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New Relic is an observability platform that collects metrics, logs, traces, browser and mobile telemetry, infrastructure signals, and security data in one account. The free tier includes access to the full platform with one Full Platform User, unlimited Basic Users, and 100 GB of data ingest each month.
The free offering is intended for teams evaluating application performance monitoring, infrastructure monitoring, digital experience monitoring, log management, synthetic monitoring, Kubernetes monitoring, and related platform capabilities. The pricing page states that the free tier is perpetual, requires no credit card, and includes default logs obfuscation and at least eight days of data retention.
- One Full Platform User
- 100 GB monthly data ingest
- Unlimited Basic Users
- At least eight days retention
- Default logs obfuscation
- Unlimited ping monitors
- 500 synthetic checks
Free Tier Value
The page explicitly states “Free access. Forever. No credit card required” and “100 GB + 1 user free. Forever,” so this is a capped free tier rather than an unbounded always-free offer. The free tier includes one full platform user, 100 GB ingest, unlimited basic users, default logs obfuscation, at least 8 days retention, and unlimited ping monitors/500 synthetic checks, but the page does not provide concrete paid-plan list prices to safely prorate into a single conservative monthly value. Paid expansion is described as pay-as-you-go above the free limits, with an annual pool-of-funds option for larger commitments.
What's included in the free tier
- Access to one full platform user with all 50+ platform capabilities, including APM with tracing and logs.
- 100 GB of data ingest per month, including security data analyzed by New Relic Security RX.
- Default logs obfuscation for masking known credit-card and Social Security number patterns.
- Unlimited basic users with access to data ingest, querying, dashboards, and alerts.
- Default data retention for at least eight days to re-create issues and review performance.
- Unlimited ping monitors, including 500 synthetic monitoring checks.
See New Relic pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Standard
- Add a credit card and pay for usage above free limits
- Access to the full New Relic platform
- Scale beyond free ingest and user limits
Annual pool of funds
- Annual commitment with rollover between months
- Volume discounts for predictable spend
- Flexible capacity for seasonal spikes and dips
Pricing extracted from New Relic's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
