[LRUG] [Help] Alternatives to NewRelic

[Ikenna Okpala]

Try! AppSignal <https://appsignal.com>

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Ikenna

On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 4:27 PM, Stephen Henderson <stephen at magnetic.com>
wrote:

> I haven't used them personally but AppNeta is high on our list of
> potential new relic alternatives to investigate when our contract comes up
> for review (they seem to be on a promotional spree at the minute). They're
> promoting themselves as 40% cheaper than NR and it looks like the feature
> set covers your requirements, might be worth a look?
>
> http://www.appneta.com/web-apps/
>
> Stephen
>
> On 28 May 2015 at 13:56, Seb Jacobs <seb.jacobs at futurelearn.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> At FutureLearn we have been using NewRelic since before we launched back
>> in October 2013,
>> however it's getting to the point where we can no longer justify paying
>> for NewRelic.
>>
>> * What do we currently use NewRelic for? *
>>
>> + Identifying slow controller actions/SQL queries
>> + Monitoring slow background jobs
>> + Identifying deployments which may have effected specific page
>> generation times.
>> + Monitoring page generation times
>> + Monitoring page load times
>> + Monitoring general throughput and servers (used for Capacity planning)
>>
>> I am currently in the process of evaluating alternative services to
>> NewRelic, and although in theory a combination of services such as
>> AppSignal, Skylight.io and ServerDensity might be able to meet the more
>> general use cases I have been unable to find any which feel quite right.
>>
>> I was wondering if any fellow LRUGers have come across any NewRelic-like
>> services which fit these particular needs, and work out cheaper overall.
>>
>> It might be worth noting that we are currently hesitant to go down the
>> path of reducing the number of instances running NewRelic as this will make
>> our infrastructure considerably more complicated to manage.
>>
>> Any help would be much appreciated.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Seb Jacobs
>> Web Developer
>> FutureLearn
>> E: seb.jacobs at futurelearn.com <james.coglan at futurelearn.com>
>>
>> Follow us @FutureLearn
>> www.futurelearn.com
>>
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