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PINAR YILDIRAN - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Service Development at Zorlu Holding
Real User
Reliable with great performance and a straightforward setup
Pros and Cons
  • "We like the performance of the product."
  • "The solution is quite expensive."

What is our primary use case?

The use case for this solution is the same as Azure Monitor. They have the same coverage for the use case. In the end, we switched to Azure Monitor.

It is for the application quality process and the live system support monitoring.

What is most valuable?

We like the performance of the product. It's very good, very reliable.

All features are all capable to responding to our requirements. There's no problem on this side. 

The solution can scale. 

The initial setup isn't a big deal. Our admins can handle it. 

What needs improvement?

The solution is quite expensive. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We've been using the solution for about two years at this point. It hasn't been too long. 

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's stable. It is reliable. The performance has been good. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable. It's not a problem to expand as necessary. 

We have two or three users on the product right now. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Previously, we did not use other application performance management products.

We also use Azure Monitor. They are very much the same. However, we've since moved over to Azure Monitor.

How was the initial setup?

It's not as straightforward a setup as Azure Monitor. Then again, we have admins, and they were managing that part. It's not a big deal.

We have two admins that can handle deployment and maintenance. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price is an issue. It's quite expensive.

That said, I can't speak to the exact pricing. 

What other advice do I have?

I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using and if it's the latest version or not. 

We'd recommend the product if budgeting is not a concern for a company.

I'd rate it nine out of ten. We were pretty happy with its capabilities. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Founding Partner at 2Five1
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Handles large volumes of transactions, identifies bugs, and helps developers to monitor the applications’ performance
Pros and Cons
  • "The product allows the developer to see the actual problems in the applications."
  • "The solution must provide better support for Azure Web Apps service."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution to ensure the applications perform at the accepted performance level. The application must not have any bugs or problems. It must also have no bottlenecks in the volume of the transactions. We use the tool before we deploy an application to production and during the first part of the deployment to ensure that the application will perform properly.

What is most valuable?

The product allows the developer to see the actual problems in the applications. It shows which part of the code and which part of the software component or architecture is having a problem. It's easy to resolve the issues and pinpoint the bottlenecks in the application.

What needs improvement?

The solution must provide better support for Azure Web Apps service. The solution does not completely support the architecture of Azure Web Apps.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution since 2018.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the tool’s stability a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The tool is pretty scalable. We did not have any problem using it on multiple nodes or instances. We have a report server. The report server would have more than two instances. Sometimes, the application node would have more than two instances, one database, and a proxy. The tool can handle 12 or 16 instances at the same time in one single application.

Our largest customers had around 800,000 users. The task of monitoring the tool and identifying the issues depends on the specific assignments that the technical person receives. One person does the deployment and configuration.

How was the initial setup?

The setup is straightforward. We have complete and concise instructions on enabling the APM on a particular application platform. We work on different application stacks. New Relic has different instructions for different types of technology stacks. We follow their instruction.

For job applications, JAR files need to be installed. The APM provides it. For other applications, we have to put the necessary IP address or domain links on the application. Then, New Relic automatically scans the specified server, and it appears on the New Relic console. The solution is cloud-based.

What was our ROI?

The product ensures that the applications have the expected speed and performance. It can handle large volumes of users and transactions. It also identifies the bugs in the applications. Once the users access the applications, the tool can detect any problems. The product can easily identify whether the issue is on the client side, the application side, or at the database level.

What other advice do I have?

We highly recommend the solution for people who want to deploy large applications or applications with a lot of users. It will provide them with the necessary information to ensure the application performs as expected. We enable New Relic for the first three to six months. Once all the problems have been identified, we turn it off.

Then, we turn it on again on a particular period to see if problems can still be identified for that particular cycle. The applications we work on follow a particular cycle of operations. So, we normally turn on New Relic when we need to do a large volume of processing or complex processing on the applications.

Overall, I rate the tool a ten out of ten.

