New Relic vs Dotcom-Monitor

ManageEngine Applications Manager

Site24x7

Datadog

Applications Manager is an application performance monitoring and observability solution that is designed to empower businesses with deep insights into the performance, health, and availability of their critical applications and infrastructure components.

Site24x7 is a monitoring solution for DevOps and IT operations for troubleshooting applications, servers and network infrastructure

Datadog is a monitoring and security platform for Dev, Sec, and Ops teams that unifies metrics, traces, and logs in one place so teams can get full visibility into their IT environment.

Monitor app performance with New Relic APM. Gain real-time insights, resolve issues proactively, and enhance user satisfaction.

Alerts/Notifications

Monitoring

Reporting/Analytics

Root Cause Analysis

Event Logs

Data Visualization

Uptime Reporting

Access Controls/Permissions

Some users report that New Relic’s free tier is generous for small projects, but reviewers indicate the free version is limited and upgrading is costly. Some reviewers find the pricing complex, and they say costs escalate with usage.

Value for money

By industry, New Relic reviewers are most commonly professionals in computer software (35%). The most frequent use case for New Relic cited by reviewers is server monitoring (60% of reviewers).

Open Source

New Relic

Web-based

iPhone

iPad

Linux

Windows

Android

Free

 Standard

 Pro

 Enterprise

Site Reliability Engineer

It offers comprehensive observability across applications, infrastructure, and synthetics, enabling quick detection and resolution of performance issues.

Director of Cyber Security

New Relic, a cloud-based observability platform providing a comprehensive view of application performance, has expanded its reach to become a strategic ally in cybersecurity.

Product Manager

It is easy to identify problems with performance or load and quickly get to the root cause or at least a step in the right direction to help solve your problem with your infrastructure.

Accountant

There are so many metrics, that the interface can feel overwhelming and it takes time for me to seek the information I need for accounting.

From early anomaly detection and threat identification to vulnerability management, it has enabled our security team to implement more effective preventive measures.

Senior Software Engineer

Now when scaling and for enterprise, datadog feels more connected when a trace is easier to filter on behaviours, logs, graphs, etc.

DevOps Engineer

It has capacity to monitor massive amount of data.

Project Manager

Set-up can be tricky sometimes for determined services, and also, it can become quickly expensive if you need more than the free tier, which can make it difficult for SMB's to adopt it.

Software Engineer

I like the fact that it can give very good insights into application performance through real-time monitoring and detailed metrics.

Senior staff engineer

I least liked about New Relic is its pricing structure, which can be complex to understand and may become expensive as my monitoring needs grow.

With New Relic, I was able to drill down into the root cause, discovering that it was due to a database query that needed optimization.

Occasional Lag: Rare delays in metrics during high load.

Program Support I

The only thing that I don't like about New Relic, at least from what we have in my current company, is the limit on the amount of data that it displays.

engineer

Need to have more documentation around Nerdgraphs and Mutations.

Lot of widgets available for different visualizations.

These features empower businesses to gain deep insights into application performance, troubleshoot issues efficiently, optimize performance, and enhance user experience.

IT Manager

It really can cover the capabilities of multiple other products.

Easy NRQL to to get data and prepare dashboards and view logs.

In our organization we are monitoring nearly about 1000 servers.

New Relic has been very helpful in tracking saturation reports as well as errors.

Director of IT

Some of the monitoring options are hard to setup.

Product owner

New relic has many features for active monitoring and getting access is pretty easy.

I would say that overall, New Relic has been a significant piece of software for our company, given that we manage a mobile app.

New Relic has been invaluable in bolstering our company's security posture.

I found it very hard and complicated to get started without training.

Head Of Development

Very easy to setup and get installed, either directly using the agent or via Docker.

Engineering Manager

Newrelic is a really good tool I can have a lot of metrics in a easy way, but this is so expensive

There is nothing I don't like about New Relic now. But initially, during setup, it was a bit complicated.

