New Relic vs Grafana Cloud
Nine of fourteen models named New Relic first on the direct prompt; zero named Grafana Cloud. New Relic was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Grafana Cloud by thirteen and New Relic carries 81 labels and Grafana Cloud 36, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in nine categories this edition.
Named in five categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the application performance monitoring page.
By framing
New RelicFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGrafana Cloud
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, New Relic and Grafana Cloud were named in the same answer 114 times, of the 709 answers naming New Relic and the 216 naming Grafana Cloud. In those answers Grafana Cloud took the first choice eleven times and New Relic thirty-one.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | | |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | | |
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | | ||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | | |
New Relic Grafana Cloud first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, New Relic on the left and Grafana Cloud on the right.The direct prompt
New Relic first, Grafana Cloud an alternative
9 of 14 modelsGrafana Cloud was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
New Relic60%#1 of 14Grafana Cloud2%#7 of 14New Relic61%#1 of 14Grafana Cloud4%#3 of 14New Relic8%#3 of 10Grafana Cloud0%#9 of 10What the models said about New Relic
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Start with New Relic. It gives you the best balance of full-stack coverage, generous free tier for evaluation, user-friendly interface, and predictable pricing.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“New Relic: Excellent full-stack observability, usage-based pricing, strong AI, easy OTel support. Often praised for value and query flexibility.” Grok 4.20 · scale prompt · first choice
“For most budget-conscious companies, New Relic's free tier is the best starting point due to its generous limits and full feature access.” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Grafana Cloud
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“self-hosted solutions like Grafana (requiring significant maintenance effort)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Start with Grafana Cloud's free tier or New Relic's free tier to get started at $0 cost.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.