Custom Monitoring Scripts vs New Relic
Developers should learn to create custom monitoring scripts when off-the-shelf monitoring solutions lack coverage for application-specific metrics, such as custom business KPIs, niche performance counters, or proprietary system states 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.
Custom Monitoring Scripts
Developers should learn to create custom monitoring scripts when off-the-shelf monitoring solutions lack coverage for application-specific metrics, such as custom business KPIs, niche performance counters, or proprietary system states
Custom Monitoring Scripts
Nice PickDevelopers should learn to create custom monitoring scripts when off-the-shelf monitoring solutions lack coverage for application-specific metrics, such as custom business KPIs, niche performance counters, or proprietary system states
Pros
- +They are essential in environments with unique compliance needs, legacy systems, or when integrating disparate data sources for holistic observability
- +Related to: bash-scripting, python
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. Custom Monitoring Scripts is a tool while New Relic is a platform. We picked Custom Monitoring Scripts based on overall popularity, but your choice depends on what you're building.
Based on overall popularity. Custom Monitoring Scripts is more widely used, but New Relic excels in its own space.
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