--- title: "Best New Relic Alternatives 2026 | Capterra" description: "Looking for alternatives to New Relic? Find out how New Relic stacks up against its competitors with real user reviews, pricing information, and what features they offer." source_url: "https://www.capterra.com/p/118128/New-Relic/alternatives/" page_type: "alternatives" language: "en" publication_date: "2026-09-29" --- # New Relic alternatives Last updated on September 29th, 2026 The best New Relic alternatives are Oh Dear (best overall), Zabbix (best free plan), N-central (best budget option), and Remote Monitoring and Management (most reviewed). Together they hold 900 verified Capterra reviews, with overall ratings from 4.2 to 4.9 out of 5. New Relic itself holds 4.5 out of 5 across 201 reviews. ### New Relic - Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (201 reviews) - Ease of use: 4.2 out of 5 - Starting price: $10.00 - Key features: 5 of 5 top category features --- ## Top alternatives New Relic alternatives compared | Product | Rating difference | Ease of use | Starting price | Key features | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Remote Monitoring and Management](https://www.capterra.com/p/144309/Atera/) — 4.5 out of 5 (461 reviews) | Rated the same as this product | 4.6 out of 5 | $129.00 /user/mo | 2 of 5 top category features | | [Site24x7](https://www.capterra.com/p/168192/Site24x7/) — 4.7 out of 5 (396 reviews) | Rated 0.2 higher than this product | 4.6 out of 5 | $10.00 /mo | 5 of 5 top category features | | [N-central](https://www.capterra.com/p/13803/N-central/) — 4.2 out of 5 (253 reviews) | Rated 0.3 lower than this product | 4.0 out of 5 | $1.75 | 5 of 5 top category features | | [ManageEngine Applications Manager](https://www.capterra.com/p/172323/ManageEngine-Applications-Manager/) — 4.6 out of 5 (273 reviews) | Rated 0.1 higher than this product | 4.6 out of 5 | $395.00 /yr | 5 of 5 top category features | | [groundcover](https://www.capterra.com/p/10016401/groundcover/) — 4.7 out of 5 (32 reviews) | Rated 0.2 higher than this product | 4.6 out of 5 | $30.00 /mo | 5 of 5 top category features | | [PRTG](https://www.capterra.com/p/21581/PRTG-Network-Monitor/) — 4.6 out of 5 (256 reviews) | Rated 0.1 higher than this product | 4.4 out of 5 | $179.00 /usage/mo | 5 of 5 top category features | | [ManageEngine OpManager](https://www.capterra.com/p/251336/ManageEngine-OpManager/) — 4.6 out of 5 (343 reviews) | Rated 0.1 higher than this product | 4.6 out of 5 | $95.00 /yr | 5 of 5 top category features | | [Datadog](https://www.capterra.com/p/135453/Datadog-Cloud-Monitoring/) — 4.6 out of 5 (370 reviews) | Rated 0.1 higher than this product | 4.3 out of 5 | $15.00 /mo | 5 of 5 top category features | | [Zabbix](https://www.capterra.com/p/135902/Zabbix-Monitoring-Solution/) — 4.7 out of 5 (112 reviews) | Rated 0.2 higher than this product | 4.0 out of 5 | $50.00 /mo | 5 of 5 top category features | | [Oh Dear](https://www.capterra.com/p/190028/Oh-Dear/) — 4.9 out of 5 (74 reviews) | Rated 0.4 higher than this product | 4.9 out of 5 | €15.00 /usage/mo | 5 of 5 top category features | --- ## Top alternatives with AI capabilities The New Relic alternatives with the strongest AI features are Remote Monitoring and Management, Site24x7, and N-central, based on verified feature data and Capterra reviews. ### [Remote Monitoring and Management](https://www.capterra.com/p/144309/Atera/) — 4.5 out of 5 (461 reviews) - AI features: AI/Machine Learning, AI Summarization, AI Text Generation, AI Text Summarization ### [Site24x7](https://www.capterra.com/p/168192/Site24x7/) — 4.7 out of 5 (396 reviews) - AI features: Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing ### [N-central](https://www.capterra.com/p/13803/N-central/) — 4.2 out of 5 (253 reviews) - AI features: AI/Machine Learning, Generative AI --- ## Top Free alternatives to New Relic The best free alternatives to New Relic are Remote Monitoring and Management, Site24x7, and N-central — all three offer a free plan alongside paid tiers. ### [Remote Monitoring and Management](https://www.capterra.com/p/144309/Atera/) — 4.5 out of 5 (461 reviews) - Free options: Free trial - Starting price: $129.00 /user/mo ### [Site24x7](https://www.capterra.com/p/168192/Site24x7/) — 4.7 out of 5 (396 reviews) - Free options: Free trial - Starting price: $10.00 /mo ### [N-central](https://www.capterra.com/p/13803/N-central/) — 4.2 out of 5 (253 reviews) - Free options: Free trial - Starting price: $1.75 --- ## Top alternatives for SMBs Among reviewers from companies with 1-200 employees, the highest-rated New Relic alternatives are groundcover (4.9), Oh Dear (4.9), and Site24x7 (4.7). ### [groundcover](https://www.capterra.com/p/10016401/groundcover/) - 9 SMB reviewers say - Overall rating: 4.9 out of 5 across 9 SMB reviews - Ease of use: 5.0 out of 5 across 9 SMB reviews > "Mostly used eBPF integrations out of the box." — Julius Á., CTO (January 17, 2024) ### [Oh