New Relic Alternatives

Checkly

Freemium

Monitoring as code with Playwright and API checks

5.0 (100)

Checkly enables monitoring as code using Playwright for E2E browser checks and HTTP API checks. Define checks alongside your code in TypeScript. Global check locations.

Best for: Engineering teams who want to define synthetic monitoring tests as code in their repository

Better Stack (Logtail)

Freemium

Modern log management with SQL queries

4.9 (280)

Better Stack's Logtail is a modern log management tool backed by ClickHouse with SQL queries over your logs. Real-time tail, 15-day free retention, and integration with their uptime monitoring.

Best for: Teams using Better Stack for uptime monitoring who want unified logs in the same platform

SigNoz

Freemium

Open source Datadog alternative — self-hostable

4.8 (329)

SigNoz is a full-stack open source observability platform — metrics, traces, and logs in one. Datadog alternative you can self-host. Uses ClickHouse for efficient storage.

Best for: Engineering teams who want a full observability stack they self-host to avoid Datadog pricing

Site24x7

Freemium

All-in-one monitoring from Zoho

4.6 (296)

Site24x7 by Zoho offers website, server, network, application, and cloud monitoring in one platform. 50+ monitoring types. Free 30-day trial, then affordable SMB pricing.

Best for: SMBs using Zoho who want comprehensive monitoring without the complexity and cost of Datadog

Statuspage

Freemium

Incident communication from Atlassian

4.6 (14)

Statuspage by Atlassian is the standard for public incident communication pages. Component-based status, subscriber notifications, scheduled maintenance, and Jira/OpsGenie integration.

Best for: Engineering teams who need a professional public status page integrated with Jira and OpsGenie

Freshping

Freemium

Free uptime monitoring from Freshworks

4.5 (195)

Freshping by Freshworks offers free uptime monitoring for 50 URLs with 1-minute checks. Integrates with Freshservice and Freshdesk. Simple dashboard for SMBs already using Freshworks.

Best for: Freshworks users wanting uptime monitoring integrated with their existing Freshservice or Freshdesk setup

Dynatrace

From €74/mo

AI-powered observability and AIOps platform

4.5 (253)

Dynatrace uses Davis AI to automatically detect problems, root causes, and dependencies across your full technology stack. Full-stack observability with minimal manual configuration.

Best for: Large enterprise teams wanting AI-powered automatic problem detection across their entire technology stack

Sentry

Freemium

Application error tracking and performance monitoring

4.5 (243)

Sentry is the industry standard for application error monitoring. Captures exceptions with full stack traces, performance monitoring, session replay, and release tracking. Open source.

Best for: Development teams who want to catch application errors automatically before users report them

Oh Dear

From €17/mo

Website monitoring with SSL and broken link checks

4.5 (206)

Oh Dear provides uptime monitoring, SSL certificate monitoring, broken link checking, DNS monitoring, and cron job monitoring from a single dashboard. Simple, no-frills approach.

Best for: PHP/Laravel developers who want simple comprehensive site monitoring beyond just uptime

HetrixTools

Freemium

Server monitoring with blacklist checking

4.5 (350)

HetrixTools provides uptime monitoring, server monitoring via agent, and automated blacklist monitoring across 300+ IP blacklists. From $5/month. Popular in hosting industry.

Best for: Hosting companies and email senders who need blacklist monitoring alongside standard uptime checks