/replace/datadog is Grafana + Checkcle (dashboards and uptime). New Relic is APM — traces and a unified ingest. SigNoz is that job. Use Grafana for dashboards, SigNoz for traces, or pick one operator.

Stacks / Monitoring

Medium

SigNoz

Logs, metrics, and traces you host. SigNoz is the OpenTelemetry-native APM — New Relic without the user-and-ingest meter.

The problem

New Relic Standard is $10 for the first full platform user then $99/user, plus $0.40/GB after 100 GB. SigNoz is the open-source APM: logs, metrics, traces, one UI, ClickHouse underneath.

Replaces

New Relic

Replace New Relic

Estimated SaaS saved

$12,000

per year, small team, before lock-in

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Placeholder: SigNoz is a multi-service stack (query, collector, ClickHouse). Second-wave template after Grafana-only. Datadog's /replace/datadog page stays on Grafana + Checkcle.

The stack

SigNoz
Open-source OpenTelemetry APM (logs, metrics, traces)

Cost table

You stop paying	Typical / year	Self-host instead
New Relic Standard / Pro (small team)	$12,000	SigNoz + ClickHouse

Agent setup prompt

Replace New Relic with self-hosted SigNoz.

- Follow SigNoz's self-host compose (ClickHouse + the query service). Point existing OpenTelemetry SDKs at it.
- Confirm one trace and one log land. Restrict signups.
- Write AGENT_PROMPT.md. Do not enable SigNoz Cloud unless the operator asks.

Also as markdown: /stacks/signoz-observability.md

FAQ

Why not Grafana?: /replace/datadog is Grafana + Checkcle (dashboards and uptime). New Relic is APM — traces and a unified ingest. SigNoz is that job. Use Grafana for dashboards, SigNoz for traces, or pick one operator.