CloudWatch vs New Relic
Developers should learn CloudWatch when building or managing applications on AWS to gain visibility into system performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure reliability 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.
CloudWatch
Developers should learn CloudWatch when building or managing applications on AWS to gain visibility into system performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure reliability
CloudWatch
Nice PickDevelopers should learn CloudWatch when building or managing applications on AWS to gain visibility into system performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure reliability
Pros
- +It is essential for monitoring EC2 instances, Lambda functions, RDS databases, and custom application metrics, enabling proactive alerting and automated responses to operational events
- +Related to: aws, lambda
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 CloudWatch if: You want it is essential for monitoring ec2 instances, lambda functions, rds databases, and custom application metrics, enabling proactive alerting and automated responses to operational events 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 CloudWatch offers.
Developers should learn CloudWatch when building or managing applications on AWS to gain visibility into system performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure reliability
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