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Host Tracker vs New Relic
New Relic offers application performance monitoring across services, whereas Host Tracker concentrates on website availability and SSL checks.
Host TrackerWebsite availability and performance monitoring service
New RelicObservability platform for apps and infrastructureWhich to pick
Pick Host Tracker if you want…
- Comprehensive website and server uptime monitoring
- Integrations with Slack, Telegram or Discord (on Host Tracker's list, not New Relic's)
Pick New Relic if you want…
- AI-aware full-stack observability
- App performance observability
- Integrations with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus or StatsD (on New Relic's list, not Host Tracker's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Host Tracker:Host Tracker monitors website uptime, performance, SSL, APIs and server health from global checkpoints and alerts via multiple channels.
- New Relic:New Relic is an AI-powered observability platform that correlates telemetry across apps, infrastructure, and AI systems.
- Best for
- Host Tracker:Comprehensive website and server uptime monitoring
- New Relic:AI-aware full-stack observability
- Who it’s for
- Host Tracker:Webmasters, developers, IT/DevOps teams and agencies needing site reliability monitoring.
- New Relic:Engineering, SRE, DevOps, and product teams needing full-stack monitoring.
- Pricing
- Host Tracker:Freemium
- New Relic:Freemium
- Plans
- Host Tracker:Free $0
- New Relic:Free $0
- Works with
- Host Tracker:Slack, Telegram, Discord, PagerDuty, Webhooks, REST API, SDKs, CLI
- New Relic:OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, StatsD, eBPF, 800+ pre-built integrations
Host Tracker features
- Global uptime checks. Monitors sites from 300+ worldwide checkpoints every minute.
- Multi-type monitoring. Supports HTTP/S, ping, port, API, transaction, page speed, DB and server metrics.
- Alerting channels. Sends alerts via email, SMS, phone, Slack, Telegram, Discord, PagerDuty, webhooks and more.
- SSL & security checks. Tracks certificate expiry, blacklist status and Google Web Risk.
- Public status pages. Provides real-time status pages for customers and stakeholders.
- Integrations & automation. REST API, SDKs, CLI, Terraform provider and MCP server for AI agents.
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.
Host Tracker vs New Relic FAQ
Is Host Tracker or New Relic free?+
Host Tracker has a free plan and paid plans. New Relic has a free plan and paid plans.
Do Host Tracker and New Relic integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Host Tracker lists Slack, Telegram, Discord, PagerDuty and 6 more; New Relic lists OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, StatsD, eBPF and 1 more.
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