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Head-to-head · Container Monitoring

Maintenant vs New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 6 checks side by side
Higher score Maintenant #4 in Container Monitoring 9.1/10 Free plan · 14-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Maintenant
New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring #10 in Container Monitoring 8.4/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 5 of 5 features Visit New Relic

Maintenant leads on 0 checks, New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring on 0, and 6 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 6 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreMaintenant · 9.1/10
  • Free planboth
  • Free trialonly Maintenant

Maintenant scores higher on our rubric for container monitoring: 9.1 against 8.4 out of 10; our editors rank them #4 and #10.

Maintenant is the better fit for affordable Docker and Kubernetes monitoring. New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring is the better fit for teams wanting free Kubernetes telemetry.

  • Maintenant fits best

    Affordable Docker and Kubernetes monitoring

  • New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring fits best

    Teams wanting free Kubernetes telemetry

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Side by side

Feature Maintenant 9.1/10 Visit ↗ New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring 8.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.1 8.4
Ranking #4 in Container Monitoring #10 in Container Monitoring
Best for Affordable Docker and Kubernetes monitoring Teams wanting free Kubernetes telemetry
Pricing model Free plan + paid Free plan + paid
Starting price €290/yr $10/user/mo
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial 14 days —
Deployment Self-hosted, Cloud, Browser extension Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms Web, Windows, macOS, Linux Web
Support Email, Community, Docs Tickets, Community, Docs
Integrations 12 integrations 780+ integrations
Built for Solo, Small business, Mid-market Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Maintenant 5/5 · New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring 5/5
Container metrics ✓ ✓
Resource alerts ✓ ✓
Image monitoring ✓ ✓
Runtime events ✓ ✓
Container log collection ✓ ✓
Specs
Supported platforms Docker, Kubernetes, Linux amd64/arm64, macOS, WSL2 Kubernetes; Docker on Linux and Windows
Our review
Pros
  • Automatic container discovery with lifecycle, health, and restart-loop monitoring
  • Per-container metrics, logs, alerts, image scans, and endpoint checks
  • Free open-source Community plan with API, webhooks, and Discord routing
  • 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
  • Personal supports up to 20 hosts
  • Slack, Teams, escalation policies, and support require Pro
  • Self-hosted deployment requires managing the deployment environment
  • 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

Maintenant is a self-hosted monitoring product for Docker and Kubernetes environments, delivered as a single container or binary. It is aimed at individuals, teams, and infrastructure operators who need visibility across container health,…

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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…

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  1. MaintenantContainer Monitoring 9.1Free plan · 14-day trial
  2. New Relic Kubernetes MonitoringContainer Monitoring 8.4Free plan

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Maintenant — where it wins

    • Automatic container discovery with lifecycle, health, and restart-loop monitoring
    • Per-container metrics, logs, alerts, image scans, and endpoint checks
    • Free open-source Community plan with API, webhooks, and Discord routing

    Where it doesn't

    • Personal supports up to 20 hosts
    • Slack, Teams, escalation policies, and support require Pro
    • Self-hosted deployment requires managing the deployment environment

  • 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
  • Maintenant9.1/10 · Free plan · 14-day trial

    A broad, open-source monitoring stack with a free tier and paid security features.

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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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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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