New Relic APM comparisons
New Relic APM is compared head-to-head with Elastic APM, Middleware and Dynatrace Application Monitoring and more: 7 head-to-heads in Application Performance Monitoring, each with the specs and prices we checked.
New Relic APM head-to-head
- New Relic APM vs Elastic APM
- New Relic APM vs Middleware
- New Relic APM vs Dynatrace Application Monitoring
- New Relic APM vs Splunk AppDynamics
- New Relic APM vs Datadog APM
- New Relic APM vs IBM Instana Observability
- New Relic APM vs Apache SkyWalking
New Relic APM vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Distributed tracing | Transaction tracing | Dependency mapping | Real user monitoring | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | New Relic APM | Yes | $10/user/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.8 |
| 1 | Elastic APM | Yes | $99/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.4 |
| 2 | Middleware | Yes | $0.30/GB usage-based | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.3 |
| 3 | Dynatrace Application Monitoring | No | $7/device/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.2 |
| 4 | Splunk AppDynamics | No | $6/unit/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.1 |
| 5 | Datadog APM | No | $31/unit/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.0 |
| 6 | IBM Instana Observability | No | $21.20/unit/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.9 |
| 8 | Apache SkyWalking | Yes | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.7 |
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