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New Relic vs Sumo Logic Observability 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:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.2
Users report improved performance and reduced downtime with New Relic, highlighting its value in quick issue resolution and efficiency.
Sentiment score
7.0
Sumo Logic Observability improved operational efficiency, reduced downtime, and provided better issue resolution, visibility, stability, and proactive IT management.
There is return on investment because since we reduced the downtime, we can definitely save a lot of money within that period.
System Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
There is a definite return on investment for New Relic, as we would not have invested in building its infrastructure if there were no returns.
Senior Software Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
After implementing New Relic, we have decreased staffing requirements while saving time and money.
Senior Observability Engineer I at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.4
New Relic's customer service is highly rated for responsiveness and expertise, though some suggest improvements for offline response times.
Sentiment score
7.8
Sumo Logic Observability's customer service is highly rated, with quick responses and helpful support, particularly for advanced and OpenTelemetry issues.
If I drop an email to them, they will respond quickly to my email.
Senior DevOps Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Customer support from New Relic is very good, and we rarely need to create support tickets.
Senior Software Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
They are very polite and helped him out.
Cloud Engineer at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
New Relic is a reliable, scalable solution for various business needs, efficiently handling large environments and cloud integrations.
Sentiment score
7.3
Sumo Logic Observability scales efficiently for diverse users, handling peak records with ease, supported by Fluent Bit and OpenTelemetry.
We currently use New Relic for tens of thousands of developers and hundreds of teams within our organization, and we have not encountered any scalability issues.
Senior Software Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
It is also suitable for cloud native architectures, SaaS, or software as a service, and for high volume data ingestion also.
Cloud Engineer at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Regarding New Relic's scalability, it excels at the enterprise level for cloud integrations that can utilize tags.
Senior Observability Engineer I at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
New Relic is generally stable and reliable, with minimal issues and praised for its consistent uptime and robustness.
Sentiment score
8.8
Sumo Logic Observability is highly reliable, with users experiencing no issues and rating its reliability a perfect ten for enterprises.
New Relic lags sometimes.
Cloud Engineer at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
New Relic is stable based on my experience, as I have not seen any problems with the UI.
Contingent Worker at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

New Relic users request better alerting, integrations, interface, documentation, AI, pricing, support, data insights, and navigation features.
The system requires efficiency improvements in data usage, cost management, enrichment, search interface, query speed, and pre-built dashboards.
If they could improve the customer support by reducing their SLA within three to five days, if they could remediate everything, that will be so much helpful.
System Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Using real-time data, if there are any malicious patterns or something happening, they can identify those.
Platform Software Engineer 4 at Nexthink
Because of the pricing model, organizations have experienced uncontrolled costs and were not able to afford New Relic.
Senior SRE Engineer at SentinelOne
 

Setup Cost

New Relic's pricing varies, offering a free tier, but larger operations may find costs high, requiring careful evaluation.
<p>Sumo Logic Observability provides flexible, competitive pricing for enterprises, but additional costs may apply for advanced features and high data volumes.</p>
Considering the features New Relic offers, the pricing or cost setup has not been a blocker for our budget.
Senior Software Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for synthetic monitoring is that minions used to cost a lot.
DevOps engineer at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

New Relic offers comprehensive performance insights with real-time monitoring, efficient error detection, and customizable dashboards for optimized system performance.
Sumo Logic Observability offers real-time alerting, apps, team collaboration, easy integration, and a flexible query language, boosting incident resolution.
Using New Relic speeds up troubleshooting and resolution, giving us a clearer picture of where issues are, thus saving time and effort.
Head of API at a marketing services firm with 11-50 employees
New Relic is very useful for teams that don't have much of a dedicated DevOps team but want to have observability for their platform, and it's an easy way to get started.
Senior SRE Engineer at SentinelOne
New Relic has positively impacted our organization by reducing errors, improving performance, and saving time.
Senior Software Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

New Relic
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
4th
Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software
5th
Ranking in AIOps
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
173
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (9th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (9th), IT Operations Analytics (3rd), Mobile APM (3rd)
Sumo Logic Observability
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
36th
Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software
32nd
Ranking in AIOps
20th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of New Relic is 4.0%, down from 7.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sumo Logic Observability is 0.6%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
New Relic4.0%
Sumo Logic Observability0.6%
Other95.4%
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

BasilJiji - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Real-time alerts have reduced server outage impact and support fast incident response
In the dashboard, if they could show a little more metrics regarding the application and related things, that would be how New Relic could be improved. Currently, there are things showing from the server level and application level, but it can be improved. That is what I felt. Regarding user interface, I do not feel much concern, but for some kind of issues when we are trying to get support from the New Relic team, their SLA seems to be long. They are taking seven to ten working days for resolving some kind of scenario or issue. That is a bit difficult for us. If they could improve the customer support by reducing their SLA within three to five days, if they could remediate everything, that will be so much helpful. When it comes to the customer support part, I felt they need to be a little more improved on that part. The support overall is good, but they can improve. That is the reason I have given it eight out of ten.
Shamshir Nangla - PeerSpot reviewer
Site Reliability Engineer at LHV Bank
Getting up and running is easy, even for a newbie but management of searches definitely needs improvement
Operational effectiveness with regards to when there's an issue, when there's a reactive issue, people are able to, or as well as proactively, actually, because we use their PagerDuty integrations. We use queries in Sumo Logic to trigger alerts based on logging. That allows us to proactively identify issues as they're happening. With those same alerts, obviously, with that platform, you can use it to reactively start looking at troubleshooting issues as they're happening right then and there or incidents. So it's been very, very good for alerting and for troubleshooting issues. For predicting issues before they happen, it is not very good. They have a feature called anomaly detection, but I think it's quite premature compared to other stuff out there. So it's good for alerts and for troubleshooting operational effectiveness. When your operations are down or segregated, it's perfect because it will help you diagnose the issues.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Retailer
5%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Transportation Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business66
Midsize Enterprise50
Large Enterprise76
No data available
 

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?
When considering how New Relic can be improved, the only thing that could be a bit confusing is that there are many things in New Relic, and sometimes I need to know where to find some visualizatio...
What needs improvement with Sumo Logic Observability?
The speed of queries could be improved. When using more advanced functions, especially with large datasets like the 90-day log retention we had, queries could be slow, sometimes taking up to five m...
What is your primary use case for Sumo Logic Observability?
We used it for log observability – log aggregation specifically.
 

Also Known As

New Relic Browser, New Relic Applied Intelligence, New Relic Insights, New Relic Synthetics, New Relic Servers, New Relic APM
No data available
 

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
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