# Coroot vs New Relic

Comprehensive comparison of observability platforms: eBPF vs traditional APM, architecture, features, costs, and deployment models

### Platform Model

Open source vs Enterprise SaaS

### Data Storage

On-premises vs Cloud-managed platforms

### Pricing Model

Simple per-CPU vs Data ingestion billing

## Architecture & Technology

Fundamentally different approaches to observability

### Coroot

🔒 On-Premises Complete Platform

**Full observability stack on your infrastructure.** Store ALL data without compromise, enterprise-grade guarantees, complete control over your observability pipeline.

- Hybrid Data Collection: eBPF auto-instrumentation + OpenTelemetry compatibility - best of both worlds
- Store Everything: No data sampling compromises - 10x compression means unlimited retention without cost fears
- Full AI Root Cause Analysis: Complete intelligent incident analysis - not just anomaly detection but actual RCA automation.
- Zero Configuration Setup: Pre-built dashboards, alerts, and inspections - insights within minutes, not months of setup
- Enterprise Control & Support: Commercial support with SLAs, professional services, air-gapped deployments, unlimited customization.

### New Relic

☁️ Cloud-Based SaaS Platform

**Mature APM-focused platform.** Battle-tested by Fortune 500, 780+ integrations, but data volume-based billing can become expensive at scale.

- APM + Infrastructure Focus: Comprehensive APM with auto-instrumentation for 8 languages plus infrastructure monitoring
- Data Volume-Based Billing: $0.30/GB after 100GB free - costs scale with data volume, requiring careful data management
- AIOps & Anomaly Detection: Some automated insights and anomaly detection - not comprehensive root cause automation
- Agent Installation Required: Requires agent deployment and configuration across your infrastructure
- Enterprise SLA & Support: 99.9% SLA, 24/7 support, SOC2/HIPAA/GDPR compliance, established enterprise contracts

## Feature Comparison

How the platforms compare across key observability capabilities

| Feature | Coroot | New Relic |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Metrics & Infrastructure Monitoring | Comprehensive telemetry via eBPF including network monitoring | Infrastructure monitoring with 780+ integrations, unlimited hosts |
| Distributed Tracing | eBPF auto-tracing + OpenTelemetry compatibility | Auto-instrumentation for 8 languages with OpenTelemetry support |
| Log Management | Automated discovery & shipping, pattern extraction, ClickHouse 10x compression | Real-time log aggregation with parsing and correlation |
| AI-Powered Root Cause Analysis | Integrated RCA across metrics, logs, traces automatically | AIOps with anomaly detection and some automated insights |
| SLO Tracking & Alerting | Built-in SLO monitoring with integrated RCA | SLO monitoring with custom alerting and dashboards |
| Database Monitoring | Major OSS databases: Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis - integrated with RCA | Database monitoring for major databases with performance insights |
| Continuous Profiling | Always-on profiling with <1% overhead - pinpoint performance bottlenecks down to exact line of code | CodeStream integration for some code-level insights, limited profiling capabilities |
| Cloud Cost Monitoring | Automatic cloud cost tracking without account access - calculates cross-AZ and egress costs per application | Not available - requires separate cloud cost management tools |
| Real User Monitoring (RUM) | Not available - backend/infrastructure focused | Browser and mobile monitoring with real user performance data |
| Synthetic Monitoring | Not available - focuses on internal observability | Automated testing and monitoring from multiple global locations |

## Cost Analysis

Understanding the total cost of ownership for each platform

### Coroot

- Community Edition: Free
- Complete observability platform
- Enterprise: $1/CPU core (Monthly subscription per CPU core)
  - What's included:
    - Unlimited data retention
    - No per-GB storage charges
    - All features included
    - On-premises infrastructure

### New Relic

- Data Ingestion: $0.30/GB after 100GB free tier, all data types (metrics, logs, traces)
- Full Platform Users: $49-99/user (Core users $49, Pro users $99, based on edition)
  - Additional considerations:
    - 100GB free data ingestion monthly
    - Unlimited hosts and CPUs included
    - 780+ integrations available
    - Data volume-based scaling costs
    - Cloud-hosted infrastructure

### Example: 50-Host Environment with 5 Team Members

#### Coroot Enterprise

- Coroot licenses (200 cores × $1) $200
- Infrastructure (4 vCPU, 16GB RAM) $120
- Storage (1TB SSD - 2x replication) $80
- Total monthly cost $400

\* 1TB = 5TB compressed 10x with 2x replication for HA

#### New Relic Pro

- Full Platform Users (5 × $99) $495
- Data Ingestion (5TB × $0.30) $1,500
- Free Tier Credit (100GB × $0.30) -$30
- Total monthly cost $1,965

\* Assumes 5TB total monthly data ingestion (3TB logs + 2TB traces)

Monthly savings with Coroot: $1,565 (4.9x less expensive)

### Which Platform is Right for You?

Choose based on your organization's priorities and constraints

### Choose Coroot If:

- You want predictable, per-CPU pricing
- No surprises from data volume spikes or team growth
- You need air-gapped or on-premises deployment (Banking, defense, healthcare, or regulated industries)
- You want unlimited data retention
- You want AI root cause analysis reducing MTTR drastically

### Choose New Relic If:

- You need RUM + synthetic monitoring
- You have very small data volumes consistently (Under 300GB/month where New Relic's model can be competitive)
- You need 780+ integrations
- You want zero infrastructure management (Pure SaaS with no servers to maintain or scale)

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