Datadog vs New Relic: Which Is Better for Your Team?
Quick verdict
Datadog wins on breadth of integrations and dashboarding power. New Relic wins on pricing transparency and a genuinely useful free tier.
| Feature | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free tier · Infrastructure Pro $18/host/mo (annual) · Infrastructure Enterprise $27/host/mo · APM $31/host/mo · Log Management ~$0.10/GB indexed + $1.27/million events ingested | Free tier (100GB/mo ingest) · usage-based $0.40/GB (Original) or $0.60/GB (Data Plus) beyond free tier · Core users $49/user/mo · Standard/Pro Edition plans $99–349/user (mo/yr) |
| Rating | 4.4 / 5 | 4.4 / 5 |
| Best for | Cloud-native orgs wanting one unified observability platform across infra, APM, and logs | Engineering orgs wanting consumption-based full-stack observability without per-host licensing |
| Unified APM + infra + logs platform | ✓ | — |
| Watchdog AI anomaly detection | ✓ | — |
| 750+ integrations | ✓ | — |
| Cloud Security Posture Management | ✓ | — |
| Full-stack observability (APM, infra, logs, browser/mobile) | — | ✓ |
| New Relic AI assistant | — | ✓ |
| Error tracking | — | ✓ |
| Applied Intelligence anomaly detection | — | ✓ |