--- title: "Datadog vs New Relic: Which is searched more?" description: "Which is more popular in search, Datadog or New Relic? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Application monitoring tools set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/application-monitoring-tools/compare/datadog-vs-new-relic" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Datadog vs New Relic: Which is searched more? Which is more popular in search, Datadog or New Relic? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Application monitoring tools set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time. ## Key facts - **Compared**: Datadog and New Relic - **Competitive set**: Application monitoring tools - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Datadog Share of Search**: 28.1% - **New Relic Share of Search**: 6.9% ## Which is more popular in search, Datadog or New Relic? - In September 2026, Datadog had more branded searches than New Relic among application monitoring tools worldwide. Datadog was estimated to have 252K branded searches compared to New Relic’s 62.3K, and held a 28.1% Share of Search versus New Relic’s 6.9%. - Datadog was ahead of New Relic in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Datadog’s estimated Share of Search among application monitoring tools worldwide moved from 25% to 28.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 255K to 252K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, New Relic’s estimated Share of Search among application monitoring tools worldwide moved from 9.2% to 6.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 93.2K to 62.3K. ## How did search popularity change for application monitoring tools worldwide in September 2026? - Estimated monthly branded searches for New Relic worldwide fell 33.2% over 12 measured months, from 93.2K to 62.3K in September 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Datadog estimated searches | Datadog Share of Search | Datadog rank | New Relic estimated searches | New Relic Share of Search | New Relic rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 255K | 25% | 2 | 93.2K | 9.2% | 5 | | Nov 2025 | 253K | 26.5% | 2 | 93.1K | 9.7% | 4 | | Dec 2025 | 208K | 23.8% | 2 | 76.4K | 8.8% | 4 | | Jan 2026 | 253K | 26.9% | 2 | 76.6K | 8.1% | 5 | | Feb 2026 | 255K | 27.2% | 2 | 63.7K | 6.8% | 5 | | Mar 2026 | 256K | 24.8% | 2 | 63.8K | 6.2% | 5 | | Apr 2026 | 254K | 27% | 2 | 63.1K | 6.7% | 5 | | May 2026 | 255K | 28.1% | 2 | 62.6K | 6.9% | 5 | | Jun 2026 | 256K | 27% | 2 | 76K | 8% | 5 | | Jul 2026 | 254K | 28.2% | 2 | 62.5K | 6.9% | 5 | | Aug 2026 | 253K | 28.1% | 2 | 62.3K | 6.9% | 5 | | Sep 2026 | 252K | 28.1% | 2 | 62.3K | 6.9% | 5 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Datadog’s and New Relic’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading. - **Datadog**: Measured on the search terms “apm datadog”, “datadog”, “datadog app”, “datadog monitoring”, “datadog observability”, “datadog software” and “observability datadog”, summed into one figure. - **New Relic**: Measured on the search terms “apm new relic”, “monitoring new relic”, “new relic”, “new relic apm”, “new relic app”, “new relic observability”, “new relic software”, “newrelic” and “observability new relic”, summed into one figure. - [Datadog profile](/demand/global-en/brands/datadog) - [New Relic profile](/demand/global-en/brands/new-relic) - [All application monitoring tools worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/application-monitoring-tools): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 brands. ## Methodology - [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Which is more popular in search, Datadog or New Relic? In September 2026, Datadog had more branded searches than New Relic among application monitoring tools worldwide. Datadog was estimated to have 252K branded searches compared to New Relic’s 62.3K, and held a 28.1% Share of Search versus New Relic’s 6.9%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Datadog vs New Relic: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/application-monitoring-tools/compare/datadog-vs-new-relic This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/application-monitoring-tools/compare/datadog-vs-new-relic. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.