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Rabindra Kumar Maharana - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Consultant at Laminaar Aviation
Real User
It has a good response time and valuable features such as synthetic alert, time travel, and traceability
Pros and Cons
  • "The synthetic alert is the most valuable feature in New Relic APM. I also like the time travel feature and find traceability useful in the solution. New Relic APM also has good response times."
  • "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."

What is our primary use case?

We used New Relic APM for monitoring our data.

What is most valuable?

The synthetic alert is the most valuable feature in New Relic APM. I also like the time travel feature and find traceability useful in the solution.

New Relic APM also has good response times.

In the pro licensing model of the solution, my company used the data analysis feature more and took care of more complex workloads that my team could easily track. Data analysis is another feature of New Relic APM which I found helpful.

What needs improvement?

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, so if that area could be improved, especially when looking for data, it would enhance New Relic APM.

For how long have I used the solution?

I started using New Relic APM around March of this year, 2022, until June, so my experience with it is almost a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

New Relic APM is a very stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

You can scale New Relic APM, but I expected it to be more scalable.

How are customer service and support?

If you contact New Relic APM technical support during office hours, then the team is responsive, but sometimes, it's delayed, especially when you contact support during offline hours. New Relic APM support is limited, so I'd rate this area as three out of five.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I used Dynatrace before using New Relic APM, but that was in my past organization. I switched to New Relic APM because I moved to another organization. I also use Datadog, but mostly, it's New Relic APM that I'm using.

In my current organization, I did some POCs, but not effectively, so I've only used New Relic APM and no other solutions, at least in the organization I belong to now.

How was the initial setup?

I used to handle the New Relic APM setup process more for algorithms, mainly writing algorithms to define the rules for better tracking. I focused on the time travel, traceability, and other valuable features of the solution, primarily monitoring and not the initial setup for New Relic APM because the IT team took care of that process.

On the part I handled, the process was seamless, and there was nothing complex about it, but it could be because I asked for help from the IT team. The process was average. It wasn't very smooth and wasn't very complex either, so neutral.

The initial setup for New Relic APM, which was done by the IT team, took more than a day.

What about the implementation team?

The IT department took care of deploying New Relic APM. The implementation was in-house, and New Relic gave my company a server similar to a one-of-a-kind setup tool that you can install within half a day.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The IT department handles New Relic APM licensing, but the solution is priced reasonably. I'm actively using the mobile monitoring function of New Relic APM, and it's one of the best products for me because it's economical, so anyone can easily pick it over other solutions and use it. It has basic features.

My company went for the New Relic APM sixty-day free trial, so there was a limitation to the number of people that could use the product. It only allowed twenty-one users maximum.

New Relic presented New Relic APM pricing and packages very well. For example, there's silver and platinum, and each package was easy and more economical than other tools. In this context, I'd recommend New Relic APM because of its reasonable price and package.

My company initially used the standard New Relic APM package, and by the end of the month, it moved to the pro model, which had low, flexible pricing.

What other advice do I have?

I was into this Dynatrace, a monitoring tool in my previous organization, but not now.

I'm now using New Relic APM at an organizational level rather than a personal level.

New Relic APM has an on-premise deployment; though my company planned to deploy it on the cloud, it wasn't successful, so another solution for cloud deployment is now being tested from AWS.

As New Relic APM is one of the best solutions in the market, my rating for it is eight out of ten. I didn't give it a ten because of the support, reporting, and UI/UX that need improvement.

I'd recommend the solution even to startups or novices planning to do some monitoring, and in the future, New Relic APM could compete with similar tools used by the experts.

At the moment, nine people, mostly software engineers, use New Relic APM within my organization. The software engineers get the alerts from the product.

New Relic APM requires maintenance by a minimum of three resources, and it would depend on the requirements, tools, and features. For example, my company currently uses three New Relic APM platforms, web, mobile, and desktop.

My company is just a user, not a partner of New Relic APM.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

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Director at Autonomous Thingz Pty Ltd
Real User
Top 5
Designing queries is easy but the pricing structure should improve
Pros and Cons
  • "The feature I found most valuable is being able to design my queries. It's easy to design a query."
  • "In the next release, I'd like to see a better pricing structure."

