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New Relic

TypeScriptPythonAPMPaid

Full-stack observability platform with APM, infrastructure monitoring, distributed tracing, and 400+ integrations — generous free tier.

License

Proprietary

Language

TypeScript / Python

80
Trust
Strong

Why New Relic?

Full APM with transaction traces, error tracking, and DB query analysis in one tool

Large applications needing infrastructure + application observability together

Teams that want a free tier with 100GB/mo ingest — more generous than Datadog

Signal Breakdown

What drives the Trust Score

npm downloads
500k / wk
Commits (90d)
200 commits
GitHub stars
800 ★
Stack Overflow
12k q's
Community
High
Weighted Trust Score80 / 100

Download Trend

Last 12 months

Tradeoffs & Caveats

Know before you commit

Simple apps — the agent overhead and UI complexity aren't worth it

Startups that prefer simpler tools like Better Stack or Sentry

Pricing

Free tier & paid plans

Free tier

Free: 100GB ingest/mo, 1 user

Paid

Standard from $49/mo per full user

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Learning Resources

Docs, videos, tutorials, and courses

Docs

docs

Node.js Agent

tutorial

Get Started

Repository and installation options

View on GitHub

github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic

npmnpm install newrelic
pippip install newrelic

Quick Start

Copy and adapt to get going fast

// newrelic.js (require FIRST before all other requires)
require('newrelic');

// newrelic.js config file
exports.config = {
  app_name: ['My App'],
  license_key: process.env.NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY,
  logging: { level: 'info' },
};

// Package: npm install newrelic

Community Notes

Real experiences from developers who've used this tool