AppDynamics vs New Relic
Developers should learn AppDynamics when building or maintaining complex, high-traffic applications that require robust performance monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities, such as in e-commerce, finance, or SaaS platforms meets developers should use new relic when building or maintaining applications that require high availability, performance optimization, and proactive issue detection, such as in e-commerce, saas, or microservices architectures. Here's our take.
AppDynamics
Developers should learn AppDynamics when building or maintaining complex, high-traffic applications that require robust performance monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities, such as in e-commerce, finance, or SaaS platforms
AppDynamics
Nice PickDevelopers should learn AppDynamics when building or maintaining complex, high-traffic applications that require robust performance monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities, such as in e-commerce, finance, or SaaS platforms
Pros
- +It is particularly useful for identifying bottlenecks, reducing downtime, and ensuring service-level agreements (SLAs) are met, making it essential for DevOps and SRE roles focused on application reliability and scalability
- +Related to: application-performance-management, monitoring-tools
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
New Relic
Developers should use New Relic when building or maintaining applications that require high availability, performance optimization, and proactive issue detection, such as in e-commerce, SaaS, or microservices architectures
Pros
- +It is particularly valuable for teams adopting DevOps practices, as it integrates with CI/CD pipelines and provides actionable insights to reduce mean time to resolution (MTTR) and improve user experience through features like APM, infrastructure monitoring, and AI-powered alerts
- +Related to: application-performance-monitoring, observability
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
These tools serve different purposes. AppDynamics is a tool while New Relic is a platform. We picked AppDynamics based on overall popularity, but your choice depends on what you're building.
Based on overall popularity. AppDynamics is more widely used, but New Relic excels in its own space.
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