What is our primary use case?

My primary use case for this solution is to see the application's performance and alert the reiteration of any performance.

What is most valuable?

The feature I found most valuable is being able to design my queries. It's easy to design a query.

What needs improvement?

I would like for this solution to improve the automatic configurations of workloads and capabilities.

In the next release, I'd like to see a better pricing structure.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for about six months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

My impression is that stability is pretty good. I would rate it an eight, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I would rate the scalability of this solution an eight, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.

How are customer service and support?

I would rate the technical support of this solution an eight, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We have previously used a different solution, and we switched only because our current customer was already using it.

How was the initial setup?

My impression is that the initial setup process is straightforward. The solution is SaaS so all it takes for deployment is just signing up for the service. Our model of deployment is the cloud.

What was our ROI?

We have seen the ROI.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I would rate the pricing of this solution an eight, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best. We have a yearly license.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution as a whole a six, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.

When it comes to other people looking into this solution, I would advise making sure that if you're running into communities, to know what it does before you start using it.

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Marketing Executive at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Easy to set up with good transaction summaries and helpful reporting
Pros and Cons
  • "The pricing is pretty good."
  • "There were some settings we had issues with."

What is our primary use case?

The solution is an APM monitoring tool.

We will be monitoring all kinds of server details, including how the application is handling things and any threat count, as well as if there are any network utilization failures or problems with DNA instance ports.

What is most valuable?

The transaction summary is great. It's very helpful for reporting. 

The initial setup was not that difficult. 

It's stable.

The pricing is pretty good. 

The solution is scalable. 

What needs improvement?

There were some settings we had issues with. For example, a certain setting to change the time zone. If we change the time zone, it will take 24 hours to reflect the time zone and make the changes. It'll be great if the settings once we change them, reflect the change at least after one hour. That would be helpful so that we don't need to wait for one complete day to see the changes.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for one and a half years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is great. It's reliable. I'd rate the stability four out of five in terms of reliability. There are no bugs or glitches. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is good. I'd rate it five out of five. It is easy to expand. 

How are customer service and support?

I've never dealt with technical support. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

There were no other tools being used previously. This was the first we were recommended, and we deployed it.

How was the initial setup?

It's a straightforward setup. It's not overly difficult or complex. 

I'd rate the solution four out of five in terms of ease of setup. 

Mainly the setup was done by the box team, so they were using it for their purposes and for the log activity. I'm just part of testing team, so I'm focusing more on the reporting side. The setup was not done from my end; the DevOps team managed the process.

We have mostly one person handling the setup and it took about two to three weeks.

We have a third party that manages the maintenance. There might be four to five people maintaining everything. 

What about the implementation team?

Our own team handled the initial setup. 

What was our ROI?

I'm not sure if we've seen an ROI at this point. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I'm not aware of the exact licensing costs. My understanding is that it is affordable. I'd rate it four out of five. 

We likely py a yearly licensing fee. It's all-inclusive, and there are no extra fees. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I did not handle any evaluations on my end. I'm not sure if the company looked at other options. 

What other advice do I have?

We are customers and end-users. 

Since we're working on a cloud-based deployment, the solution is always up to date. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. It's user-friendly and has many automated features. I'd recommend the solution to others. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

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Real User
Reasonably priced, straightforward to set up, and performs as expected
Pros and Cons
  • "It does everything we wanted it to do."
  • "How granular I could go down at looking at certain data, especially related to the operations, is limited."

What is our primary use case?

We use New Relic APM to monitor our public cloud-hosted application and infrastructure.

How has it helped my organization?

Not so far. Although, we haven't really got a very mature system of defining our application processes from end-to-end and certainly not our client-centric impact.

I'm reasonably satisfied. We haven't run the rule over it too much because it hasn't been a massive investment.

It has been quite valuable to demonstrate how we can change our views for our services due to their service. It has proved value so far.

What is most valuable?

We don't have any problems with this solution.

The configuration isn't terrible when compared with other products.

It does everything we wanted it to do. We haven't been too critical in our thinking about where it can improve.

