Grafana vs New Relic
Two of fourteen models named Grafana first on the direct prompt; nine named New Relic. Both were named by all fourteen models and Grafana carries 62 labels and New Relic 63, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in five 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 observability platforms page.
By framing
GrafanaFirst choices, of fourteen modelsNew Relic
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Grafana and New Relic were named in the same answer 214 times, of the 292 answers naming Grafana and the 720 naming New Relic. In those answers New Relic took the first choice twenty-six times and Grafana forty-three.
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 4.20 | | | | | | |
| 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 | | | | |
Grafana New Relic first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Grafana on the left and New Relic on the right.The direct prompt
Both were the first choice
2 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.New Relic first, Grafana an alternative
7 of 14 modelsGrafana 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
2 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
Grafana39%#1 of 12New Relic15%#2 of 12Grafana27%#1 of 12New Relic27%#2 of 12New Relic12%#3 of 10Grafana0%#8 of 10What the models said about Grafana
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of six in this category shown.
“Using open-source tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, and the ELK ... high Total Cost of Ownership” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“"The Grafana Ghost" vulnerability (CVE-2025-4123) ... Self-hosted instances require diligent patching” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“if you expect "Grafana" to mean one low, flat fee. Cloud usage can be billed across separate meters” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“Choose Grafana Cloud if your engineering team has standard microservices/Kubernetes architectures and wants a cost-conscious, highly customizable platform” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For a limited budget, start with open-source platforms like Grafana, OpenObserve, or Zabbix for maximum cost savings and flexibility.” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“the best default choice is usually Grafana Cloud with OpenTelemetry, because it gives you a strong free tier” GPT-5.4 mini · 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. Three of three in this category shown.
“| New Relic/Datadog | SaaS | Limited free | High ($0.35/GB + users) | Avoid for tight budgets |” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“New Relic Why be cautious: - Complex pricing model” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“New Relic is recommended for teams wanting all telemetry types on a single ingest meter with a genuinely useful free tier” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct 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.