Alternatives
Best New Relic alternatives in 2026
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Cite this list: Toolradar, best New Relic alternatives 2026, toolradar.com/alternatives/new-relic
12 direct alternatives to New Relic, compared on pricing, features, and best-for use cases. Pick the right replacement without the marketing fluff.
Quick answer
- Dynatrace is the top alternative to New Relic on our list, followed by Datadog and Splunk.
- 7 of the 12 alternatives have a free plan, starting with Datadog.
- Highest rated: Honeycomb, 4.7 out of 5 from 55 ratings, Sep 2026.
- 12 alternatives
- 7 with a free plan
Top 3 alternatives to New Relic
Dynatrace
#1 Top pickFull-stack observability and AIOps platform
Starting price
From $7 /mo
Cheapest paid plan, monthly, as of November 2026
4.5 /5 across G2 and Capterra · 1,455 ratings, Sep 2026
Our take
Best overall
Datadog
#2Cloud monitoring, security, and AI investigations for DevOps
Starting price
From $18 /mo
Cheapest paid plan, monthly, as of November 2026
4.4 /5 on G2 · 726 ratings, Aug 2026
Our take
Best free tier
Splunk
#3Data platform for security and observability
Pricing
Not published
4.4 /5 across G2 and Capterra · 697 ratings, Sep 2026
New Relic vs 12 alternatives
| Tool | Starting price (Nov 2026) | Free plan | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Price: $10/mo | Free plan: Yes | 4.4 out of 5, from 783 ratings across G2 and Capterra (783) |
| Price: $7/mo | Free plan: No | 4.5 out of 5, from 1,455 ratings across G2 and Capterra (1,455) |
| Price: $18/mo | Free plan: Yes | 4.4 out of 5, from 726 ratings on G2 (726) |
| Price: Not published | Free plan: No | 4.4 out of 5, from 697 ratings across G2 and Capterra (697) |
 | Price: $26/mo | Free plan: Yes | 4.6 out of 5, from 297 ratings across G2 and Capterra (297) |
 | Price: $19/mo | Free plan: Yes | 4.5 out of 5, from 275 ratings across G2 and Capterra (275) |
 | Price: Not published | Free plan: No | 4.4 out of 5, from 83 ratings on G2 (83) |
| Price: $150/mo | Free plan: Yes | 4.7 out of 5, from 55 ratings across G2 and Capterra (55) | |
 | Price: $7/mo | Free plan: Yes | 4.4 out of 5, from 51 ratings on G2 (51) |
| Price: Free + paid | Free plan: Yes | 4.3 out of 5, from 21 ratings across G2 and Capterra (21) | |
 | Price: $6/mo | Free plan: No | n/a |
| Price: Not published | Free plan: No | n/a | |
 | Price: $1.5/mo | Free plan: Yes | n/a |
Why people consider alternatives to New Relic
New Relic is a full-stack observability platform offering 50+ monitoring capabilities in one platform with usage-based pricing and 100 GB of free monthly data ingest.
Teams most often switch away when one of these starts to bite:
- Pricing at scale as usage or premium tiers add up.
- Missing integrations with the rest of your stack.
- Performance or scale limits as your needs grow.
- A specific feature gap you have hit in monitoring.
The 12 alternatives below cover the same core job (monitoring) with different trade-offs.
New Relic by the numbers
Toolradar data: New Relic's entry paid plan ($10/mo) ranks #5 of 42 (joint) for price among the Data Visualization tools with a verified entry price and no stated unit, where the median is $34/mo. It is listed as an alternative to 81 other tools on Toolradar, ranking #3 of 143 in Data Visualization. As of Oct 2026.
- #1 most-listed alternative in DevOps, out of 454 tools in DevOps. Source: Toolradar data, Oct 2026.
- #6 most-listed alternative in Analytics, out of 1299 tools in Analytics. Source: Toolradar data, Oct 2026.
- #2 most-listed alternative in Monitoring, out of 218 tools in Monitoring. Source: Toolradar data, Oct 2026.
| Metric | New Relic | Peer median | Position (1 is best) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry paid plan | $10/mo | $34/mo | #5 of 42 (joint) tools with no stated price unit, verified price |
| Free plan | Yes | 57% have one | n/a |
| Listed as an alternative to | 81 tools | 2 | #3 of 143 |
| Integrations listed | 2 | 2 | #5 of 15 (joint) tools with at least one integration recorded |
| User rating | 4.4/5 (across the web, 783 ratings) | 4.5/5 | #33 of 57 (joint) tools with 20+ reviews |
| Compare-page visits, last 30 days | 83 visits | 43 | #8 of 33 tools with 20+ compare-page visits |
Listed as an alternative to: #3 on 2026-10-16 to #3 on 2026-10-31 (rank among 143 tools, 1 is best).
Each position is counted among the tools that have data for that row, as noted under it. A lower entry price ranks higher; prices are read on vendor pages and compared only with tools priced on the same basis. All Data Visualization data · How we compute this. Advertising and placement fees are not inputs to any position. Visit counts include visits from every source.
