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New Relic vs ServiceNow IT Operations Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.7
New Relic enhances performance by quickly pinpointing issues, improving application speed and stability, despite occasional pricing concerns.
Sentiment score
6.1
ServiceNow IT Operations Management provides quick ROI through enhanced visibility, workflow speed, and reduced staffing needs.
It reduced staffing needs from four full-time staff to fewer due to automation.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.5
New Relic's customer service is praised for quick, helpful support, although some experience variable wait times and off-hour delays.
Sentiment score
6.1
Customers value ServiceNow IT Operations Management for responsiveness and knowledge, but highlight support consistency and documentation as improvement areas.
Issues that could be solved quickly sometimes take longer because they go around in circles.
I have reached out to customer support multiple times for various cases, particularly for customization such as creating dashboards, and my experience has been good.
They respond promptly when we call to open a ticket.
For minor issues, the team takes a month's time to provide a fix.
The response time of technical support could be improved.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
New Relic is praised for its scalability, handling various environments efficiently, though some users consider costs a factor.
Sentiment score
7.5
ServiceNow IT Operations Management offers scalable architecture for medium to large entities, though complexity and cost may challenge smaller firms.
ServiceNow ITOM scales very well to small and medium businesses.
It integrates with every single tool, even external tools.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
New Relic is highly stable, handling workloads well, with minor issues quickly resolved and consistently high user ratings.
Sentiment score
7.7
ServiceNow IT Operations Management is stable and reliable, though performance may vary based on setup and network conditions.
Since it is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) or Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, I consider the stability to be very high, rating it ten out of ten.
It helps us create custom dashboards and provides excellent search functionality where we can search for any issues or errors that have occurred and take corrective action before it impacts the users.
 

Room For Improvement

New Relic users seek better pricing, enhanced integrations, improved documentation, and more comprehensive dashboards, alerts, and performance monitoring.
ServiceNow IT Operations Management needs simplified pricing, enhanced cloud integration, improved UI, streamlined licensing, and better scalability and automation.
Using real-time data, if there are any malicious patterns or something happening, they can identify those.
Email alert customization is limited; it cannot be tailored much, which makes the system more rigid than optimal.
New Relic can get pricey for larger organizations.
A more streamlined configuration process tailored to use cases and industry would be beneficial.
It provides many out-of-the-box functionalities along with customization options.
ServiceNow IT Operations Management is not very affordable for SMB customers.
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise buyers should consider New Relic's complex and potentially expensive pricing model, especially for smaller companies or large deployments.
ServiceNow IT Operations Management offers costly, feature-rich licensing options, seen as valuable but less competitive than other solutions.
The pricing model offers scaling where not everything consumes a license equally, providing more value across different business areas.
ServiceNow's pricing is expensive.
It is definitely high-priced compared to other products available in the same domain in the market.
 

Valuable Features

New Relic offers easy installation, real-time monitoring, detailed insights, custom dashboards, and efficient integration, enhancing application performance and optimization.
ServiceNow IT Operations Management enhances efficiency through automation, integration, and user-friendly tools, improving infrastructure management and reducing costs.
Using New Relic speeds up troubleshooting and resolution, giving us a clearer picture of where issues are, thus saving time and effort.
The best features in New Relic include its numerous API integrations and a good source of support.
Another aspect I appreciate is its good alerting mechanism, which can throw alerts and can be configured with PagerDuty or Slack, allowing easy checks on triggers and troubleshooting using New Relic.
The performance analytics of ServiceNow was especially beneficial for setting thresholds, aggregating, and correlating infrastructure data.
ServiceNow IT Operations Management influences ITSM processes by automating them and aiding in detecting and resolving IT issues to improve performance, reliability, and uptime.
They provide seamless integration of ITOM with their other modules such as ITSM, where we can leverage the AIs for discovery, perform impact analysis, which essentially helps to enhance the overall IT operations and reduce the downtime and MTTR.
 

Categories and Ranking

New Relic
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
8th
Ranking in AIOps
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
160
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (4th), Network Monitoring Software (9th), IT Operations Analytics (3rd), Mobile APM (3rd), Cloud Monitoring Software (5th)
ServiceNow IT Operations Ma...
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
9th
Ranking in AIOps
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
44
Ranking in other categories
Event Monitoring (1st), Cloud Management (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of New Relic is 3.9%, down from 5.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ServiceNow IT Operations Management is 2.1%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
New Relic3.9%
ServiceNow IT Operations Management2.1%
Other94.0%
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

Rahul -Jain - PeerSpot reviewer
Good for application Performance Monitoring but not stable
There are two types of teams we have in every organization. One is for DevOps, and the second one is for performance testing. Those who are using these tools, like AppDynamics, Dynatrace, or whatever tool we have on the APM side. These tools are used by two teams: one is the performance team, and another one is the DevOps team. So, the setup and the alert system belong to the DevOps team, not for performance. So, I don't use any alerts in AppDynamics, Dynatrace, or any of the tools.
PriyankaBachu - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides templates which reduces duplications in rule configuration
Currently, we are integrating LogicMonitor with ServiceNow IT Operations Management to manage IT event management and auto-ticketing for alerts from the monitoring tool to ServiceNow The solution is saving time by providing templates, reducing duplication in rule configuration, and offering…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Retailer
6%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business65
Midsize Enterprise50
Large Enterprise61
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise26
 

Questions from the Community

Any advice about APM solutions?
There are many factors and we know little about your requirements (size of org, technology stack, management systems, the scope of implementation). Our goal was to consolidate APM and infra monitor...
What do you like most about New Relic Insights?
The product's initial setup phase was very easy.
What needs improvement with New Relic Insights?
New Relic can be improved by incorporating an automated incident analysis solution. They have comprehensive enterprise data, and based on that, they could generate and forecast things. They can pre...
What do you like most about ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
From my perspective as an asset manager, the most valuable feature of the solution is the configuration management portion, where I can actively add something to the database.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
It is definitely high-priced compared to other products available in the same domain in the market.
What needs improvement with ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
ServiceNow IT Operations Management has not been very popular in these regions for multiple reasons. One is that for SMB customers, ServiceNow IT Operations Management is not very affordable. It is...
 

Also Known As

New Relic Browser, New Relic Applied Intelligence, New Relic Insights, New Relic Synthetics, New Relic Servers, New Relic APM
ServiceNow ITOM
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

World Fuel Services, Verizon, FootLocker, McDonald's, Trainline, Mondia Media, Confused, Costa Coffee, Ryanair, Marks & Spencer, William Hill, Delivery Hero, Skyscanner, BASF, DAZN, Veygo, Virtuo, movingimage, talabat, Australia Post, Tokopedia, Seven Network, Virgin Australia, Zomato, BigBasket, Mercado Libre, Lending Club
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