Coroot vs New Relic
Comprehensive comparison of observability platforms: eBPF vs traditional APM, architecture, features, costs, and deployment models
Platform Model
Open source vs Enterprise SaaS
Data Storage
On-premises vs Cloud-managed platforms
Pricing Model
Simple per-CPU vs Data ingestion billing
Architecture & Technology
Fundamentally different approaches to observability
Coroot
🔒 On-Premises Complete Platform
Full observability stack on your infrastructure. Store ALL data without compromise, enterprise-grade guarantees, complete control over your observability pipeline.
Hybrid Data Collection
eBPF auto-instrumentation + OpenTelemetry compatibility - best of both worlds
Store Everything
No data sampling compromises - 10x compression means unlimited retention without cost fears
Full AI Root Cause Analysis
Complete intelligent incident analysis - not just anomaly detection but actual RCA automation.
Learn more about AI features →Zero Configuration Setup
Pre-built dashboards, alerts, and inspections - insights within minutes, not months of setup
Enterprise Control & Support
Commercial support with SLAs, professional services, air-gapped deployments, unlimited customization.
Explore enterprise features →New Relic
☁️ Cloud-Based SaaS Platform
Mature APM-focused platform. Battle-tested by Fortune 500, 780+ integrations, but data volume-based billing can become expensive at scale.
APM + Infrastructure Focus
Comprehensive APM with auto-instrumentation for 8 languages plus infrastructure monitoring
Data Volume-Based Billing
$0.30/GB after 100GB free - costs scale with data volume, requiring careful data management
AIOps & Anomaly Detection
Some automated insights and anomaly detection - not comprehensive root cause automation
Agent Installation Required
Requires agent deployment and configuration across your infrastructure
Enterprise SLA & Support
99.9% SLA, 24/7 support, SOC2/HIPAA/GDPR compliance, established enterprise contracts
Feature Comparison
How the platforms compare across key observability capabilities
| Feature | Coroot | New Relic |
|---|---|---|
| Metrics & Infrastructure Monitoring | Comprehensive telemetry via eBPF including network monitoring | Infrastructure monitoring with 780+ integrations, unlimited hosts |
| Distributed Tracing | eBPF auto-tracing + OpenTelemetry compatibility | Auto-instrumentation for 8 languages with OpenTelemetry support |
| Log Management | Automated discovery & shipping, pattern extraction, ClickHouse 10x compression | Real-time log aggregation with parsing and correlation |
| AI-Powered Root Cause Analysis | Integrated RCA across metrics, logs, traces automatically | AIOps with anomaly detection and some automated insights |
| SLO Tracking & Alerting | Built-in SLO monitoring with integrated RCA | SLO monitoring with custom alerting and dashboards |
| Database Monitoring | Major OSS databases: Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis - integrated with RCA | Database monitoring for major databases with performance insights |
| Continuous Profiling | Always-on profiling with <1% overhead - pinpoint performance bottlenecks down to exact line of code | CodeStream integration for some code-level insights, limited profiling capabilities |
| Cloud Cost Monitoring | Automatic cloud cost tracking without account access - calculates cross-AZ and egress costs per application | Not available - requires separate cloud cost management tools |
| Real User Monitoring (RUM) | Not available - backend/infrastructure focused | Browser and mobile monitoring with real user performance data |
| Synthetic Monitoring | Not available - focuses on internal observability | Automated testing and monitoring from multiple global locations |
Cost Analysis
Understanding the total cost of ownership for each platform
Coroot
Free
Complete observability platform
What's included:
- • Unlimited data retention
- • No per-GB storage charges
- • All features included
- • On-premises infrastructure
New Relic
$0.30/GB
After 100GB free tier, all data types (metrics, logs, traces)
$49-99/user
Core users $49, Pro users $99, based on edition
Additional considerations:
- • 100GB free data ingestion monthly
- • Unlimited hosts and CPUs included
- • 780+ integrations available
- • Data volume-based scaling costs
- • Cloud-hosted infrastructure
Example: 50-Host Environment with 5 Team Members
Coroot Enterprise
New Relic Pro
Monthly savings with Coroot: $1,565 (4.9x less expensive)
* Coroot includes infrastructure costs for ClickHouse, Prometheus, and storage. New Relic costs based on 5 Pro users ($99/user) and 5TB monthly data ingestion (3TB logs + 2TB traces). At higher data volumes, New Relic costs increase significantly while Coroot remains flat. Actual costs vary based on data volume, user count, and usage patterns.
Which Platform is Right for You?
Choose based on your organization's priorities and constraints
Choose Coroot If:
You want predictable, per-CPU pricing
No surprises from data volume spikes or team growth
You need air-gapped or on-premises deployment
Banking, defense, healthcare, or regulated industries
Learn about enterprise deployment →You want unlimited data retention
Store everything without sampling or retention limits
You want AI root cause analysis reducing MTTR drastically
Automated RCA across comprehensive telemetry data - not just anomaly detection
See AI features →Choose New Relic If:
You need RUM + synthetic monitoring
Frontend performance and user experience monitoring
You have very small data volumes consistently
Under 300GB/month where New Relic's model can be competitive
You need 780+ integrations
Extensive ecosystem of pre-built integrations
You want zero infrastructure management
Pure SaaS with no servers to maintain or scale
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