Datadog vs New Relic
Six of fourteen models named Datadog first on the direct prompt; two named New Relic. Both were named by all fourteen models and Datadog carries 59 labels and New Relic 49, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eight categories this edition.
Named in eight categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the infrastructure monitoring page.
By framing
DatadogFirst choices, of fourteen modelsNew Relic
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Datadog and New Relic were named in the same answer 449 times, of the 664 answers naming Datadog and the 720 naming New Relic. In those answers New Relic took the first choice fifty times and Datadog eighty-nine.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | |||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | | ||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
Datadog New Relic first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Datadog on the left and New Relic on the right.The direct prompt
Datadog first, New Relic an alternative
6 of 14 modelsNew Relic was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.New Relic first, Datadog an alternative
2 of 14 modelsDatadog was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Datadog5%#8 of 14New Relic5%#7 of 14Datadog41%#1 of 14New Relic6%#4 of 14What the models said about Datadog
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“costs escalate rapidly, with log management and APM billed separately ... making it hard to predict monthly costs” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“It is the go-to for SaaS B2B teams already on AWS/Azure/GCP who want rapid onboarding and SaaS management, but it is metered and can get expensive at scale.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about New Relic
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Avoid SaaS like Datadog/New Relic (start at $15+/host/month, costs explode)” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · hard negative
“Offers a simpler pricing model than Datadog... strong, unified platform that is often much easier to budget for at a 500-person scale.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.