Dear](https://www.capterra.com/p/190028/Oh-Dear/) - 52 SMB reviewers say - Overall rating: 4.9 out of 5 across 52 SMB reviews - Ease of use: 4.9 out of 5 across 52 SMB reviews > "Pricing for the sheer amount of features you get is very good." — Matt R., Director of Development (December 19, 2024) ### [Site24x7](https://www.capterra.com/p/168192/Site24x7/) - 219 SMB reviewers say - Overall rating: 4.7 out of 5 across 219 SMB reviews - Ease of use: 4.5 out of 5 across 219 SMB reviews > "It is incredibly easy to setup up Site24x7 and get it going without any training at all, the product is incredibly intuitive." — Carmine T., Head of IT (August 31, 2026) --- ## Why do teams switch from New Relic? Of the 18 Capterra reviewers who reported switching away from New Relic, the most common destinations were Datadog, groundcover, Site24x7, and ManageEngine Applications Manager. ### What users preferred ### [Datadog](https://www.capterra.com/p/135453/Datadog-Cloud-Monitoring/) - 4.6 out of 5 (370 reviews) — 11 reviewers switched here > "The user limit and also the ability to search and filter is not intuitive for non technical." — Robert M., SRE Manager (December 18, 2025) ### [groundcover](https://www.capterra.com/p/10016401/groundcover/) - 4.7 out of 5 (32 reviews) — 4 reviewers switched here > "GroundCover was something similar and has some extra features as well at a lesser price" — Vaibhav E., Software Engineer (October 25, 2024) ### [Site24x7](https://www.capterra.com/p/168192/Site24x7/) - 4.7 out of 5 (396 reviews) — 2 reviewers switched here > "Inexpensive and fulfills all the requirements for infrastructure monitoring." — Abhishek S., Infrastructure Lead (August 14, 2023) ### [ManageEngine Applications Manager](https://www.capterra.com/p/172323/ManageEngine-Applications-Manager/) - 4.6 out of 5 (273 reviews) — 1 reviewers switched here > "The primary reason for considering a switch was cost optimization and the need for broader monitoring coverage from a single platform. While tools such as AppDynamics, Dynatrace, ThousandEyes, and New Relic provide strong capabilities in specific areas of APM, observability, network monitoring, and application performance, their licensing and overall operational costs can become significant as the environment and monitoring requirements grow. ManageEngine Applications Manager offered a more cost-effective approach, with application, server, database, URL, service, and infrastructure monitoring available within a unified platform. This helped reduce the need to manage multiple monitoring solutions for different use cases. Another factor was the relatively straightforward deployment and administration, along with customizable alerts, dashboards, integrations, and centralized monitoring. For organizations where budget, broad monitoring coverage, and operational simplicity are important, Applications Manager can be a practical alternative. That said, the decision depends heavily on the organization's requirements. For highly complex distributed applications, advanced cloud-native environments, deep code-level observability, or sophisticated digital experience monitoring, specialized enterprise APM/observability platforms may provide deeper capabilities" — Hardik M., Senior Technical Executive (October 9, 2026) --- ## Find software for your specific use case ### Server Monitoring - [Site24x7](https://www.capterra.com/p/168192/Site24x7/) — 4.7 out of 5 (396 reviews) - [groundcover](https://www.capterra.com/p/10016401/groundcover/) — 4.7 out of 5 (32 reviews) - [ManageEngine Applications Manager](https://www.capterra.com/p/172323/ManageEngine-Applications-Manager/) — 4.6 out of 5 (273 reviews) ### Artificial Intelligence - [Speech-to-Text](https://www.capterra.com/p/254094/Google-Cloud-Speech-to-Text/) — 5.0 out of 5 (3 reviews) - [Adobe Firefly](https://www.capterra.com/p/10012410/Adobe-Firefly/) — 4.5 out of 5 (19 reviews) - [Google Cloud Text-to-Speech](https://www.capterra.com/p/253632/Google-Cloud-Text-to-Speech/) — 4.7 out of 5 (12 reviews) ### Network Monitoring - [Site24x7](https://www.capterra.com/p/168192/Site24x7/) — 4.7 out of 5 (396 reviews) - [ConnectWise RMM](https://www.capterra.com/p/239557/ConnectWise-RMM/) — 4.2 out of 5 (73 reviews) - [Auvik](https://www.capterra.com/p/145245/Auvik/) — 4.6 out of 5 (106 reviews) ### Cloud Management - [Nerdio](https://www.capterra.com/p/154190/Nerdio/) — 4.5 out of 5 (11 reviews) - [Site24x7](https://www.capterra.com/p/168192/Site24x7/) — 4.7 out of 5 (396 reviews) - [groundcover](https://www.capterra.com/p/10016401/groundcover/) — 4.7 out of 5 (32 reviews) ### Application Performance Management - [Site24x7](https://www.capterra.com/p/168192/Site24x7/) — 4.7 out of 5 (396 reviews) - [ManageEngine Applications Manager](https://www.capterra.com/p/172323/ManageEngine-Applications-Manager/) — 4.6 out of 5 (273 reviews) - [groundcover](https://www.capterra.com/p/10016401/groundcover/) — 4.7 out of 5 (32 reviews) ---