Azure Dashboards vs New Relic

Developers should use Azure Dashboards when managing complex Azure environments to track performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure service health across multiple resources 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.

Azure Dashboards

Nice Pick

Developers should use Azure Dashboards when managing complex Azure environments to track performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure service health across multiple resources

Pros

• They are particularly valuable for DevOps teams implementing monitoring and alerting, as dashboards consolidate data from Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics into a single view
• Related to: azure-monitor, application-insights

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. Azure Dashboards is a tool while New Relic is a platform. We picked Azure Dashboards based on overall popularity, but your choice depends on what you're building.

The Bottom Line

Azure Dashboards wins

Based on overall popularity. Azure Dashboards is more widely used, but New Relic excels in its own space.