New Relic, Datadog, and Dynatrace cost comparison
See when usage-based pricing can provide up to 5X more value versus subscription
In response to popular demand, here’s a cost comparison analysis for monitoring the entire tech stack based on the publicly-available list price. We compare the costs of our usage-based, single-platform approach with the traditional, subscription-based, bundle-of-SKUs approach used by Datadog and Dynatrace. As a summary, depending on the size of the engineering team and the shape of the tech stack, the three hypothetical scenarios reflect:
- New Relic can provide up to 5X more value for money than tools from vendors like Datadog.
- The cost savings in these scenarios allow the addition of even more users and data in New Relic — which provides more value — while still spending less than with Datadog and Dynatrace.
Monthly full-stack observability cost comparison summary for New Relic, Dynatrace, and Datadog in hypothetical scenarios
Building on our recently published analysis that compares log management and infrastructure monitoring costs, this analysis helps provide a comparison of the full-stack observability costs of the three vendors. That includes application performance monitoring (APM), infrastructure monitoring (infra), digital experience monitoring (DEM), serverless monitoring, network performance monitoring (NPM), and log management (logs).
To make it easier to parse the pricing differences and how they may apply to a specific team and tech stack, the tables below calculate the costs for three scenarios. Each scenario represents a different hypothetical tech stack and team size that we often see among our customers.
Once again, our goal here is to be transparent with how we arrived at these numbers. This analysis is based on publicly-available list prices, and you’re welcome to check out the underlying spreadsheet for details and assumptions regarding these calculations.
Small engineering team comparison
Here’s a full-stack observability cost comparison for a hypothetical small team with 25 engineers. In this example, the stack consists of 20 APM hosts, 50 infrastructure hosts, and 2,500 GB ingested logs.
Sample monthly full-stack observability cost for a small engineering team
Midsize engineering team comparison
Driving innovation is a priority for many businesses as they grow and scale. Here’s a full-stack observability cost comparison for a hypothetical midsize team with 65 engineers. In this example, the stack consists of 125 APM hosts, 200 infra hosts, and 10K GB ingested logs.
Sample monthly full-stack observability cost for a midsize engineering team
Large engineering team comparison
As businesses continue to scale, digital transformation becomes even more important. Here’s a full-stack observability cost comparison for a hypothetical large team with 150 engineers. In this example, the stack consists of 225 APM hosts, 350 infra hosts, and 20K GB ingested logs.
Sample monthly full-stack observability cost for a large engineering team
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Source: https://newrelic.com/blog/nerdlog/cost-comparison-new-relic-vs-datadog-vs-dynatrace
