Splunk AppDynamics vs New Relic APM

Splunk AppDynamics9.1Visit New Relic APM8.8Visit

Higher score Splunk AppDynamics #4 in Application Performance Monitoring 9.1/10 Paid ✓ 5 of 5 features Visit AppDynamics

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New Relic APM #7 in Application Performance Monitoring 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 5 of 5 features Visit New Relic

• Splunk AppDynamics fits best

  Enterprise transaction monitoring with hybrid deployment

• New Relic APM fits best

  Teams wanting a mature cloud platform

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Side by side

Feature	Splunk AppDynamics 9.1/10 Visit ↗	New Relic APM 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.1	8.8
Ranking	#4 in Application Performance Monitoring	#7 in Application Performance Monitoring
Best for	Enterprise transaction monitoring with hybrid deployment	Teams wanting a mature cloud platform
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$6/unit/mo	$10/user/mo
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Splunk AppDynamics 5/5 · New Relic APM 5/5
Distributed tracing	✓	✓
Transaction tracing	✓	✓
Dependency mapping	✓	✓
Real user monitoring	✓	✓
Log correlation	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Hybrid	Cloud
Our review
Pros	Business transaction tracing, snapshots, and dependency mapping AI-driven anomaly detection with root-cause analysis Self-hosted deployment plus OpenTelemetry data ingestion	Distributed traces, transaction traces, and database query analysis Service maps, error tracking, alerts, and logs in trace context Free plan includes 100 GB monthly data ingest and 50+ capabilities
Cons	No free plan Plans are billed annually Advanced capabilities are aimed at enterprise environments	Free plan includes just one full platform user Standard is limited to five full platform users Pricing also depends on data ingest or compute usage
Our verdict	Splunk AppDynamics is an application performance monitoring platform for enterprises running hybrid, on-premises, traditional three-tier, and cloud-connected applications. It brings together application, infrastructure, database, log,… Read the review →	New Relic APM helps engineering teams monitor application and service performance, investigate slowdowns, and trace failures across distributed systems. It suits teams that want APM alongside broader observability capabilities, from small… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Splunk AppDynamics — where it wins

  • Business transaction tracing, snapshots, and dependency mapping
  • AI-driven anomaly detection with root-cause analysis
  • Self-hosted deployment plus OpenTelemetry data ingestion

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan
  • Plans are billed annually
  • Advanced capabilities are aimed at enterprise environments

• New Relic APM — where it wins

  • Distributed traces, transaction traces, and database query analysis
  • Service maps, error tracking, alerts, and logs in trace context
  • Free plan includes 100 GB monthly data ingest and 50+ capabilities

  Where it doesn't

  • Free plan includes just one full platform user
  • Standard is limited to five full platform users
  • Pricing also depends on data ingest or compute usage

• Splunk AppDynamics9.1/10 · Paid

  Enterprise transaction monitoring with tracing, analytics, and hybrid deployment.

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• New Relic APM8.8/10 · Free plan

  A cloud APM platform with broad tracing and monitoring, plus a perpetual free tier.

  Visit New RelicFull verdict →