Grafana vs New Relic
Zero of twelve models named Grafana first on the direct prompt; seven named New Relic. Both were named by all twelve models and Grafana carries 53 labels and New Relic 64, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in four categories this edition.
Named in five categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve 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 observability platforms page.
By framing
GrafanaFirst choices, of twelve modelsNew Relic
The direct prompt
New Relic first, Grafana an alternative
7 of 12 modelsGrafana was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
1 of 12 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
Grafana32%#1 of 11New Relic27%#2 of 11What the models said about Grafana
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of five in this category shown.
“using them as a "black box" solution is a trap for many organizations... "Free" software requires paid engineering time.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Self-Hosted "DIY" Open-Source Stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenSearch)... The "free as in a puppy" trap” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“For a mid-sized B2B company, Grafana Cloud is my top pick because it strikes the best balance of functionality, cost control, and flexibility.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Start with Grafana Cloud if you have some DevOps capacity and want to control costs long-term.” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Grafana Cloud is a good option for teams that want open-source control and can ride the free tier” Llama 4 Maverick · budget 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. Four of four in this category shown.
“New Relic transitioned from simple ingest pricing to a "Compute Capacity Unit" (CCU) model. This has been widely criticized by developers for being opaque.... The Trap: It penalizes investigation.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“One user on Reddit recommends staying away from New Relic due to its closed-sourced agents and the fact that it can be expensive.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
“Ingestion-based pricing that can spike unexpectedly ... Proprietary SDKs that create lock-in” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“New Relic: Known for its balanced features and predictable pricing, making it a good choice for mid-market companies.” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top three products in each category. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.