Which is cheaper, New Relic or PagerDuty?

Pricing varies by tier and usage. Check both tools for current rates.

Does New Relic have a free tier?

Yes, New Relic offers a free tier with fullPlatformUsers: 1, dataIngestGbPerMonth: 100, dataRetentionDays: 8.

New Relic has moderate switching cost. PagerDuty has significant switching cost. New Relic is easier to switch away from.

Monitoring

New Relic

Full-stack observability platform with APM, infrastructure monitoring, logs, and alerting

Switching Cost: moderate

PagerDuty

Incident management and response platform with on-call scheduling, alerting, and AIOps

Switching Cost: significant

Cost modeling varies: hybrid drives New Relic pricing, while PagerDuty uses per-seat.

Teams prioritizing vendor flexibility should choose {winner} — lower switching costs preserve your future options.

Teams prioritizing vendor flexibility should choose {winner} — lower switching costs preserve your future options.

Pricing Model

Different

Tools charge using different pricing philosophies

Switching Costs

New Relic

Lower switching costs for easier migration