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Comparison

New Relic vs Pyroscope

On the evidence we track, Pyroscope leads this comparison with a composite score of 62/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

New Relic full profile →Pyroscope full profile →
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New Relic46
★Pyroscope62
Score
vioscaleAI score
New Relic46 / 100medium · 67%
Pyroscope62 / 100medium · 59%
Pricing
Free tier
New Relic✓
Pyroscope✓
Model
New Relicfreemium
Pyroscopecommercial
Price level
New Reliclow
Pyroscopeunknown
Transparent
New Relic✓
Pyroscope✓
Integrations
Count
New Relic4
Pyroscope1
Security
Disclosure policy
New Relic✓
Pyroscope✓
Fedramp
New Relic✓
Pyroscope✓
Gdpr
New Relic–
Pyroscope✓
Hipaa
New Relic✓
Pyroscope–
Iso27001
New Relic–
Pyroscope✓
Pci
New Relic–
Pyroscope✓
Soc2
New Relic–
Pyroscope✓
Trust center
Reliability
Status page
New Relic✓
Pyroscope✓
Market
Availability
New RelicAvailable worldwide · HQ US
Pyroscope–
Content
Faq
New Relic7 items
Pyroscope5 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

New Relic

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

Independently observed

Pyroscope

Leader

Observability service providing visibility into infrastructure usage and costs, including tracking of artificial intelligence tool consumption for billing purposes.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

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
as of verify ↗

Pyroscope

Leader
from $0.05/moHybridFree tier

Free tier with $0 cost. Pro from $19/month + usage. Enterprise from $25,000/year.

  • FreeFree
    • All Grafana Cloud services with limited usage
    • Community support
    • 14 days retention for metrics, logs, traces, profiles, & k6 performance tests
  • ProFrom $19/month + usage with volume discounts
    • Pay as you go above Free tier
    • 8×5 email support
    • 13 months retention for metrics; 30 days retention for logs, traces, profiles, & k6 performance tests
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Premium support
    • Custom retention
    • Deployment flexibility (Public Cloud, Federal Cloud, Bring Your Own Cloud)
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
New Relic✓
Pyroscope✓
iOS
New Relic✓
Pyroscope✗
CLI
New Relic✓
Pyroscope✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
New Relic✓
Pyroscope✓
Self-hosted
New Relic✓
Pyroscope✗

Integrations

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

New Relic

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

Pyroscope

Leader
1 total
  • Grafana
Independently observed
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New Relic or Pyroscope: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

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