What needs improvement?

There really is nothing that stands out with New Relic. With the insight, I think it will be found lacking for its report aggregation capabilities. How granular I could go down at looking at certain data, especially related to the operations, is limited.

The API integrations that they have for us to automate our configuration was fine, but I think for some of these tools, it was over-engineering for us to try and automate any of that. So, we just use the user interfaces.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using New Relic APM for approximately two months.

We are using the latest version.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's a stable solution. We have not encountered any issues. We're not plugging too much traffic into it. We're not reporting on it heavily. It's not feeding into our service management processes heavily. So we haven't seen anything.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have not yet explored the scalability, it's too early for us.

There are approximately 15 of us using it altogether. We are called infrastructure engineers, who are third line infrastructure support and architecture people. 

Some of the lead developers have access, but there are 15 of us and we are all pretty similar.

How are customer service and technical support?

We have not contacted technical support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We have two custom in-house processes that do our application data flow monitoring. We have manually and in a custom nature, built out a performance monitoring platform in Splunk using our knowledge of the system over the years.

I have used App Dynamics in the past with another company. There really is nothing that stands out with New Relic. It is similar to AppDynamics and Dynatrace.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward. 

I don't think any of these tools are tools that anyone can pick up and install. 

I wouldn't say it was any more difficult to configure than some of the other solutions. It is definitely not more difficult to configure than AppDynamics. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price was one of the reasons we chose this solution. It's reasonably priced. It's cheaper than the likes of AppDynamics and Dynatrace, based on how our subscription is.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We looked at Datadog initially and found the initial setup to be far more complex than what we found in New Relic. 

What other advice do I have?

Our proof of concept has been successful.

Getting an order in and reporting is an industry in itself, don't think it can solve the problems it's not trying to solve. It is an application performance monitoring tool. Don't try and make it anything else.

The big problem with Splunk for us is that it can do everything. The thing that's nice about New Relic is it doesn't try and do everything, it does what it does. So far, it does it to satisfaction, but don't try and fill multiple holes in your toolchain with it. It's good at what it does.

We had some pretty informed opinions on what it was going to do. We knew where it wanted us to get, and so far it has cost the amount we wanted it to cost and done everything that we wanted it to do.

I would rate New Relic APM a ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

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It gives insights to non-technical people about what technical issues are most important
Pros and Cons
  • "It has in-depth analysis using developer code for someone whose not traditionally a developer."
  • "It gives insights to non-technical people about what technical issues are most important, how much it impacts customers, and potentially, where we should be targeting our development teams when they have time."
  • "They could improve the education process and how people understand that these tools are very technical. Right now, if someone was to pick it up from day one, it is a very steep learning curve."
  • "The monitoring is only as good as the alerts that it produces. By having it set up fine grain alerting, it is a bit of a pain."

What is our primary use case?

The primary use case is monitoring.

How has it helped my organization?

It gives insights to non-technical people about what technical issues are most important, how much it impacts customers, and potentially, where we should be targeting our development teams when they have time.

What is most valuable?

It has in-depth analysis using developer code for someone whose not traditionally a developer.

What needs improvement?

They could improve the education process and how people understand that these tools are very technical. I understand everything very quickly and where it all comes in because I grew up with the product, but right now if someone was to pick it up from day one, it is a very steep learning curve.

The monitoring is only as good as the alerts that it produces. By having it set up fine grain alerting, it is a bit of a pain. They already have all these other companies that use their system, so they should easily be able do alerts based on deviations that we don't need to program on a per instance or artifact basis.

For how long have I used the solution?

More than five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It has been stable for all our work lines.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

So far, I haven't hit any scaling issues with them, and the environments that I have come from have thousands of servers being monitored.

How is customer service and technical support?

Their technical support has been pretty good.

How was the initial setup?

It was quite hard to integrate, if you weren't technically skilled. 

A lot of people who consume this product may not be technically skilled, but if you are, it is easy to use. From this perspective, it is really good, but this is an important aspect as well.

What was our ROI?

