Side-by-side comparison
Datadog vs New Relic
Complaint records and Risk Scores compared. Both are in the DevOps, Monitoring & Observability category.
✓ New Relic has a lower documented Risk Score.
New Relic's Risk Score of 42 is lower than Datadog's 80.
That said, always read the full complaint records before deciding.
Product A
Datadog
Cloud monitoring and observability — best in class, with an invoice that proves it
80
Severe
out of 100
4 documented warnings
DevOps, Monitoring & Observability
DevOps, Monitoring & Observability
✓ Lower risk
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Product B
New Relic
Observability platform that bet on consumption pricing — a mixed outcome
42
Caution
out of 100
3 documented warnings
DevOps, Monitoring & Observability
DevOps, Monitoring & Observability
Complaint category breakdown
Higher numbers in each row indicate more documented complaints in that category. Bold = more complaints than the other product.
| Complaint type | Datadog | New Relic |
|---|---|---|
| BBB Complaints | — | — |
| Lawsuits & Legal Action | — | — |
| Misleading Marketing | — | — |
| Customer Complaints | 1 | 1 |
| Churn & Retention | 1 | 1 |
| Billing Problems | 2 | 1 |
| Support Failures | — | — |
Severity breakdown
| Severity | Datadog | New Relic |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | 1 | — |
| High | 2 | 1 |
| Medium | 1 | 2 |
| Low | — | — |