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New Relic vs OpenText Real User Monitoring comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 24, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.2
New Relic's support is generally efficient with 24/7 availability, but some users report occasional slow responses and mixed satisfaction levels.
No sentiment score available
OpenText Real User Monitoring's customer support receives mixed reviews, praised for responsiveness but criticized for expertise and consistency.
Customer support needs to improve by bringing in more people who are knowledgeable about the tool, as there are very few left.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
5.2
New Relic is costly, lacks comprehensive documentation, and needs improvements in integration, real-time monitoring, UI, reporting, and user support.
Sentiment score
3.0
OpenText Real User Monitoring struggles with outdated architecture, high costs, limited flexibility, and performance issues affecting visibility and integration.
The diagnostics perspective, particularly in terms of the root cause analysis of failures, should be improved.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
New Relic scales efficiently for various user groups, handling diverse workloads and expanding easily with consistent performance.
Sentiment score
7.8
OpenText Real User Monitoring offers good scalability, but incurs higher costs and requires multiple servers for larger infrastructures.
 

Setup Cost

Sentiment score
7.8
Enterprise buyers view New Relic's pricing as mixed, varying from affordable to costly, especially for full-stack observability and additional features.
No sentiment score available
OpenText Real User Monitoring costs €30,000 for three years, viewed as reasonable yet variable compared to competitors.
Compared to competitors, the pricing is very less.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.6
New Relic is stable and reliable, with rare performance hiccups and generally high stability ratings from users.
Sentiment score
5.8
OpenText Real User Monitoring's stability is mixed, affecting usability, but future HTML5 updates promise improved performance.
It is mostly stable, and I would rate its stability at around nine out of ten.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.2
New Relic is valued for its monitoring capabilities, integration, user interface, accurate alerts, scalability, and stability across various services.
Sentiment score
7.1
OpenText Real User Monitoring provides comprehensive application performance insights with easy implementation, real-time analytics, and seamless infrastructure integration.
The functions that Real User Monitor is intended for, which is to provide the availability and performance of a service, are valued.
 

Categories and Ranking

New Relic
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
157
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (6th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (5th), IT Operations Analytics (2nd), Mobile APM (2nd), Cloud Monitoring Software (4th), AIOps (3rd)
OpenText Real User Monitoring
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
53rd
Average Rating
6.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of New Relic is 8.7%, down from 10.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Real User Monitoring is 0.2%, down from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

Iqbal Khowaja - PeerSpot reviewer
Has a simple user interface and end-to-end monitoring and self-healing features
My organization uses many application performance management solutions, such as AppDynamics, New Relic APM, Splunk, and Datadog. I'm the CTO for the state of Hawaii, and across the board, different departments use different APM tools. I'm using the latest version of New Relic APM, but I cannot recall the exact version. My company has a dozen engineers using and monitoring New Relic APM. I'd tell anyone planning to use New Relic APM that it has to fit what you have. For example, most of my company's payload is in AWS, and the tool has adopters and features that CloudWatch cannot provide. Still, New Relic APM can, so you should do a demo or trial run first and see if it's a tool that'll help you with end-to-end monitoring. New Relic APM is working well for my company, so an excellent way to start is to do a trial run to see how the tool works out for your current applications. My rating for the tool is nine out of ten because my experience with it has been great. New Relic also worked closely with my company and has always been upfront on what's available and what's not. My company is a New Relic APM customer.
Aphiwat Leetavorn. - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers back-end monitoring, so it can analyze user experience but when customers change the software or version, this tool is quite sensitive
Real User Monitoring tools help proactively identify problems before they become critical by monitoring thresholds. There is a threshold and an SOA threshold. For example, it starts to go yellow, and if it becomes red, the system will crash. When it starts to become yellow (Threshold Approaching), we have to resolve it. This is the same case where we'll know what happened before it's too late. So we can make an early decision to prevent it, maybe by kicking some users off the system before it crashes.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
45%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
31%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Any advice about APM solutions?
There are many factors and we know little about your requirements (size of org, technology stack, management systems, the scope of implementation). Our goal was to consolidate APM and infra monitor...
What do you like most about New Relic Insights?
The product's initial setup phase was very easy.
What needs improvement with New Relic Insights?
It helps prevent issues but does not cause losses. The error messages and deep insights may help us find the root cause and resolve the issue. It could be bit better. We are looking at sorting the ...
What needs improvement with Micro Focus Real User Monitor?
The solution's technical support presents a lot of issues with too many delays. Emergency support is unavailable when we raise a P1 ticket for production downtime.
What is your primary use case for Micro Focus Real User Monitor?
The solution is used for data center monitoring, real-time monitoring, and automation.
What advice do you have for others considering Micro Focus Real User Monitor?
The solution does not need extra maintenance but requires some basic maintenance when the product version is old. At least two people, including one senior and one junior, are required to install a...
 

Also Known As

New Relic Browser, New Relic Applied Intelligence, New Relic Insights, New Relic Synthetics, New Relic Servers, New Relic APM
Micro Focus Real User Monitor, Micro Focus RUM, HPE RUM, MF RUM
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

World Fuel Services, Verizon, FootLocker, McDonald's, Trainline, Mondia Media, Confused, Costa Coffee, Ryanair, Marks & Spencer, William Hill, Delivery Hero, Skyscanner, BASF, DAZN, Veygo, Virtuo, movingimage, talabat, Australia Post, Tokopedia, Seven Network, Virgin Australia, Zomato, BigBasket, Mercado Libre, Lending Club
Avea, Maccabi Healthcare Services, TEB
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