Three of fourteen models named Grafana first on the direct prompt; four named New Relic. Both were named by all fourteen models and Grafana carries 74 labels and New Relic 69, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in nine categories this edition.
Named in nine 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 observability platforms page.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Grafana and New Relic were named in the same answer 252 times, of the 332 answers naming Grafana and the 709 naming New Relic. In those answers New Relic took the first choice thirty-eight times and Grafana fifty.
| 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 |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Grafana OSS (with Prometheus, Loki, Tempo) or New Relic's free tier are typically the strongest options for a company with a limited budget.” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · first choice
“1. Open-Source Stack (Most Economical) Prometheus + Grafana + OpenTelemetry - Cost: Completely free (open source)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“Safer Alternatives to Consider | Grafana Cloud | Open source foundation, transparent pricing, strong OpenTelemetry” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“New Relic (November 2023): Security breach involving unauthorized access to staging environment, credential theft, and social engineering.” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid platforms like Datadog, New Relic, or Dynatrace initially” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · hard negative
“New Relic/Datadog - Avoid for tight budgets” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
“For most mid-market B2B companies, New Relic often provides the best balance of features, pricing predictability, and ease of use” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct 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.