New Relic provides a browser-first interface for comprehensive observability, enabling development and operations teams to instrument, monitor, and analyze the performance of their applications, infrastructure, and user experiences. Users access a unified web portal to configure agents, visualize telemetry data, diagnose incidents, and optimize system health, directly supporting the critical job of maintaining high-performing, reliable digital services.
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Observability platform for applications/infra.
Updated May 26, 2026

Introduction
Key Features
Core Capabilities
APM service map visualization
Infrastructure host metric explorer
Distributed tracing UI
NRQL query console
Alert condition builder
Additional Details
Synthetic monitor configuration panel
Log pattern analysis view
Browser RUM performance breakdown
Mobile crash reporting dashboard
Kubernetes cluster explorer
Use Cases
Debugging Production Application Latency
Pinpoint the root cause of slow API responses or database queries by tracing requests across microservices and examining code-level performance metrics directly within the browser UI
How to Use New Relic
Deploying an APM Agent
Navigate to the 'Add Data' section in the web portal, select your application language/framework, copy the provided agent installation commands, and integrate them into your service deployment pipeline
New Relic Alternatives
Grafana
Open observability platform (visualization).
Prometheus
Open-source systems monitoring & alerting.
Netdata
Real-time performance monitoring (self-hostable).
Nagios
Industry standard in IT infra monitoring.
About New Relic
Useful Links
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Service is operational


