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GlitchTip vs New Relic
New Relic offers a broader observability suite with paid tiers, not open source.
GlitchTipOpen-source error tracking compatible with Sentry SDKs
New RelicObservability platform for apps and infrastructureWhich to pick
Pick GlitchTip if you want…
- Open-source Sentry-compatible error tracking
- Open-source code
- Integrations with Sentry SDKs or Email (on GlitchTip's list, not New Relic's)
Pick New Relic if you want…
- AI-aware full-stack observability
- Integrations with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus or StatsD (on New Relic's list, not GlitchTip's)
Side by side
- What it is
- GlitchTip:GlitchTip is an open-source error tracking platform compatible with Sentry SDKs.
- New Relic:New Relic is an AI-powered observability platform that correlates telemetry across apps, infrastructure, and AI systems.
- Best for
- GlitchTip:Open-source Sentry-compatible error tracking
- New Relic:AI-aware full-stack observability
- Who it’s for
- GlitchTip:Developers and teams needing affordable error, performance, and uptime monitoring.
- New Relic:Engineering, SRE, DevOps, and product teams needing full-stack monitoring.
- Pricing
- GlitchTip:Freemium
- New Relic:Freemium
- Plans
- GlitchTip:Free $0 · Small $15 per month · Medium $50 per month · Large $250 per month
- New Relic:Free $0
- Open source
- GlitchTip:Yes
- New Relic:—
- Works with
- GlitchTip:Sentry SDKs, Email
- New Relic:OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, StatsD, eBPF, 800+ pre-built integrations
GlitchTip features
- Error Tracking. Collect and triage exceptions, log messages and CSP violations in one place.
- Performance Monitoring. Identify slow web requests, database calls and other transactions out of the box.
- Uptime Monitoring. Ping sites and receive email or webhook alerts when they become unresponsive.
- Log Integration. Search and filter application logs alongside errors and performance data.
- Sentry SDK Compatibility. Use existing Sentry client SDKs to send error data without code changes.
- Self-hosted Option. Run the platform on your own server under an open-source license.
New Relic features
- AI-driven root cause analysis. Automatically identifies the cause of incidents across services and AI agents.
- Unified data layer. Collects logs, metrics, traces, and digital experience data in one place.
- Infrastructure & Kubernetes monitoring. Provides real-time health views for hosts, containers, and K8s clusters.
- Digital experience monitoring. Session replay, browser, mobile, and synthetic checks to track user friction.
- AI model monitoring. Tracks model performance, cost, and hallucinations with agentic tracing.
- Security & compliance. Vulnerability management, FedRAMP/HIPAA eligibility, and log obfuscation.
- OpenTelemetry support. Ingests data via OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, StatsD, eBPF and other standards.
- Extensible integrations. 800+ pre-built integrations for cloud, SaaS, and on-prem services.
GlitchTip vs New Relic FAQ
Is GlitchTip or New Relic free?+
GlitchTip has a free plan; paid plans start at $15/month (Small). New Relic has a free plan and paid plans.
Is GlitchTip or New Relic open source?+
GlitchTip is open source. DevHunt has no public source repository on record for New Relic.
Do GlitchTip and New Relic integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: GlitchTip lists Sentry SDKs and Email; New Relic lists OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, StatsD, eBPF and 1 more.
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