Dash0 acquires Polar Signals
The only platform that closes the loop from code to production. Agent0, our AI SRE, finds the root cause and opens the fix. Billed per signal, not per seat.
than your current New Relic bill.
New Relic charges for every Full Platform user on top of your data, so most teams give full access to only a few people. We bill only for the spans, logs and metrics you send, with no seat fees for observability.
New Relic
Per GB, plus per seat
Dash0
Per signal, no seat fees
New Relic accepts OpenTelemetry, but limits payload size and attributes. Its deepest APM still requires its own agents. Dash0 is built on OpenTelemetry. Logs, traces and metrics are correlated out of the box, and every attribute is queryable.
New Relic
Limited by proprietary agents
Dash0
Every feature on OTLP
New Relic's SRE Agent recommends a fix, but leaves applying it to your engineering team. Agent0 continuously scans production, finds the root cause when something breaks and opens a pull request with the fix for you to review.
New Relic
Recommends, but leaves the fix to you
Dash0
Opens the fix as a PR
Where the differences show up: in your bill, your data and your on-call
 |  | Advantage | |
|---|---|---|---|
How you're billed | Per signal: You pay 10% of the price when data is ingested and the remaining 90% only when it's indexed. Filter out noise before indexing and you pay just 10% for it. | Billed per GB ingested plus per Full Platform user. AI, Pipeline Control and Live Archives are billed on top in compute credits. | |
New Relic's own agents give deep code-level detail for critical apps, often monoliths. We don't match that depth (yet!), but continuous profiling already covers a large part of it.
If you need real-user monitoring for iOS or Android apps, New Relic covers it. Our real-user monitoring is primarily built for websites.
New Relic offers vulnerability management alongside observability, plus HIPAA and FedRAMP eligibility. We don't cover either (yet!).
One short call. We price your own New Relic usage on Dash0, line by line, and show you what you would save by switching.
Book a call
We price your New Relic usage
You get your savings estimate
than your current New Relic bill
10% of the rate at ingest, 90% at indexing.
Every engineer gets full access.
Retention, website and synthetic monitoring are included.
Filter, convert, sample and aggregate before indexing.
Start a few months before your renewal. Keep your New Relic agents running, add OpenTelemetry service by service and send the same data to us as well. Validate on live traffic and migrate gradually.
The Dash0 Operator auto-instruments your services. A Collector sends the data to New Relic's OTLP endpoint and to Dash0.
About 2 hours
Identical telemetry in both tools. Compare views, alerts and the bill on real data.
1–2 weeks
Remove New Relic's language agents service by service. Your instrumentation stays OpenTelemetry, whatever comes next.
1–2 days per service
Rebuild your NRQL alerts as PromQL check rules and leverage Agent0 to build dashboards and support the cutover.
Hours to days
You won't do it alone. Larger migrations get a dedicated solutions architect and hands-on workshops for your teams.
From New Relic50%
lower observability spend, full access for every developer
“We’ve completely leveled the playing field; every developer now has full visibility.”
Julián García-Sotoca Pascual
SRE at Bonhams
From Datadog100%
APM coverage across 18,000 pods, up from 10%
“Datadog was super expensive and Dash0 was one third of the cost. It was an easy decision!”
Tiago Bernardinelli
Field CTO at Digibee
From several toolsSeconds
to root cause instead of hours, with Agent0
“Even not deeply technical people can understand what’s going on and explore possible solutions.”
Ciro Rizzo
Director of Technology at The Telegraph
90%
Startups at Series A or earlier get 50% off Dash0 list price in year one, and 90% if their investor is in our partner network.
New Relic bills on two meters: data and users. Data is $0.40 per GB ingested beyond 100 GB a month, or $0.60 per GB with Data Plus, plus $0.05 per GB in the EU data centre. New Relic Basic users are free, Core users $49 a month, and on the Pro edition each Full Platform user is $349 a month on an annual plan or $418.80 pay as you go. Standard caps you at five Full Platform users. AI features, Pipeline Control and Live Archives are metered on top in Advanced Compute credits. List prices checked October 2026. book a New Relic bill teardown.
Often, yes. Bonhams cut its observability spend in half compared to New Relic's trajectory. Your exact number depends on your telemetry mix and on how many people need full access: New Relic's bill grows with every Full Platform user, while we charge per signal and give everyone access. The reliable answer comes from your real usage: book a call and bring your New Relic usage, or run both side by side for 14 days.
Yes. New Relic includes 100 GB of data ingest a month and one Full Platform user free, permanently. Once you pass 100 GB, ingest stops until you upgrade or the month ends. We have no permanent free tier: you get a 14-day trial with every feature, and startups get 50% off list price in year one through the startup programme. There is no minimum spend either: you pay only for what you send, so a small setup costs little, with every feature included, including the ones other vendors sell as add-ons or higher editions.
Yes. Add OpenTelemetry next to them: the Dash0 Operator auto-instruments your services and an OpenTelemetry Collector sends the same data to New Relic's OTLP endpoint and to Dash0, so you compare on live production data. Once you are happy, remove the New Relic agents service by service.
Each bills differently: Datadog per host and per product, Dynatrace per host unit, Sentry per event, New Relic per GB and per user. We bill per signal only, with every feature included and no per-seat fee for observability. Our Datadog vs New Relic comparison and our list of New Relic alternatives go through them side by side.
than your current New Relic bill.