This was recently implemented at the current place that I work. Previously, without a monitoring solution, a developer could potentially spend a day working on a feature or a bug to try and resolve and issue. Now, a lot of the times, with monitoring put in place, we can understand if a customer is actually hitting this bug, and how often they are hitting it, and how much frustration they are dealing with on a day-by-day basis, then reprioritize our tasks. It gives our developers that insight, or it gives less skilled engineers or less technical leads the ability to ramp up quickly on what that particular bug is, so we can easily scale out. So, the cost of solving that problem isn't just reliant on a tech lead understands the system or built the system. Anyone can find the issue, including associates, and the amount of time they spend debugging has been reduced by a lot.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

They gave us aggressive discounts when they were brought in for the first time, but they have also kept them for the year-on-year renewals, which has been absolutely fine. Thus, we haven't looked to change.

The pricing and licensing are good if you have an account manager and a partner manager who are looking to help out. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We also evaluated AppDynamics and Dynatrace. 

We chose New Relic because they have a slightly different pricing model. We were aggressively negotiating price, which means they gave us a pretty good price. Since then, they have continued upholding that same level of customer service, discounts, and partner level. So, it has been really nice working with them.

What other advice do I have?

You definitely need this product if you want scale and stability.

It fulfills what it's designed to do. Their constant iteration of features means it will always keep us well-informed about that particular requirement about the software.

We are also using New Relic with PagerDuty and Slack. They integrate pretty seamlessly. A couple of button pushes, and it was done.

We are using the SaaS version.

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CEO and Head of Engineering at CAW Studios
Real User
Top 10
Offers a good interface that helps users quickly find bottlenecks in the area of performance
Pros and Cons
  • "The product's initial setup phase was very easy."
  • "New Relic is very slow, and the app is a bit frustrating to use, which is something that has been happening a lot in the past year. During the last six months, I have noticed that it has become extremely laggy."

What is our primary use case?

I use the solution in my company for predominantly API response time. It is used to measure API response time.

What needs improvement?

New Relic is very slow, and the app is a bit frustrating to use, which is something that has been happening a lot in the past year. During the last six months, I have noticed that it has become extremely laggy. The irony stems from the fact that a tool used for performance measurement itself has so many performance issues. I think it has also become too crowded with too many features. I have been using New Relic for ten years, and over a period of time, it has added a lot of new tools and new profiles, which are great, but now the tool has become too crowded. Around 80 percent of the time, I use the tool only for basic use cases, which were all there even ten years ago. The tool has definitely improved the interface, which is good, but apart from the basic features that I need, there are all these features in the tool that crowd the tool's entire user interface, which becomes complex. I like Sentry because its main interface for error reporting and handling has always been very clean and focused while not being crowded with too many things, but I don't know about the solution's future. With New Relic, the tool seems crowded when it comes to its interface, which has too many features.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using New Relic for ten years. I use the solution as an end customer.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable solution. The product operates as a third-party or SaaS tool, so I believe that it has intra-scalability options.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support for the solution is very good. I rate the technical support an eight out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

My company has been using Sentry for error reporting, alerting, and monitoring.

How was the initial setup?

The product's initial setup phase was very easy.

One person can manage the product's deployment phase. Once the product is installed, it doesn't require much maintenance.

The solution is deployed on a cloud-based infrastructure.

The solution can be deployed in less than a day.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I rate the product price a five on a scale of one to ten, where one means cheap, and ten means very expensive. I don't remember the product's exact price, but I know my company pays around 500 USD a month for two or three products.

What other advice do I have?

For monitoring purposes, I would say that the product has a good interface for quickly finding performance bottlenecks.

The tool gives a detailed audit of every piece of code, like how much percentage of time it takes, making it very easy for me to first locate the APIs that offer the poorest performance and then go deep dive into those APIs to see which part of the code base of that API is causing performance bottlenecks. Instrumentation becomes quite straightforward and easy with the tool's features.

I don't use the alerting system in New Relic.

My company uses New Relic only when we want to instrument APIs and for performance improvements, but we don't use it for error handling and error reporting since we prefer Sentry for such areas.

I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

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