Best New Relic alternatives in 2026
11 direct alternatives to New Relic, compared on pricing, features, and best-for use cases. Pick the right replacement without the marketing fluff.
LCCurated by Louis Corneloup · UpdatedWhy people leave 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.
Common reasons teams switch: pricing as you scale, missing integrations, performance, or a feature gap your team has hit. The alternatives below cover the same core job (devops) with different trade-offs.
At a glance: top 10 New Relic alternatives
Ranked by real-signal score (G2/Capterra ratings + media mentions + featured status).
11 alternatives to New Relic
Ranked by real-signal composite (rankingScore + community + reviews) and direct relevance to New Relic.
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Dynatrace
PaidFull-stack observability and AIOps platform
Direct alternative4.5(1,446)Compare New Relic vs Dynatrace → - 2
Datadog
FreemiumCloud monitoring, security, and AI investigations for DevOps
Direct alternative4.4(1,156)Compare New Relic vs Datadog → - 3
Splunk
PaidData platform for security and observability
Direct alternative4.4(668)Compare New Relic vs Splunk → - 4
Sentry
FreemiumApplication monitoring & error tracking
Direct alternative4.5(265)Compare New Relic vs Sentry → - 5
Papertrail
FreemiumReal-time log aggregation and analysis for DevOps
Direct alternative4.6(103)Compare New Relic vs Papertrail → - 6
Grafana
FreemiumObservability and visualization platform
Direct alternative4.5(107)Compare New Relic vs Grafana → - 7
LogDNA
FreemiumCloud-native log management platform
Direct alternative4.7(42)Compare New Relic vs LogDNA → - 8
Honeycomb
FreemiumObservability for distributed systems
Direct alternative4.8(19)Compare New Relic vs Honeycomb → - 9
Lightstep
FreemiumDistributed tracing and observability
Direct alternative4.3(21)Compare New Relic vs Lightstep → - 10
AppDynamics
PaidApplication performance monitoring for enterprises
Direct alternativeCompare New Relic vs AppDynamics → - 11
Judgement Labs
PaidContinuously improve AI agents and resolve misbehavior
Direct alternativeCompare New Relic vs Judgement Labs →
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