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New Relic vs Splunk Synthetic Monitoring comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

New Relic
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
5th
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
7th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
158
Ranking in other categories
IT Infrastructure Monitoring (6th), IT Operations Analytics (3rd), Mobile APM (3rd), Cloud Monitoring Software (5th), AIOps (3rd)
Splunk Synthetic Monitoring
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
36th
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
49th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of New Relic is 7.0%, down from 9.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Synthetic Monitoring is 0.3%, up from 0.1% 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.
Sathis-Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Customized dashboards streamline log monitoring needs
Splunk is primarily used for log monitoring, where I collect all my security logs, system logs, and application logs into a centralized place. This helps me customize my monitoring models Splunk has provided me with a centralized platform to manage multiple features. Instead of using various…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"One valuable feature is that the synthetic alert stays open until the issue is resolved. You can actually monitor whether your system is back up."
"The synthetics, alerts, and native inbuilt capabilities for monitoring the cloud with the New Relic agents have been helpful."
"The most valuable features are infrastructure monitoring and application performance monitoring (APM)."
"It has in-depth analysis using developer code for someone whose not traditionally a developer."
"Using New Relic speeds up troubleshooting and resolution, giving us a clearer picture of where issues are, thus saving time and effort."
"You don't have to go through a list of 500 servers."
"It has the ability to monitor random URLs not tied to the one pinger per application (though it costs extra)."
"New features are added often."
"Overall, I would recommend Splunk to anyone seeking a monitoring solution, thanks to its extensive capabilities and features."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to customize dashboards based on my queries or any other customization I may need."
 

Cons

"Some of our customers see New Relic as a promising product to have, and we would like to deliver it to them. The only way we would be able to do that would be if we had server appliance for clients that we could install in their data centres."
"One of the things that our enterprise actually had a challenge with was the licensing structure for New Relic."
"The pricing could be improved as it is quite high relative to what is offered."
"Email alert customization is limited; it cannot be tailored much, which makes the system more rigid than optimal."
"It would help customers if there were an on-premises version available."
"The UX/UI design of New Relic APM could be improved. The solution currently has some slow pages in terms of loading and viewing the pages, for example, the reports. The reports and other pages take a long time to load."
"The product has good documentation for Linux, however, their documentation for Windows is lacking substantially. It's something they need to develop."
"It is very difficult to award the service level cycles at an endpoint level."
"Technical support is good but could be improved, particularly concerning the time taken for ticket resolution."
"In future updates, I would like to see more predefined monitoring query solutions, which could be more effective."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I loved this product, but we can no longer afford it, so we dropped it."
"The solution is priced reasonably. New Relic APM is one of the best products for me because it's economical, so anyone can easily pick it over other solutions and use it."
"The detection piece of it brings us a big return on investment."
"We deploy everything on AWS. Purchasing the product on AWS Marketplace made it easier for us."
"This is an expensive tool."
"It would be nice if we could buy it annually instead of monthly."
"I recommend using the free version of New Relic. If you like the free version and understand its importance for your company, you can move to the trial. Then, you can migrate to the paid version."
"The pricing is okay comparatively their competitors. The only concern was whether it should be purchased on demand or bring your own license, and which way passes some savings onto the end customers."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
54%
Computer Software Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
4%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Insurance Company
13%
Government
13%
Computer Software Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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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?
Email alert customization is limited; it cannot be tailored much, which makes the system more rigid than optimal. The handling of logs from integration tools is not as advanced compared to other to...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Synthetic Monitoring?
Splunk is a bit expensive since it charges based on the indexing rate of data. However, considering the features it provides, the pricing is quite affordable compared to other monitoring solutions.
What needs improvement with Splunk Synthetic Monitoring?
I'm still experiencing some features of the product. However, in future updates, I would like to see more predefined monitoring query solutions, which could be more effective.
What is your primary use case for Splunk Synthetic Monitoring?
Splunk is primarily used for log monitoring, where I collect all my security logs, system logs, and application logs into a centralized place. This helps me customize my monitoring models.
 

Also Known As

New Relic Browser, New Relic Applied Intelligence, New Relic Insights, New Relic Synthetics, New Relic Servers, New Relic APM
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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
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