Infrastructure monitoring · October 2026 Edition
New Relic vs ManageEngine OpManager
Two of fourteen models named New Relic first on the direct prompt; one named ManageEngine OpManager. New Relic was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and ManageEngine OpManager by ten and New Relic carries 49 labels and ManageEngine OpManager 25, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eight categories this edition.
Named in seven categories this edition.
First-choice share16%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate16%4%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#4A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels4925A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, New Relic reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Datadog was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. Datadog vs New Relic · Datadog vs ManageEngine OpManager · Zabbix vs New Relic
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
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
New RelicFirst choices, of fourteen modelsManageEngine OpManager
Direct21
Paraphrase42
Comparative00
Budget-constrained012 against New Relic
Scale-constrained20
Negative006 against New Relic · 1 against ManageEngine OpManager
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where New Relic and ManageEngine OpManager stood in it.
| 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 | | | | |
New Relic ManageEngine OpManager first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, New Relic on the left and ManageEngine OpManager on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where New Relic and ManageEngine OpManager stood in it.
New Relic first, ManageEngine OpManager an alternative
2 of 14 modelsManageEngine OpManager was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Gemini 3.5 FlashNew Relic alternatives: Better Stack, Grafana, LogicMonitor, Site24x7
Grok 4.1 FastNew Relic alternatives: Datadog, ManageEngine OpManager, Site24x7
ManageEngine OpManager first, New Relic not the choice
1 of 14 modelsNew Relic was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Mistral SmallManageEngine OpManager, Site24x7 alternatives: Netdata
Neither was the first choice, one was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.GPT-5.4 miniDatadog alternatives: Dynatrace, Grafana, New Relic
Perplexity SonarPaessler PRTG alternatives: Datadog, ManageEngine OpManager, New Relic, Site24x7, Zabbix
DeepSeek V4 FlashSite24x7 alternatives: Grafana Stack, ManageEngine OpManager, New Relic
Kimi K2LogicMonitor alternatives: Better Stack, New Relic, Paessler PRTG, Site24x7
GLM 4.7 FlashXDatadog, Grafana alternatives: Dynatrace, ManageEngine OpManager, New Relic
MiniMax M2.5Datadog alternatives: ManageEngine OpManager, Prometheus + Grafana, Sematext
GPT-6 LunaDatadog alternatives: Grafana, New Relic
Muse Glimmer 30BDatadog alternatives: LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG, Prometheus + Grafana, Site24x7, Zabbix
Neither was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashDatadog alternatives: Grafana, Middleware.io, Paessler PRTG, Prometheus + Grafana, Zabbix
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
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
New Relic leads by four points.
New Relic5%#7 of 14ManageEngine OpManager2%#11 of 14Mid-marketThe figures above
New Relic leads by eight points.
New Relic16%#3 of 13ManageEngine OpManager8%#4 of 13Enterprise
New Relic leads by four points.
New Relic6%#4 of 14ManageEngine OpManager2%#7 of 14What 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
What the models said about ManageEngine OpManager
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“A comprehensive monitoring tool that can monitor networks, servers, applications, and websites. It is suitable for mid-sized teams on a fixed budget” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“The best infrastructure monitoring tool for a company with a limited budget is ManageEngine OpManager” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared
Datadog vs New RelicDatadog vs ManageEngine OpManagerZabbix vs New RelicZabbix vs ManageEngine OpManagerNew Relic vs Site24x7New Relic vs GrafanaNew Relic vs Paessler PRTGNew Relic vs PrometheusManageEngine OpManager vs Site24x7ManageEngine OpManager vs GrafanaManageEngine OpManager vs Paessler PRTGManageEngine OpManager vs PrometheusAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full infra monitoring standing
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.