--- title: "Grafana vs New Relic: Which is searched more?" description: "Is Grafana or New Relic more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Application performance monitoring 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-performance-monitoring-platforms/compare/grafana-vs-new-relic" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Grafana vs New Relic: Which is searched more? Is Grafana or New Relic more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Application performance monitoring 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**: Grafana and New Relic - **Competitive set**: Application performance monitoring - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Grafana Share of Search**: 0.01% - **New Relic Share of Search**: 9.7% ## Is Grafana or New Relic more popular in search? - In September 2026, New Relic had more branded searches than Grafana among application performance monitoring worldwide. New Relic had about 60,500 branded searches, while Grafana had 70. New Relic made up 9.7% of all application performance monitoring searches we track, and Grafana accounted for 0.01%. - New Relic was ahead of Grafana in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Grafana’s share of searches among application performance monitoring worldwide moved from 0.02% to 0.01%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 140 to 70. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, New Relic’s share of searches among application performance monitoring worldwide moved from 12.6% to 9.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 90.5K to 60.5K. ## Top application performance monitoring in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Grafana and New Relic were each mentioned in four out of five: in all three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. New Relic was listed before Grafana in every answer. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | New Relic | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Datadog | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | Dynatrace | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Grafana | 4th | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | AppDynamics | 5th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | Sentry | 6th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Elastic | 7th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Splunk | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | Instana | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about application performance monitoring - Asked ChatGPT "Which application performance monitoring platform should I use?": 1. Datadog, 2. New Relic, 3. Grafana, 4. Dynatrace, 5. Sentry - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best application performance monitoring platforms?": 1. Datadog, 2. Dynatrace, 3. New Relic, 4. Grafana, 5. Elastic, 6. Sentry - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best application performance monitoring platform for an engineering team?": 1. Datadog, 2. New Relic, 3. Grafana, 4. Dynatrace - Searched Google, AI Overview "application performance monitoring": 1. Elastic - Searched Google, AI Overview "apm tools": 1. New Relic, 2. Dynatrace, 3. AppDynamics, 4. Grafana Not named in any answer: Splunk and Instana. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 20, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for application performance monitoring worldwide in September 2026? - In September 2026, Instana overtook New Relic to rank 4th among application performance monitoring worldwide, with 11.9% of the searches. - In September 2026, New Relic lost share of searches among application performance monitoring worldwide, from 10.8% to 9.7%. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Grafana worldwide fell 50% over 12 measured months, from 140 to 70 in September 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Grafana estimated searches | Grafana Share of Search | Grafana rank | New Relic estimated searches | New Relic Share of Search | New Relic rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 140 | 0.02% | 9 | 90.5K | 12.6% | 4 | | Nov 2025 | 110 | 0.02% | 9 | 90.5K | 14.5% | 4 | | Dec 2025 | 70 | 0.01% | 9 | 74K | 13.6% | 4 | | Jan 2026 | 110 | 0.02% | 9 | 74K | 12.2% | 4 | | Feb 2026 | 90 | 0.02% | 9 | 60.5K | 10.3% | 4 | | Mar 2026 | 90 | 0.01% | 9 | 60.5K | 9.9% | 4 | | Apr 2026 | 110 | 0.02% | 9 | 60.5K | 10.2% | 4 | | May 2026 | 110 | 0.02% | 9 | 60.5K | 10.8% | 4 | | Jun 2026 | 110 | 0.02% | 9 | 74K | 12.3% | 4 | | Jul 2026 | 90 | 0.02% | 9 | 60.5K | 10.9% | 4 | | Aug 2026 | 90 | 0.02% | 9 | 60.5K | 10.8% | 4 | | Sep 2026 | 70 | 0.01% | 9 | 60.5K | 9.7% | 5 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Grafana’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. - **Grafana**: Measured on the search term “apm grafana”. - **New Relic**: Measured on the search term “new relic”. - [Grafana profile](/demand/global-en/brands/grafana) - [New Relic profile](/demand/global-en/brands/new-relic) - [All application performance monitoring worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/application-performance-monitoring-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 9 brands. ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Grafana or New Relic more popular in search? In September 2026, New Relic had more branded searches than Grafana among application performance monitoring worldwide. New Relic had about 60,500 branded searches, while Grafana had 70. New Relic made up 9.7% of all application performance monitoring searches we track, and Grafana accounted for 0.01%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Grafana vs New Relic: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/application-performance-monitoring-platforms/compare/grafana-vs-new-relic This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/application-performance-monitoring-platforms/compare/grafana-vs-new-relic. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.