Dynamic

Application Insights vs New Relic

Developers should use Application Insights when building and maintaining applications on Azure or in hybrid environments to gain deep insights into application health and performance 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.

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Application Insights

Developers should use Application Insights when building and maintaining applications on Azure or in hybrid environments to gain deep insights into application health and performance

Application Insights

Nice Pick

Developers should use Application Insights when building and maintaining applications on Azure or in hybrid environments to gain deep insights into application health and performance

Pros

  • +It is particularly valuable for monitoring production applications, detecting and diagnosing performance bottlenecks, tracking user engagement, and setting up alerts for critical issues
  • +Related to: azure-monitor, azure-log-analytics

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

Use Application Insights if: You want it is particularly valuable for monitoring production applications, detecting and diagnosing performance bottlenecks, tracking user engagement, and setting up alerts for critical issues and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.

Use New Relic if: You prioritize 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 over what Application Insights offers.

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The Bottom Line
Application Insights wins

Developers should use Application Insights when building and maintaining applications on Azure or in hybrid environments to gain deep insights into application health and performance

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