Website and synthetic monitoring · RankedNew Relic Synthetics
New Relic Synthetics is a website and synthetic monitoring product from New Relic, used to track uptime · newrelic.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
UptimeRobot is first at 41%.
UptimeRobot is first at 31%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring is first at 25%.
Why models recommend it
“I'd recommend New Relic as the best balance of cost, capability, and ease of adoption”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Paraphrase question · first choice
“My default recommendation: New Relic”GPT-6 Luna · Paraphrase question · first choice
“Site24x7 or New Relic (both offer strong synthetic + RUM/DEM bundles with good mid-market pricing”Grok 4.20 · Paraphrase question · alternative
“More comprehensive APM ... that includes uptime tracking, better for companies needing deeper insights.”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Direct question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Often considered overkill for small to midsize businesses and can be expensive.”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
“These add significant depth but higher cost and complexity.”Grok 4.20 · Scale-constrained question · warning
“Overkill (and expensive) for uptime monitoring alone.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Direct question · warning
“these are overkill and costlier for pure monitoring”Grok 4.20 · Direct question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as New Relic Synthetics, over the 91 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | 19 | Compare → | |
| 54 | 19 | Compare → | |
| 53 | 5 | Compare → | |
| 48 | 10 | View → | |
| 45 | 6 | Compare → | |
| 39 | 10 | Compare → | |
| 30 | 3 | Compare → | |
| 28 | 4 | View → | |
| 26 | 1 | View → | |
| 14 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of New Relic Synthetics →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on New Relic Synthetics's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Beginners; this course is for those starting their observability journey with New Relic.
- Price stated
- Free
- Free plan or trial
- Free
- Integrations
- 780
- Certifications
- FedRAMP, HIPAA
- Customers named
- Domino's, EveryMatrix, Verizon, William Hill
- Also from New Relic
- New Relic AIOps, New Relic Browser, New Relic Errors Inbox, New Relic Logs
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 75 of the 91 answers that named New Relic Synthetics and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
214 of the 231 domain citations in answers naming New Relic Synthetics came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |