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Datadog vs New Relic

Developers should learn and use Datadog when building or maintaining distributed systems, microservices architectures, or cloud-based applications that require comprehensive observability 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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Datadog

Developers should learn and use Datadog when building or maintaining distributed systems, microservices architectures, or cloud-based applications that require comprehensive observability

Datadog

Nice Pick

Developers should learn and use Datadog when building or maintaining distributed systems, microservices architectures, or cloud-based applications that require comprehensive observability

Pros

  • +It is essential for DevOps and SRE teams to monitor application performance, detect anomalies, and resolve incidents quickly, particularly in dynamic environments like AWS, Azure, or Kubernetes
  • +Related to: apm, infrastructure-monitoring

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 Datadog if: You want it is essential for devops and sre teams to monitor application performance, detect anomalies, and resolve incidents quickly, particularly in dynamic environments like aws, azure, or kubernetes 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 Datadog offers.

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The Bottom Line
Datadog wins

Developers should learn and use Datadog when building or maintaining distributed systems, microservices architectures, or cloud-based applications that require comprehensive observability

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