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Comparison

Datadog APM vs New Relic

On the evidence we track, Datadog APM leads this comparison with a composite score of 63/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Datadog APM full profile →New Relic full profile →
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★Datadog APM63
New Relic48
Score
Vioscale score
Datadog APM63 / 100low · 48%
New Relic48 / 100medium · 61%
Pricing
Free tier
Datadog APM–
New Relic✓
Model
Datadog APMcommercial
New Relicfreemium
Price level
Datadog APM–
New Reliclow
Transparent
Datadog APM–
New Relic✓
Integrations
Count
Datadog APM35
New Relic4
Security
Disclosure policy
Datadog APM✓
New Relic✓
Fedramp
Datadog APM–
New Relic✓
Gdpr
Datadog APM✓
New Relic–
Hipaa
Datadog APM–
New Relic✓
Iso27001
Datadog APM✓
New Relic–
Soc2
Datadog APM✓
New Relic–
Reliability
Status page
Datadog APM✓
New Relic✓
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for apm tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Instrumentation
Auto-instrumentation
Datadog APM✓
New Relic-
Distributed tracing
Datadog APM✓
New Relic-
Insight
Service map
Datadog APM✓
New Relic-
Code / continuous profiling
Datadog APM✓
New Relic-
Database monitoring
Datadog APM✓
New Relic-
Error analytics
Datadog APM✓
New Relic-
Real-user monitoring
Datadog APM✓
New Relic-
SLO / error-budget tracking
Datadog APM✓
New Relic-
Intelligence
Anomaly / root-cause AI
Datadog APM✓
New Relic-
Standards
OpenTelemetry support
Datadog APMOTel-native
New Relic-
Core
Language agents
Datadog APM-
New RelicNode.js, Ruby, Go, iOS
Deployment
Hosting
Datadog APMCloud only
New Relic-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Datadog APM

Leader

An observability platform providing code-level distributed tracing across web and mobile frontends, backend services, and databases. Correlates traces with logs, metrics, real-user monitoring data, and security signals to enable teams to detect root causes quickly and optimize application performance.

Independently observed

New Relic

End-to-end application performance monitoring and full-stack observability platform with automatic instrumentation, distributed tracing, and intelligent recommendations.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Datadog APM

Leader

Pricing not documented yet.

New Relic

from $0.40/moUsage-basedFree tier

From free tier with 100 GB/month. Metered data at $0.40/GB ingest. Core users $49/month, full platform users $349-$418.80/month.

  • FreeFree
    • Access to 50+ capabilities
    • Automatic logs obfuscation
    • No credit card required
  • Standard$10 first full platform user, $99 per additional (max 5), $49/core user, $0.40/GB data beyond 100 GB
    • Ticketed support
    • 2 business days support response SLA
    • SAML single sign-on
    • Unlimited basic users
  • Pro$349/user/year or $418.80/user/month, $49/core user, $0.40/GB data
    • Unlimited full platform users
    • 2-hour critical initial support response SLA
    • Data Plus eligibility
    • Extended data retention
    • Advanced admin capabilities
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything in Pro
    • FedRAMP Moderate and HIPAA eligibility
    • Priority ticket routing
    • 1-hour critical initial support response SLA
    • 24/7 dedicated support
    • +1 more
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Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Datadog APM✓
New Relic✓
iOS
Datadog APM✓
New Relic✓
Android
Datadog APM✓
New Relic✗
CLI
Datadog APM✗
New Relic✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Datadog APM✓
New Relic✓
Self-hosted
Datadog APM✗
New Relic✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Datadog APM

Leader
5 total
  • Google Vertex AI
  • Google Cloud Security Command Center
  • Google Cloud SQL
  • Google Cloud Run
  • Google Cloud Dataflow
Independently observed

New Relic

4 total
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS ECS
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Docker
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.