New Relic vs Sysdig Monitor comparison

The compared New Relic and Sysdig solutions aren't in the same category. New Relic is ranked #4 in APM , with an average rating of 8.1, and holds a 4.0% mindshare in the category. Sysdig is ranked #9 in DCM , with an average rating of 8.5, and holds a 2.1% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of New Relic users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of Sysdig users who would recommend it.

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80% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Sysdig Monitor and New Relic are competitors in the application performance monitoring space. Sysdig Monitor has an advantage with competitive pricing and support, while New Relic stands out due to its comprehensive feature set.

Features: Sysdig Monitor provides real-time alerting, container monitoring, and integration with Kubernetes. New Relic offers a full-stack observational platform, extensive analytics, and actionable insights.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: New Relic's cloud-based architecture allows for quick deployment and is supported by robust customer service. Sysdig Monitor requires more technical proficiency in containerized environments, which may make it slightly harder to deploy.

Pricing and ROI: Sysdig Monitor is more cost-effective with a pricing strategy that aligns with budget-conscious organizations. New Relic's higher pricing is balanced by a feature-rich offering that provides significant ROI for those needing a versatile solution.

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Categories and Ranking

New Relic

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

173

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (4th), Network Monitoring Software (9th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (9th), IT Operations Analytics (3rd), Mobile APM (3rd), Cloud Monitoring Software (5th), AIOps (4th)

Sysdig Monitor

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Container Monitoring (9th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Systems Management solutions, they serve different purposes. New Relic is designed for Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability and holds a mindshare of 4.0%, down 7.2% compared to last year.
Sysdig Monitor, on the other hand, focuses on Container Monitoring, holds 2.1% mindshare, up 0.4% since last year.

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
New Relic	4.0%
Dynatrace	6.0%
Datadog	5.2%
Other	84.8%

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

Container Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Sysdig Monitor	2.1%
Dynatrace	28.5%
Datadog	24.6%
Other	44.8%

Container Monitoring

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BasilJiji

System Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Real-time alerts have reduced server outage impact and support fast incident response

In the dashboard, if they could show a little more metrics regarding the application and related things, that would be how New Relic could be improved. Currently, there are things showing from the server level and application level, but it can be improved. That is what I felt. Regarding user interface, I do not feel much concern, but for some kind of issues when we are trying to get support from the New Relic team, their SLA seems to be long. They are taking seven to ten working days for resolving some kind of scenario or issue. That is a bit difficult for us. If they could improve the customer support by reducing their SLA within three to five days, if they could remediate everything, that will be so much helpful. When it comes to the customer support part, I felt they need to be a little more improved on that part. The support overall is good, but they can improve. That is the reason I have given it eight out of ten.

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Bharath Nadar

Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees

Centralized host monitoring has reduced operational overhead and provides trusted dashboards

Sysdig Monitor could be improved, particularly regarding application monitoring. There are specific areas or features where improvement is needed, specifically in application-level monitoring. While other monitoring solutions provide APM capabilities, Sysdig Monitor does not and targets only host-based monitoring. Many applications require APM support, and we want to introduce OpenTelemetry into some applications to gain more insights, but with Sysdig Monitor, we could not implement this functionality, so we have to opt for solutions from other vendors for those applications. Beyond the APM and OpenTelemetry support limitations, I would appreciate seeing Sysdig Monitor offer a unified solution for all monitoring needs, including logging as well, eventually bringing whole observability under one roof. That would be ideal.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the ability to receive in-depth information about applications. It can detect a lot of important information."

"Every time there is a crisis, high traffic, or if we see a problem with a server, we go to New Relic and monitor it to determine the cause."

"The most valuable feature of New Relic APM is the dashboard, New Relic Insights. I configured my own dashboard to monitor certain parameters."

"We have done the New Relic integration with Serverless AWS, which has helped us with monitoring, and keeping our monitoring from our on-premise part with the cloud part."

"If someone reports an issue we’ll always go to New Relic first; that’s where it becomes a good product in and of itself."

"The solution is an excellent product for time series and operation analyses."

"New Relic shows how much time each SQL transaction (SQL query) is taking to execute, so the client can pinpoint the query and modify it so that it takes less time to execute."

"We have a standard visibility process for any application that rolls out, and it gives us the ability to train our people and provide a more responsive application."

More New Relic pros

"Docker containers are completely supported, kind of like first class citizens."

"Docker containers are completely supported, kind of like "first class citizens"."

"The ability to stop/pause and capture logs when something happens is the most valuable feature."

"Sysdig Monitor impressed me with its in-depth visibility into my infrastructure."

"Sysdig Monitor has positively impacted my organization by significantly reducing operational costs and improving our ability to monitor our systems effectively."

"The ability to stop/pause and capture logs when something happens is the most valuable feature."

Cons

"In Alert History, while you can see the trending in response time by Request Queuing, .NER CLR and Database, if you had the ability to see which transaction type was the slowest during the timeframe when the critical error occurred by displaying the info within the same “tool tip” hover window which currently gives me the time per request and number of transactions, i.e., if it had the additional correlation information of “StatusCode/403” which you can get from the Events Errors hover."

"New Relic can be improved by incorporating an automated incident analysis solution."

"New Relic does enable frontend performance monitoring by default, however, when we are troubleshooting the issue, New Relic is not able to trace back to the service where the issue is."