Senior Experience specialist

New relic provides good KPIs 1) 4xx , 5xx and response time in application 2) CPU and memory usage in infrastructure 3) Mobile app crash and http error rate4) Browser performance metrics5) synthetic test availability

Full Stack Developer

I use the realtime app monitoring (APM) the most, to see current traffic as well as checking for slow apis and why they are slow.

QA and Observability Engineer

Pricing and user Licence model, every year it's changing his pricing model and usage model  

I felt it was easier to setup than with datadog.

the complexity of setting up and configuring the tool for legacy applications.

Founder

I went from having no APM solution to having a full-fledged monitoring system in mere minutes.

It has a great interface to debug server-side performance issues.2. Since it runs on your server you get accurate real-user page load times.3.

Application Performance management helps developers to know where they have to focus in the system to make the system more efficient, reliable and scalable.

Senior DevOps Engineer

Log aggregation capabilities were not very enhanced.

Our understanding is that NewRelic did their best to revamp their product but they are suffering from 10 years of product additions/modifications and most likely the only way to resolve that would be for them to start a brand new product from scratch or acquire a smaller player in the space who gets it.

Happy with the product overall and it has a good user interface and easy to use

It is giving me useful insights about my product in real time

You can integrate New Relic to your application written in almost any language for monitoring it.

Senior Software Engineer 

It’s got lots of features that enterprise companies are begging for.

We had to install the MySQL agent manually, and the step-by-step guide was outdated.

Application Developer

You can monitor the application health, latency, memory used and so much more and also customize the dashboard according to your needs.

It could be frustrating to log in trying to resolve an issue and have to struggle to find the information in a new layout.

Its Python agent has many memory leaks which lead to resource hogging.2.

Technical Lead

Some of the UI could be improved compared to the competitors to display information.

Performance and Speed

Pricing

Ease of Use

Developer Experience

Security and Access Control

Metrics

Data Insights

Performance Insights

Setup

High and complex pricing

60% of reviewers feel negative about New Relic’s pricing. Some users say the cost is prohibitively high, especially for small businesses, startups, or teams with many servers. Reviewers indicate that the pricing model is complex, often based on the number of servers or containers, making it difficult to predict expenses as needs grow. Many users report frustration with features being locked behind expensive paywalls and find the licensing structure confusing. Some reviewers feel that the overall value does not justify the high price, particularly when compared to alternative solutions.

Comprehensive real-time monitoring

Web Developer

It's been really helpful using New Relic to monitor our websites and servers.

100% of reviewers feel positive about New Relic’s monitoring capabilities. Reviewers indicate that they value the ability to monitor their entire technology stack in real time, from backend servers to frontend applications. They appreciate having centralized dashboards, proactive alerts, and customizable data visualizations, which help them quickly identify issues and maintain system health. Some users say the platform’s integration with various tools and languages makes it versatile for diverse environments. Many users find that having all monitoring data in one place simplifies troubleshooting and supports their efforts to ensure a seamless user experience.

Performance optimization insights

88% of reviewers feel positive about New Relic’s performance and speed features. Some users report that the platform provides detailed visibility into application and server performance, allowing them to identify bottlenecks and optimize processes efficiently. Reviewers appreciate real-time analytics, easy-to-use dashboards, and the ability to monitor key metrics like response times and error rates. They find that these insights help prioritize development efforts and improve overall system reliability. Many users say that the tool’s profiling and debugging capabilities are valuable for maintaining high performance in production environments.

Freelancers

Small Business

Mid-size Business

Large Enterprises

Some users report that New Relic offers a generous free tier with useful features for small projects, but reviewers indicate that the free version is limited and upgrading quickly becomes expensive, especially for growing businesses or those with many servers. Some reviewers find the pricing model complex and difficult to predict, with costs escalating as usage increases or more features are needed. Reviewers appreciate the platform’s robust functionality, but they say many features are locked behind higher-priced plans, making it less accessible for startups and small teams. Some users say they see value if their infrastructure is complex.

