Grafana vs New Relic

Developers should learn Grafana when building or maintaining systems that require monitoring, such as web applications, microservices, or cloud infrastructure, to gain insights into performance, troubleshoot issues, and set up alerts 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.

Grafana

Nice Pick

Developers should learn Grafana when building or maintaining systems that require monitoring, such as web applications, microservices, or cloud infrastructure, to gain insights into performance, troubleshoot issues, and set up alerts

Pros

• It is particularly useful in DevOps and SRE roles for visualizing metrics from tools like Prometheus, InfluxDB, or Elasticsearch, enabling proactive management of system health and resource utilization
• Related to: prometheus, influxdb

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

The Bottom Line

Grafana wins

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