- New Relic can provide up to 5X more value for money than tools from vendors like Datadog.
- The cost savings in these scenarios allow the addition of even more users and data in New Relic—which provides more value—while still spending less than with Datadog and Dynatrace.
Building on our recently published analysis that compares log management and infrastructure monitoring costs, this analysis helps provide a comparison of the full-stack observability costs of the three vendors. That includes application performance monitoring (APM), infrastructure monitoring (infra), digital experience monitoring (DEM), serverless monitoring, network performance monitoring (NPM), and log management (logs).
To make it easier to parse the pricing differences and how they may apply to a specific team and tech stack, the tables below calculate the costs for three scenarios. Each scenario represents a different hypothetical tech stack and team size that we often see among our customers.
Once again, our goal here is to be transparent with how we arrived at these numbers. This analysis is based on publicly-available list prices, and you’re welcome to check out the underlying spreadsheet for details and assumptions regarding these calculations.
Small engineering team comparison
Here’s a full-stack observability cost comparison for a hypothetical small team with 25 engineers. In this example, the stack consists of 20 APM hosts, 50 infra hosts, and 2,500 GB ingested logs.
| New Relic | Dynatrace2 | Datadog3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| APM and infra 20 APM hosts, 50 infra hosts, 10 profiled hosts, 50 profiled container hosts, 50M indexed spans, 75K custom metrics, and 750K container hours |
— | $2,656 | $6,303 |
| Logs 2,500 GB ingested logs and 1.56B indexed log events with 30-day retention |
— | $141 | $4,150 |
| DEM 7,500 synthetics API test runs, 1,500 synthetics browser test runs, and 35K RUM sessions |
— | $12 | $38 |
| NPM 25 network hosts and 65M network flows |
— | included with APM/infra | $125 |
| Serverless 50M serverless functions |
— | $25 | $250 |
| Data ingest for APM, infra, logs, DEM, NPM, and serverless |
$1,291 | — | — |
| Users 5 basic, 15 core, and 5 full platform users |
$984 | — | — |
| Total | $2,275 | $2,834 | $10,866 |
| Up to 5X more value for money with New Relic | |||
Midsize engineering team comparison
Driving innovation is a priority for many businesses as they grow and scale. Here’s a full-stack observability cost comparison for a hypothetical midsize team with 65 engineers. In this example, the stack consists of 125 APM hosts, 200 infra hosts, and 10K GB ingested logs.
| New Relic | Dynatrace2 | Datadog3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| APM and infra 125 APM hosts, 200 infra hosts, 40 profiled hosts, 100 profiled container hosts, 500M indexed spans, 250K custom metrics, and 1.5M container hours |
— | $12,089 | $21,965 |
| Logs 10K GB ingested logs and 3B indexed log events with 30-day retention |
— | $563 | $8,500 |
| DEM 125K synthetics API test runs, 5K synthetics browser test runs, and 125K RUM sessions |
— | $41 | $123 |
| NPM 75 network hosts and 250M network flows |
— | included in APM/infra | $685 |
| Serverless 150M serverless functions |
— | $75 | $750 |
| Data ingest for APM, infra, logs, DEM, NPM, and serverless |
$5,732 | — | — |
| Users 13 basic, 39 core, and 13 full platform users |
$6,105 | — | — |
| Total | $11,837 | $12,768 | $32,022 |
| Up to 3X more value for money with New Relic | |||
Large engineering team comparison
As businesses continue to scale, digital transformation becomes even more important. Here’s a full-stack observability cost comparison for a hypothetical large team with 150 engineers. In this example, the stack consists of 225 APM hosts, 350 infra hosts, and 20K GB ingested logs.
| New Relic | Dynatrace2 | Datadog3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| APM and infra 225 APM hosts, 350 infra hosts, 65 profiled hosts, 150 profiled container hosts, 2B indexed spans, 750K custom metrics, and 2.5M container hours |
— | $24,857 | $55,870 |
| Logs 20K GB ingested logs and 4.5B indexed log events with 30-day retention |
— | $1,125 | $13,250 |
| DEM 275K synthetics API test runs, 15K synthetics browser test runs, and 300K RUM sessions |
— | $102 | $329 |
| NPM 125 network hosts and 750M network flows |
— | $1,316 | — |
| Serverless 275M serverless functions |
— | included in infra/APM | $1,316 |
| Data ingest for APM, infra, logs, DEM, NPM, and serverless |
$10,862 | — | — |
| Users 30 basic, 90 core, and 30 full platform users |
$14,145 | — | — |
| Total | $25,007 | $26,221 | $72,139 |
| Up to 3X more value for money with New Relic | |||
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