — not Datadog host packs and not ITSM.

Last updated 2026-08-18Independent editorial review

Starting price
$10.00/user/month
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
No
Best for
Teams that want APM + logs + infra in one ingest bill

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SoftwareGlimpse review

8/10

Good

ease of use7
it job fit9
workflow depth9
integrations8
admin security8
scalability9

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Best New Relic alternatives

Alternatives are drawn from the product graph and editorial comparisons — not paid placements.

Datadog

Same-cluster observability peer comparison. Choose New Relic when unified observability billed on ingest + users is the job — not Datadog host packs and not ITSM. Choose Datadog when observability — infrastructure, APM, and logs — is the primary job and you can model module/consumption TCO. Overall: New Relic 8 vs Datadog 8.6. Not hands-on lab tested; confirm live pricing and packaging. Compare published pricing, ITSM, observability, source control, hosting, web data, security, and integrations.

From $15.00/user/month

SRE/platform teams needing unified infra + APM + logs

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Dynatrace

Same-cluster observability peer comparison. Choose Dynatrace when enterprise full-stack observability with a DPS commit is the job — not Datadog host modules by default, and not PagerDuty. Choose New Relic when unified observability billed on ingest + users is the job — not Datadog host packs and not ITSM. Overall: Dynatrace 8.2 vs New Relic 8. Not hands-on lab tested; confirm live pricing and packaging. Compare published pricing, ITSM, observability, source control, hosting, web data, security, and integrations.

From $58.00/user/month

Enterprises that will sign a DPS commit and deploy OneAgent broadly

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Alternatives comparison at a glance

Product	Starting price	Free plan	Free trial
New Relic	$10.00/user/month	Yes	No
Datadog	$15.00/user/month	Yes	Yes
Dynatrace	$58.00/user/month	No	Yes

How we choose alternatives

Based on our recommendations

Alternatives come from product relationships and documented capability overlap.

Focused on your needs

We highlight when another tool fits a different workflow better.

Independently evaluated

Affiliate relationships never decide who appears here.

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