ManageEngine OpManager

OpManager is an easy-to-use network management product that offers a single console solution to manage the complete IT network of any organization.

PRTG

PRTG monitors your network 24/7 to timely alert you to issues before they become emergencies.

Monitor all the systems, devices, traffic, and applications in your IT infrastructure.

Everything is included with PRTG; there is no need for additional plugins or downloads.

PRTG is a powerful and easy!

Dotcom-Monitor instantly alerts you when your website has problems. Detailed diagnostics enable you to take quick corrective action and see troubling trends, bottlenecks and intermittent issues clearly. We monitor externally, from the end user's perspective, ensuring your website and web applications perform properly 24x7.

Availability Testing

Transaction Monitoring

Dotcom-Monitor

Web Services

Web Pages

Web Applications

Internet Infrastructure

Managing director

The real-time alerts and detailed performance analytics have been a game-changer for our website's uptime and speed.

ICT Manager

A great tool to monitor your websites ad APIs and good for network diag0nostics.

Review of dotcom monitor

The best think about this app is website monitoring Tracks uptime, response time

Operations and Project Management Intern

One of the easiest and cheapest website monitoring tool out there which gets all the job done

Senior Engineer

User experience of the product in terms of processing the sites

Specialist

I loved the connectivity and overall usage of the monitor

Owner

I love how i can monitor everyone on the network

IT & Network Infrastructure Analyst

I'm a network analyst and use Dotcom tools inside the ISP I work, it's a really good and reliable tool for monitoring things along the network, and testing network components, I usually use it to make diagnostics of servers latency, and dns resolve time.

Linux Admin

Administrator

overall good job monitoring website with ease

owner

easy to use easy to understand and easy to set up.

Software Test engineer

Recently, upon joining the company, I initiated the use of Dotcom-Monitor for load testing our web-based software.

Cyber Security Engineer

I like API monitoring features that monitor APi by sending the test file.

Platform Engineer

Some of the workflows were not automatable like dragging and movement of objects.

Creative Director

May need updated devices for performance benchmarks for android and iOS devices.

Dotcom-monitor proved to be an easy integration in our system to support relaibility engineering practices.

I think, there is less information about some part specially errors that in my idea can be better.

Very satisfied and impressed with the tutorials pop-ups on every step.

Webmaster

This is a reliable tool which really helped us to monitor and make the necessary adjustments in order to get the best webpage speeds for our platform.

Technical Analyst and Developer

Asssitant Consultant

Great Result- Real time result appears and good dashboard

Easy to use, when the script works. And easy to see the report

Business Analyst

As for the APIs, I am so excited that I can personalise my scripts or applications, and this permits me to interact with the program's settings.

Operations Manager

I enjoyed the fact that i was able to pin point my delays with my web applications, and thus improve the quality of the server

Manager

We use this to monitor for performance issues as well as page loading stats.

Setting up complex  user workflows for SaaS apps and recording performance is slightly difficult and perhaps there are other alternatives that do better.

Director

When we used it to troubleshoot why our website was given an error, we were totally blown away by the diagnosis by the software.

Global Web Project Manager

I really like the ability to choose the countries you want to test a pages load and response time on.

Network Admin

Would like to see an option to allow me to select which source servers are monitoring my servers.   

The software is easy to setup and helps me track availability of  my own app as well as third party apps that are embedded in our product.

Checks the Uptime of a website every 5 mins from different server locations

Engineer

There was some questions if we could use DotCom-monitor to monitor streaming video, but we quickly had the questions answered.

Performance engineer 

It’s great UI monitor product, less bugs and entire enterprise team can use it

Practice Lead Application Platform

The variable types of checks from numerous locations is very beneficial.

More customized feature like customer facing notification.

Engineer Technology

Direct VPN means b4 starting the our application it should ask for VPN.

I can always count on it for critical and time-sensitive website updates.

Solved issues with monitoring my website for issues.

author

good and brilliant, but the little of dolaars prevent me to get in and advertise my blogger.

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