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New Relic vs VictoriaMetrics comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

New Relic
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
9th
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 Operations Analytics (3rd), Mobile APM (3rd), Cloud Monitoring Software (3rd), AIOps (4th)
VictoriaMetrics
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
47th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Open Source Databases (17th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of New Relic is 2.5%, down from 4.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VictoriaMetrics is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
New Relic2.5%
VictoriaMetrics0.4%
Other97.1%
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

BasilJiji - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Yess Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
SRE at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
High-performance monitoring has reduced costs and now supports long-term observability
Overall, VictoriaMetrics is a very strong tool. One area for improvement is documentation and learning resources. While the documentation is good, some advanced use cases and configuration could be explained more clearly with real-world examples. Another improvement would be the UI and built-in visualization. VictoriaMetrics mainly relies on tools like Grafana, so having a more feature-rich native UI for basic monitoring and exploration would be helpful. On the integration side, while it works great with Prometheus and Grafana, expanding native integration with more tools like CI/CD platforms, alerting systems, and cloud-native services would be beneficial. In terms of support and troubleshooting, having more built-in diagnostics or guided debugging tools would be helpful. Right now, when issues happen, it often relies on logs and external tools. Also, for enterprise usage, strong features like RBAC, audit logs, and multi-tenant management would be enhanced. The improvements would include UI and built-in visualization. Also, query complexity can be a bit challenging for new users. Simplifying it or providing better guidance for query building would improve usability. Finally, enterprise features and ecosystem integration could be expanded further.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Within a few hours of implementing the API, I was able to query for what we needed."
"With the help of New Relic APM, we managed to deliver an online B2B application with average response times below two seconds, where with v6, the average response times was about 30 seconds."
"The most valuable feature of New Relic is its ease of use."
"It has a simple initial setup."
"New Relic has helped us in terms of the optimizing our print and loading times."
"To receive all the metrics for each system regarding its application, the user in the interface for all the dashboards can type the hostname and can see all the tools in that host, it is a very powerful view."
"It has given us better insight into the performance of the system."
"We have been able to proactively identify failures before they happen."
"VictoriaMetrics is an excellent solution for time-series monitoring with outstanding performance."
 

Cons

"Data retention should be increased, advanced RCA and all possible and best recommendations should be provided. Pricing should be revised"
"There are certain features that are not supported in New Relic, such as CATSEARCH, which allows you to do a full-text search."
"The pricing model. New Relic can be expensive for growing startups."
"Better error reporting Better ability to drill-down into errors"
"Errors insights have room for improvement especially error analysis part which is somewhat less compared to similar tool Splunk."
"New Relic APM can improve the information when we dig deeper to check a problem. There should be more detailed information provided."
"New Relic APM generates weekly performance reports, but they aren't really actionable."
"How granular I could go down at looking at certain data, especially related to the operations, is limited."
"One area for improvement is documentation and learning resources."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing model is a little confusing for beginners. They find it a little expensive, and if you are using it already, then that is not good."
"The solution is less expensive than AppNeta."
"The solution is cheap, but prices can go up when users grow."
"I recommend using the free version of New Relic. If you like the free version and understand its importance for your company, you can move to the trial. Then, you can migrate to the paid version."
"It would be nice if we could buy it annually instead of monthly."
"Purchasing through the AWS Marketplace was easy. The product is easy to deploy and manage, which is why our company purchased through the AWS Marketplace."
"There is a picture which goes to your browser and it monitors requests from other users. However, it's impossible to use now because the price is very high. The feature is very nice, but I tried it during the trial period, and the current price makes it impossible to use."
"The detection piece of it brings us a big return on investment."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Transportation Company
9%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business65
Midsize Enterprise50
Large Enterprise77
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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...
What do you like most about New Relic Insights?
The product's initial setup phase was very easy.
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 ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VictoriaMetrics?
The pricing was very good as I am following a subscription-based model. As of now, I have a better dashboard to view my monthly and yearly bills. It is very helpful to reallocate my budget to accom...
What needs improvement with VictoriaMetrics?
Overall, VictoriaMetrics is a very strong tool. One area for improvement is documentation and learning resources. While the documentation is good, some advanced use cases and configuration could be...
What is your primary use case for VictoriaMetrics?
My main use case is storing and querying the time-series metrics for monitoring and observability. I primarily use it as a high-performance back end for Prometheus, where it handles large volumes o...
 

Comparisons

 

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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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
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