"While the New Relic dashboards and UI are customizable, they can sometimes lead to a clumsy behavior."

"How granular I could go down at looking at certain data, especially related to the operations, is limited."

"I think that there have been some questionable product enhancements. Over a year ago, New Relic rolled out a new navigation that really disrupted our workflow."

"The pricing and licensing are too high."

"The cost of the solution is high on a per-node licensing scheme and that’s the prohibitive factor, but in terms of the actual scalability there are no issues."

More New Relic cons

"It needs to automate the actions to take when an alert is triggered."

""Events" reporting (errors, crashes, etc.) is not clear at all in a Mesos environment (i.e., it's not clear what specific container is the one that went down). In a Docker Compose environment, it may be way better."

"It is needs to automate the actions to take when an alert is triggered."

"I had difficulty installing Sysdig Monitor on Windows."

"Sysdig Monitor could be improved, particularly regarding application monitoring."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"If it’s the right tool, it doesn’t matter what it costs because you’re going to get it back many-fold from your productivity."

"The pricing and licensing are too high."

"I think it's overpriced for the technical support that we get. We spent over 1,00,000 USD a year."

"The detection piece of it brings us a big return on investment."

"This solution required a license and it is better than some other competitors."

"We're paying for the New Relic APM license annually."

"The price of New Relic could improve. It is expensive."

"If I remember it correctly, the pricing was based on the core, and the monthly subscription used to cost us $1,500 or $2,000. We had pre-prod and production services. Costing was different for pre-prod and production. For pre-prod, it was 40% less than the production service cost. It was a combined package."

More New Relic pricing and cost advice

"Sysdig Monitor is not expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Financial Services Firm

14%

Outsourcing Company

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	65
Midsize Enterprise	50
Large Enterprise	77

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Questions from the Community

Any advice about APM solutions?

There are many factors and we know little about your requirements (size of org, technology stack, management systems, the scope of implementation). Our goal was to consolidate APM and infra monitor...

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What do you like most about New Relic Insights?

The product's initial setup phase was very easy.

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What needs improvement with New Relic Insights?

I have noticed discrepancies between New Relic's documentation and Terraform resources. For example, there have been instances where new features launched in the New Relic UI have not been updated ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sysdig Monitor?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was good. Before moving forward with Sysdig Monitor, we analyzed many other tools, and the costing was more transparent and significantly bette...

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What needs improvement with Sysdig Monitor?

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What is your primary use case for Sysdig Monitor?

Sysdig Monitor has become essential for overseeing a vast array of hosts and EC2 instances across our environment. We initially tried Grafana, but it fell short in operational capabilities. Managin...

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Also Known As

New Relic Browser, New Relic Applied Intelligence, New Relic Insights, New Relic Synthetics, New Relic Servers, New Relic APM

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Overview

New Relic offers real-time application monitoring and insight into performance bottlenecks. Its customizable dashboards and APM integration provide efficient operational support, while server performance alerts ensure quick issue detection.

New Relic provides comprehensive monitoring of application performance, tracking bottlenecks across databases and front-end components. Users employ it for server and infrastructure monitoring, as well as analyzing key metrics such as CPU and memory usage. The solution's ability to integrate with tools like PagerDuty enhances incident management capabilities. However, users have expressed a need for improvements in query language simplicity, more detailed historical insights, and better mobile app monitoring support.

What are New Relic's most important features?

Real-Time Monitoring: Provides instant visibility into application performance.
Detailed Transaction Tracing: Identifies specific transaction issues quickly.
Error Rate Tracking: Monitors and reports on error occurrences efficiently.
Customizable Dashboards: Tailors dashboard views for specific needs.
APM Integration: Seamlessly integrates with application performance management tools.

What benefits and ROI should be considered?

Operational Efficiency: Quick issue detection reduces downtime.
Improved Debugging: Enhanced error analysis supports rapid problem resolution.
Comprehensive Monitoring: Offers a holistic view of application performance and user behavior.
Incident Management: Integration with incident tools helps streamline responses.
Efficient Alerts: Rapid alert systems ensure timely notifications of issues.

In industries like e-commerce and financial services, New Relic supports application performance monitoring to enhance user experience and system reliability. Organizations leverage its insights for optimizing performance, particularly in server operations and infrastructure management. Its ability to monitor API failures through synthetic monitoring is crucial for maintaining high service levels.

New Relic

Sysdig Monitor allows you to maximize the performance and availability of your cloud infrastructure, services, and applications. Built on open source, it provides immediate, deep visibility into rapidly changing container environments. You can resolve issues faster by using granular data derived from actual system calls enriched with cloud and Kubernetes context along with Prometheus metrics. Remove silos by unifying data across teams for hybrid and multi-cloud monitoring.

Sysdig

Sample Customers

World Fuel Services, Verizon, FootLocker, McDonald's, Trainline, Mondia Media, Confused, Costa Coffee, Ryanair, Marks & Spencer, William Hill, Delivery Hero, Skyscanner, BASF, DAZN, Veygo, Virtuo, movingimage, talabat, Australia Post, Tokopedia, Seven Network, Virgin Australia, Zomato, BigBasket, Mercado Libre, Lending Club

SAP Concur, Goldman Sachs, Worldpay by FIS, Cisco, Experian, Home Office, Societe Generale, Sunrun. More here: https://sysdig.com/customers/

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