# Free alternatives to New Relic

> New Relic (Standard) costs $120 a year. Free alternatives: SigNoz, Grafana and OpenObserve. Data checked 2026-10-17.

- Page: https://stoprenting.dev/apps/new-relic/
- Category: Developer Tools (https://stoprenting.dev/categories/developer-tools/)
- Vendor: New Relic
- Plan: Standard
- Price: $10/month, $120/year
- Billing: monthly, usage-based: $10 for the first full platform user, $99 each additional (max 5), plus $0.40/GB ingested beyond 100 GB free
- Price quote from the vendor's page: "Full platform users Free One free user Standard $10/first user $99/additional user (maximum of 5)"
- Price source: https://newrelic.com/pricing (checked 2026-10-17)

## Alternatives

### SigNoz

- Website: https://signoz.io
- Repository: https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz (32,374 stars, last push 2026-10-17)
- License: MIT (ee/ proprietary)
- Open source: yes, OSI-approved license
- Type: server app
- Linux: self-hosted server; web UI
- Self-hostable: yes
- More: https://stoprenting.dev/alternatives/signoz/
- Checked: 2026-10-17

### Grafana

- Website: https://grafana.com/oss/grafana/
- Repository: https://github.com/grafana/grafana (77,318 stars, last push 2026-10-17)
- License: AGPL-3.0
- Open source: yes, OSI-approved license
- Type: server app
- Linux: self-hosted server; web UI
- Self-hostable: yes
- Note: Grafana is the dashboards and alerts: you also run backends like Prometheus, Loki and Tempo and instrument your apps.
- More: https://stoprenting.dev/alternatives/grafana/
- Checked: 2026-10-17

### OpenObserve

- Website: https://openobserve.ai
- Repository: https://github.com/openobserve/openobserve (22,407 stars, last push 2026-10-17)
- License: AGPL-3.0
- Open source: yes, OSI-approved license
- Type: server app
- Linux: self-hosted server; web UI
- Self-hostable: yes
- Note: Logs, metrics and traces storage/search with dashboards; lighter APM features
- More: https://stoprenting.dev/alternatives/openobserve/
- Checked: 2026-10-17

## FAQ

### Is there a free alternative to New Relic?

Yes. The 3 free alternatives are SigNoz (open source, MIT), Grafana (open source, AGPL-3.0) and OpenObserve (open source, AGPL-3.0).

### How much does New Relic cost?

New Relic's Standard plan costs $10 a month, which is $120 a year (monthly, usage-based: $10 for the first full platform user, $99 each additional (max 5), plus $0.40/GB ingested beyond 100 GB free). Source: the official pricing page at newrelic.com, checked Oct 17, 2026.

### Which New Relic alternatives run on Linux?

SigNoz (self-hosted server; web UI), Grafana (self-hosted server; web UI) and OpenObserve (self-hosted server; web UI).

### Can you self-host a New Relic alternative?

Yes. SigNoz, Grafana and OpenObserve run on your own server.

### Are these New Relic alternatives open source?

Yes. All 3 use OSI-approved open-source licenses: SigNoz (MIT), Grafana (AGPL-3.0) and OpenObserve (AGPL-3.0).

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