Sentry vs New Relic
Side-by-side — pricing, strengths, tradeoffs, and fit.
Sentry
Application error tracking and performance monitoring for developers.
New Relic
All-in-one observability platform with usage-based pricing.
At a glance
Open SourceFree TierEnterprise
● Established·From $26/mo
Free TierEnterprise
● Established·From $0.30/GB ingested
Overview
One-liner
One-liner
Application error tracking and performance monitoring for developers.
One-liner
All-in-one observability platform with usage-based pricing.
Maturity
Maturity
EstablishedMaturity
EstablishedOpen source
Open source
✓ YesOpen source
✕ NoPricing
Free tier
Free tier
✓ AvailableFree developer plan (5k errors/mo)
Free tier
✓ Available100GB data/month free, 1 full user
Starts at
Starts at
$26/mo
Starts at
$0.30/GB ingested
Model
Model
Usage-based
Model
Usage-based
Enterprise
Enterprise
✓ AvailableEnterprise
✓ AvailableBest for
✓ Best for
Application error trackingPinpoint and fix exceptions fast
Frontend + backend performanceTracing across the stack
✓ Best for
Full-stack observability on a budgetGenerous free ingest tier
APM for web appsApplication performance monitoring
Not ideal for
✕ Not for
—
✕ Not for
—
Strengths
↑ Strengths
Best-in-class error tracking
Great developer experience
Open source / self-hostable
↑ Strengths
Generous free tier
Full-stack observability
Simple data-based pricing
Weaknesses
↓ Weaknesses
Less full-stack than Datadog
Event volume pricing
↓ Weaknesses
Per-user costs add up
UI/learning curve