Pick Honeycomb if
platform teams who will stay on Free forever at 20M events and 2 Triggers while they run a first Query Builder, then buy Pro at $150/month when they need 50M events, 100 Triggers, and 2 SLOs.
Read the Honeycomb pageHoneycomb vs New Relic
Our take
Pick Honeycomb if platform teams who will stay on Free forever at 20M events and 2 Triggers while they run a first Query Builder, then buy Pro at $150/month when they need 50M events, 100 Triggers, and 2 SLOs. Pick New Relic if app teams who will stay on Free (100 GB ingest, 1 full platform user, unlimited basic users) while they open a first APM Summary, then buy Standard at $10 for the first full user and $99 /
Honeycomb
hosted observability-query desk
Best for
Honeycomb Wide-event queries you start at $0
New Relic Web transaction time you chart at $0
Free plan
Honeycomb $0 · free forever. Up to 20M events/month and 100M time-series data points. 2 Triggers. Distributed tracing, BubbleUp, OpenTelemetry, team query history, permalinks
New Relic $0 · 100 GB data ingest / month. Unlimited basic users. One free full platform user. 500 synthetic checks. No credit card
Lowest paid
Honeycomb Refinery as a Service $0.10
New Relic Standard $10
Next step up
Honeycomb Pro $150/mo
New Relic Pro $349
Coding agent
Honeycomb
New Relic APM Summary
Runs where
Honeycomb Hosted
New Relic Hosted
Watch out
Honeycomb Free is 20M events and 2 Triggers
New Relic Free is 100 GB + 1 full user
Last checked
Honeycomb 2026-10-23 · honeycomb.io/pricing
New Relic 2026-10-23 · newrelic.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick New Relic if
app teams who will stay on Free (100 GB ingest, 1 full platform user, unlimited basic users) while they open a first APM Summary, then buy Standard at $10 for the first full user and $99 / additional user (max 5) when they outgrow the 100 GB cap.
Read the New Relic page