📈Infinity Observe · Active development

The open-source New Relic alternative

Infinity Observe is an open-source, self-hostable observability service in Rust that unifies logs, metrics and traces in a single plane, for teams that want to own their telemetry pipeline.

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// ABOUT NEW RELIC

New Relic is a widely-used commercial observability platform covering APM, infrastructure monitoring, logs, traces and real-user monitoring, priced on data ingest and users.

When to consider Infinity Observe

▸You want to self-host observability and keep telemetry on your infrastructure
▸You want logs, metrics and traces unified in one service
▸You prefer an open-source, auditable codebase
▸You want to avoid ingest-based and per-user subscription costs
▸You want OpenTelemetry-style ingestion with a built-in dashboard

Infinity Observe vs New Relic — at a glance

New Relic
Infinity Observe
Licensing
Proprietary / commercial
Open-source (Apache-2.0)
Hosting model
New Relic is delivered primarily as a vendor-managed service
Self-hosted on your own local, cloud, or hybrid infrastructure
Signals
APM, infrastructure, logs, traces, RUM and more
Logs, metrics and traces in one plane
Ingestion
Agents and broad integrations
OpenTelemetry-style, API-key ingest
Latency stats
Managed percentile analytics
t-digest streaming p50/p90/p95/p99 quantiles
Pricing model
Usage-based: data ingest plus per-user seats
Free to self-host — infrastructure cost only
Maturity
New Relic is an established, widely-adopted platform
Newer project — active development
// AN HONEST NOTE

New Relic is a mature platform with APM, RUM and a large integration catalogue plus enterprise support. Infinity Observe is a newer, self-hosted alternative in active development — evaluate scale, retention and integration needs before adopting.

New Relic alternative — FAQ

Can Infinity Observe replace New Relic entirely?
It depends on your needs. Infinity Observe covers core logs, metrics and traces with a self-hosted model. New Relic offers APM, RUM and a far broader integration ecosystem — review your specific requirements before migrating.
Is Infinity Observe free?
Yes — it is open source and free to self-host. Your cost is the infrastructure you run it on rather than ingest or per-user fees.
What is the status of Infinity Observe?
Infinity Observe is in active development. Assess it against your retention, scale and support expectations before production use.
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