New Relic vs Sentry
Side-by-side from the Top 11 rankings of Datadog vs Dynatrace vs New Relic: 11 Best IT Infrastructure Monitoring Software Tools 2026 and Jira vs Linear vs Sentry: 11 Best Bug Tracking & Issue Management Software 2026. Last verified June 19, 2026.
The short answer
Sentry ranks higher on Top 11 (#3 vs #3) for IT teams monitoring server uptime, network health, and application performance / Engineering and QA teams tracking bugs, feature requests, and release cycles. Automatically creates detailed bugs from production errors.
At a glance
| New Relic | Sentry | |
|---|---|---|
| Top 11 rank | #3 / Datadog vs Dynatrace vs New Relic: 11 Best IT Infrastructure Monitoring Software Tools 2026 | #3 / Jira vs Linear vs Sentry: 11 Best Bug Tracking & Issue Management Software 2026 |
| Score (out of 9.4) | 8.9 | 8.8 |
| Best for | Developer-centric observability | Error monitoring with issue tracking |
| Pricing | $$$ (Usage-based) | $$$ (Usage-based) |
| HQ | San Francisco, USA | San Francisco, USA |
| Founded | 2008 | 2011 |
Sentry
Automatically creates detailed bugs from production errors.
sentry.ioSee full entry in Jira vs Linear vs Sentry: 11 Best Bug Tracking & Issue Management Software 2026
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