Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring vs New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring

GKGrafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring8.7Visit New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring8.4Visit

Higher score GK Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring #7 in Container Monitoring 8.7/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Grafana Cloud

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New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring #10 in Container Monitoring 8.4/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 5 of 5 features Visit New Relic

• Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring fits best

  Kubernetes teams using Grafana

• New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring fits best

  Teams wanting free Kubernetes telemetry

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Side by side

Feature	GKGrafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring 8.7/10 Visit ↗	New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring 8.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.7	8.4
Ranking	#7 in Container Monitoring	#10 in Container Monitoring
Best for	Kubernetes teams using Grafana	Teams wanting free Kubernetes telemetry
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	—	$10/user/mo
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, Linux	Web
Support	Email, Tickets, Community, Docs	Tickets, Community, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001	GDPR, HIPAA, SSO/SAML
Integrations	6 integrations	780+ integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring 5/5 · New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring 5/5
Container metrics	✓	✓
Resource alerts	✓	✓
Image monitoring	✓	✓
Runtime events	✓	✓
Container log collection	✓	✓
Specs
Supported platforms	Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Google GKE, Azure AKS, GKE Autopilot, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, Red Hat OpenShift, and EKS on AWS Fargate	Kubernetes; Docker on Linux and Windows
Our review
Pros	Free plan covers metrics, dashboards, alerts, events, logs, and cost analysis Helm deployment connects Grafana Alloy with Kubernetes data sources Adds workload efficiency views and CPU and memory usage predictions	Free tier includes Kubernetes dashboards, logs, metrics, events, and alerts Correlates metrics, logs, events, and traces across workloads Supports Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, APM, and eBPF-based instrumentation
Cons	Available only within Grafana Cloud Pro pricing is usage-based and can vary by container or host hours Free plan includes community support rather than premium support	Paid pricing varies by users, ingest, and optional data features Enterprise capabilities require an enterprise plan The free plan includes one full platform user
Our verdict	Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring is a managed observability application for teams operating Kubernetes clusters. It covers cluster, node, pod, workload, and container monitoring, along with resource metrics, events, logs, cost views,… Read the review →	New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring provides observability across Kubernetes clusters, workloads, containers, and applications. It is designed for engineering, DevOps, and platform teams managing Kubernetes environments, including… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring — where it wins

  • Free plan covers metrics, dashboards, alerts, events, logs, and cost analysis
  • Helm deployment connects Grafana Alloy with Kubernetes data sources
  • Adds workload efficiency views and CPU and memory usage predictions

  Where it doesn't

  • Available only within Grafana Cloud
  • Pro pricing is usage-based and can vary by container or host hours
  • Free plan includes community support rather than premium support

• New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring — where it wins

  • Free tier includes Kubernetes dashboards, logs, metrics, events, and alerts
  • Correlates metrics, logs, events, and traces across workloads
  • Supports Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, APM, and eBPF-based instrumentation

  Where it doesn't

  • Paid pricing varies by users, ingest, and optional data features
  • Enterprise capabilities require an enterprise plan
  • The free plan includes one full platform user

• GKGrafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring8.7/10 · Free plan

  A broad Grafana Cloud option for Kubernetes teams needing metrics, logs, alerts, and cost visibility.

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• New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring8.4/10 · Free plan

  A broad Kubernetes monitoring platform with a useful free tier and usage-based pricing.

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