New Relic vs OpenLLMetry
Side-by-side from the Top 11 rankings of Datadog vs Dynatrace vs New Relic: 11 Best IT Infrastructure Monitoring Software Tools 2026 and LangSmith vs Arize AI vs Datadog: 11 Best LLM Observability Platforms 2026 Ranked. Last verified June 19, 2026.
The short answer
New Relic ranks higher on Top 11 (#3 vs #11) for IT teams monitoring server uptime, network health, and application performance / AI/ML engineers debugging production LLM apps. Top choice for deep application insights with a generous free tier.
At a glance
| New Relic | OpenLLMetry | |
|---|---|---|
| Top 11 rank | #3 / Datadog vs Dynatrace vs New Relic: 11 Best IT Infrastructure Monitoring Software Tools 2026 | #11 / LangSmith vs Arize AI vs Datadog: 11 Best LLM Observability Platforms 2026 Ranked |
| Score (out of 9.4) | 8.9 | — |
| Best for | Developer-centric observability | Open source, OpenTelemetry-native tracing |
| Pricing | $$$ (Usage-based) | $ (Free) |
| HQ | San Francisco, USA | Open Source |
| Founded | 2008 | 2023 |
OpenLLMetry
A vendor-agnostic, open-source standard for adding LLM signals to OpenTelemetry traces.
github.com/traceloop/openllmetrySee full entry in LangSmith vs Arize AI vs Datadog: 11 Best LLM Observability Platforms 2026 Ranked
Methodology and scoring weights live at /methodology. No vendor pays for placement — see about.