Website and synthetic monitoring · November 2026 Edition
New Relic Synthetics vs Uptime Kuma
Zero of fourteen models named New Relic Synthetics first on the direct prompt; zero named Uptime Kuma. New Relic Synthetics was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Uptime Kuma by twelve and New Relic Synthetics carries 31 labels and Uptime Kuma 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in five categories this edition.
First-choice share4%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate13%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#7A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels3117A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, New Relic Synthetics reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Better Stack was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. UptimeRobot vs New Relic Synthetics · UptimeRobot vs Uptime Kuma · Better Stack vs New Relic Synthetics
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 website and synthetic monitoring page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
New Relic SyntheticsFirst choices, of fourteen modelsUptime Kuma
Direct002 against New Relic Synthetics
Paraphrase20
Comparative00
Budget-constrained02
Scale-constrained001 against New Relic Synthetics
Negative001 against New Relic Synthetics
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where New Relic Synthetics and Uptime Kuma stood in it.
| 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 Synthetics Uptime Kuma first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, New Relic Synthetics on the left and Uptime Kuma on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where New Relic Synthetics and Uptime Kuma stood in it.
Neither was the first choice, one was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5Pingdom alternatives: Atlassian, Datadog Synthetic Monitoring, New Relic Synthetics, Statuspage, UptimeRobot
Neither was named
13 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.GPT-5.4 miniPingdom alternatives: Datadog Synthetic Monitoring, Site24x7, UptimeRobot
Gemini 3.5 FlashBetter Stack alternatives: Checkly, Datadog Synthetic Monitoring, StatusCake
Perplexity SonarBetter Stack alternatives: Checkly, Uptime.com, UptimeRobot
Grok 4.20UptimeRobot alternatives: Better Stack, Site24x7
Mistral SmallUptimeRobot alternatives: Better Stack
DeepSeek V4 FlashBetter Stack alternatives: Uptime.com, UptimeRobot
Llama 4 MaverickUptimeRobot alternatives: Better Stack, Checkly, Paessler PRTG, Pingdom
Qwen 3.7 FlashUptimeRobot alternatives: Better Stack, Pingdom
Kimi K2StatusCake alternatives: Better Stack, Uptime.com
GLM 4.7 FlashXUptimeRobot alternatives: Better Stack, Hyperping
MiniMax M2.5Better Stack, Site24x7 alternatives: Datadog Synthetic Monitoring
GPT-6 LunaBetter Stack alternatives: Checkly, Datadog Synthetic Monitoring
Muse Glimmer 30BBetter Stack, Hyperping alternatives: Datadog Synthetic Monitoring, Pingdom, Site24x7, UptimeRobot
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
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Level: the same share of first choices.
New Relic Synthetics4%#6 of 12Uptime Kuma4%#5 of 12Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
New Relic Synthetics4%#6 of 11Uptime Kuma4%#7 of 11Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
New Relic Synthetics0%#10 of 14Uptime Kuma0%#– of 14What the models said about New Relic Synthetics
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Often considered overkill for small to midsize businesses and can be expensive.” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“These add significant depth but higher cost and complexity.” Grok 4.20 · scale prompt · soft negative
“Overkill (and expensive) for uptime monitoring alone.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · soft negative
“I'd recommend New Relic as the best balance of cost, capability, and ease of adoption” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“My default recommendation: New Relic” GPT-6 Luna · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Site24x7 or New Relic (both offer strong synthetic + RUM/DEM bundles with good mid-market pricing” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · alternative
What the models said about Uptime Kuma
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“If you have a technical person on staff: Go with Uptime Kuma on a free VPS. It gives you enterprise-level monitoring at $0/month.” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“Uptime Kuma (Best Overall Value / Self-Hosted) ... 100% Free & Open-Source” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Uptime Kuma is the cheapest option because it's free/open-source; the tradeoff is that you have to run and maintain it yourself” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · alternative
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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.