Compare LightStep vs. New Relic APM
LightStep is ranked 61st in Application Performance Management (APM) while New Relic APM is ranked 4th in Application Performance Management (APM) with 17 reviews. LightStep is rated 0, while New Relic APM is rated 8.4. On the other hand, the top reviewer of New Relic APM writes "We have been able to proactively identify failures before they happen". LightStep is most compared with Datadog, Dynatrace, Splunk and AWS X-Ray, whereas New Relic APM is most compared with Datadog, Dynatrace, Splunk, AppDynamics and Azure Monitor.
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Information Not Available | The price depends on how many agents you want. Pricing is better with New Relic APM than Dynatrace. The new licensing model is great, as we pay for what we use (in computational units). However, the pricing is expensive compared to other tools. The detection piece of it brings us a big return on investment. The pricing could be better. We did not purchase the full version. Maybe if we applied all the other features of the full version of New Relic, we could get all the features that we feel are missing. Purchasing through the AWS Marketplace was easy. The product is easy to deploy and manage, which is why our company purchased through the AWS Marketplace. The pricing model is a little confusing for beginners. They find it a little expensive, and if you are using it already, then that is not good. The pricing is okay comparatively their competitors. The only concern was whether it should be purchased on demand or bring your own license, and which way passes some savings onto the end customers. |
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| New Relic Mobile | |
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Overview | |
LightStep analyzes 100% of unsampled transaction data from highly-distributed, large-scale production software to produce complete end-to-end traces and robust metrics that explain performance behaviors and accelerate root cause analysis. LightStep is backed by Sequoia, Redpoint, and Altimeter. | New Relic is a software analytics and application performance management solution that gives users in-depth data visibility and analytics. By going right to the source, the code, New Relic enables users to develop quicker software, build improved products,and consistently impress their customers. Data tells a story and New Relic interprets what it is telling you. |
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Sample Customers | |
| InVision, Twilio, Lyft, Yext, DigitalOcean, | Dow Jones, Microsoft, Nike, Groupon, NBC, Sony, Fox, Adobe, Best Buy, Walmart, and WebMD, Cirque du Soleil, FlightNetwork.com, France Télévisions SA, Hachette Book Group, Hy-Vee, Inc., Isolation Network, Inc., Lighthouse eDiscovery, Major League Soccer, NYC-DOT, New Zealand Media and Entertainment, Office Depot International in Europe, Royal Opera House, Adobe Systems Incorporated, American Eagle Outfitters, Inc., Citrix, Despegar.com, Eastern Bank Corporation, Fox Sports, Globosat, Hogg Robinson plc, iHeartMedia, Jive, Kent State University, Multiplus, NBCUniversal, Ocado, REI, Sensis, VenueNext, Yellow Pages Limited and Zenefits |
Top Industries | |
No Data Available | Financial Services Firm19% Media Company13% Software R&D Company11% Manufacturing Company6% Software R&D Company40% Comms Service Provider9% Media Company8% Financial Services Firm6% |
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No Data Available | Small Business39% Midsize Enterprise29% Large Enterprise32% Small Business25% Midsize Enterprise7% Large Enterprise68% |
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