Honeycomb vs New Relic:Which is more popular by branded search?
In August 2026, New Relic had more branded searches than Honeycomb among cloud observability platforms worldwide. New Relic was estimated to have 62.7K branded searches compared to Honeycomb’s 2K, and held an 8.4% Share of Search versus Honeycomb’s 0.27%. Worldwide · English terms: these are worldwide searches for English-language branded terms.
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Which is more popular in search, Honeycomb or New Relic?
Compare services and tools used to monitor applications and cloud infrastructure. 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.
Share of Search by month for New Relic, Honeycomb. The figures are in the table below the chart.
View monthly share of search table
| Month | Grafana | Datadog | Dynatrace | New Relic | Honeycomb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 42.1% | 32% | 14% | 11.7% | 0.32% |
| Nov 2025 | 43% | 32.8% | 11.9% | 12% | 0.33% |
| Dec 2025 | 47.6% | 30.1% | 10.9% | 11% | 0.34% |
| Jan 2026 | 44% | 33.5% | 12.2% | 10.1% | 0.3% |
| Feb 2026 | 44.9% | 34% | 12.3% | 8.5% | 0.3% |
| Mar 2026 | 48.3% | 30.5% | 13.3% | 7.6% | 0.26% |
| Apr 2026 | 45.1% | 34% | 12.3% | 8.4% | 0.23% |
| May 2026 | 45% | 34.1% | 12.3% | 8.4% | 0.23% |
| Jun 2026 | 43.7% | 34% | 12.1% | 10% | 0.22% |
| Jul 2026 | 44.7% | 34.3% | 12.3% | 8.4% | 0.24% |
| Aug 2026 | 44.9% | 34.1% | 12.3% | 8.4% | 0.27% |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — |
How has the Honeycomb and New Relic comparison changed over the last 12 months?
3 findings
- New Relic was ahead of Honeycomb in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Honeycomb’s estimated Share of Search among cloud observability platforms worldwide moved from 0.32% to 0.27%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.6K to 2K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, New Relic’s estimated Share of Search among cloud observability platforms worldwide moved from 11.7% to 8.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 93.6K to 62.7K.
How did search popularity change for cloud observability platforms worldwide in August 2026?
2 changes
How each brand is measured
Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Honeycomb’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.
Honeycomb
5 branded search terms
- honeycomb apm
- honeycomb io
- honeycomb monitoring
- honeycomb observability
- observability honeycomb
New Relic
10 branded search terms
- apm new relic
- monitoring new relic
- new relic
- new relic apm
- new relic app
- new relic observability
- new relic software
- newrelic
- newrelic com
- observability new relic
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