Overview
New Relic is a pioneer in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) space. It has evolved into a comprehensive observability platform (New Relic One) that covers infrastructure, logs, traces, and user experience monitoring.
Key Features
- APM: Deep visibility into application code performance, including transaction traces and error analytics.
- Infrastructure Monitoring: Real-time health and performance data for servers, containers, and cloud services.
- Browser & Mobile Monitoring: Insights into the end-user experience on web and mobile applications.
- NRQL: A SQL-like query language for analyzing telemetry data.
Comparison
New Relic is a direct competitor to Datadog, with a strong historical focus on application-level performance and developer experience.