Cite this: Toolradar, “New Relic by the numbers”, Oct 2026.
Monitoring leaderboards from Toolradar data
Toolradar ranks Monitoring tools on one measure at a time, only where at least 8 tools have data. As of Oct 2026.
Lowest entry price, plans with no stated unit
Cheapest standard paid plan per month (annual prices divided by 12), read on vendor pages and compared only with tools priced on the same basis.
Counted among 76 tools with no stated price unit, verified price.
| # | Tool | Entry plan |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coroot | $1/mo, billed monthly |
| 2 | LogDNA | $1.50/mo, billed monthly |
| 3 | PeakHour 6 | $1.67/mo, billed yearly |
| 4 | Sematext | $1.68/mo, billed monthly |
| 5 | Level | $2/mo, billed monthly |
Lowest entry price, per-user plans
Cheapest standard paid plan per month (annual prices divided by 12), read on vendor pages and compared only with tools priced on the same basis.
Counted among 11 tools priced per user, verified price.
| # | Tool | Entry plan |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | traceAI | $4/user/mo, billed monthly |
| 2 | VictorOps | $5/user/mo, billed monthly |
| 3 | Spiceworks | $6/user/mo, billed monthly |
| 4 | Opsgenie | $9.45/user/mo, billed monthly |
| 5 | Dash0 | $10/user/mo, billed monthly |
Most media coverage, last 30 days
Number of distinct articles published in the last 30 days by independent press, blogs and newsletters that mention the tool. A story carried by several outlets counts once; the vendor's own blog, review sites, forums and republishing sites do not count.
Counted among 8 tools mentioned in the last 30 days.
| # | Tool | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SolarWinds | 5 articles |
| 2 | Elementary Data | 3 articles |
| 2 | Monte Carlo | 3 articles |
| 4 | OpenTelemetry | 2 articles |
| 5 | Dash0 | 1 article |
A position exists only when at least 8 tools have data for that metric. 87 of 218 Monitoring tools have a verified price; the others publish none we could read (often "contact sales"). Advertising and placement fees are not inputs to any position. Visit counts include visits from every source. How we compute this. Cite this: Toolradar, “Monitoring leaderboards”, Oct 2026. Data licensed CC BY 4.0. All Monitoring statistics.
12 alternatives to New Relic
Ranked by G2 and Capterra ratings, media mentions, and editor review, plus how directly they replace New Relic.
- 1
Dynatrace
Paid Battle-tested at scaleFull-stack observability and AIOps platform
4.5 /5 across G2 and Capterra · 1,455 ratings, Sep 2026
From $7/mo
- 2
Datadog
Free planCloud monitoring, security, and AI investigations for DevOps
4.4 /5 on G2 · 726 ratings, Aug 2026
From $18/host/mo, billed yearly; free plan available
- 3
Splunk
PaidData platform for security and observability
4.4 /5 across G2 and Capterra · 697 ratings, Sep 2026
Price not published
- 4
Sentry
Free planApplication monitoring & error tracking
4.6 /5 across G2 and Capterra · 297 ratings, Sep 2026
From $26/mo, billed yearly; free plan available
- 5
Grafana
Free planObservability and visualization platform
4.5 /5 across G2 and Capterra · 275 ratings, Sep 2026
From $19/mo, billed monthly; free plan available
- 6
Sterling
PaidA global solutions integrator for complex technology challenges
4.4 /5 on G2 · 83 ratings, Aug 2026
Price not published
- 7
Honeycomb
Free plan Higher rated by usersObservability for distributed systems
4.7 /5 across G2 and Capterra · 55 ratings, Sep 2026
From $150/mo, billed monthly; free plan available
- 8
Papertrail
Free planReal-time log aggregation and analysis for DevOps
4.4 /5 on G2 · 51 ratings, Sep 2026
From $7/mo, billed monthly; free plan available
- 9
Lightstep
Free planDistributed tracing and observability
4.3 /5 across G2 and Capterra · 21 ratings, Sep 2026
Free plan available; paid prices not published
- 10
AppDynamics
PaidApplication performance monitoring for enterprises
From $6/mo, billed monthly
- 11
Judgement Labs
PaidContinuously improve AI agents and resolve misbehavior
Price not published
- 12
LogDNA
Free planCloud-native log management platform
From $1.50/mo, billed monthly; free plan available
Frequently asked questions
What is the best alternative to New Relic?
Based on real-signal scoring (G2 and Capterra ratings, media mentions, and editorial review), the top alternatives to New Relic are Dynatrace, Datadog, Splunk. Each solves the same core job with different trade-offs on pricing, features, and integrations.
Is there a free alternative to New Relic?
There is no fully free alternative in this list. Datadog is freemium: a permanent free tier plus paid plans (Cloud monitoring, security, and AI investigations for DevOps).
Why do people look for New Relic alternatives?
Common reasons teams switch away from New Relic: pricing that scales aggressively, missing integrations with the rest of their stack, performance or scale limits, or a specific feature gap in monitoring. The alternatives on this page solve the same core problem with different trade-offs.
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