New Relic vs Prometheus

Comprehensive side-by-side comparison of features, pricing, and metrics

Feature

New Relic

Monitoring

Prometheus

Monitoring

Side-by-side comparison of developer tools
New Relic APM agent for Ruby applications
The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database
GitHub Stars
⭐ 1,208
⭐ 63,375
Contributors
👥 305
👥 1,357
Pricing
✓ Free
Enterprise: Contact sales
✓ Free
Enterprise: Contact sales
Languages
Ruby
Go
Features
  • • Agent
  • • Apm Agent
  • • Hacktoberfest
  • • Ruby
  • • Alerting
  • • Graphing
  • • Hacktoberfest
  • • Metrics
  • • Monitoring
Integrations
No integrations listed
  • • prometheus
Momentum Score
16/100 (stable)
88/100 (stable)
Community Health
11/100 (needs-attention)
94/100 (excellent)
Maturity Index
6/100 (experimental)
80/100 (established)
Innovation Score
8/100 (traditional)
87/100 (pioneering)
Risk Score (higher is safer)
21/100 (high)
73/100 (low)
Developer Experience
10/100 (poor)
65/100 (fair)
Links
🌐 Visit Website View on GitHub
🌐 Visit Website View on GitHub

New Relic Strengths

Prometheus Strengths

  • ✓ More popular (63,375 stars)
  • ✓ Larger community (1,357 contributors)
  • ✓ More features (5 listed)

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Last updated: 4/5/2026