LiteLLM vs New Relic
Side-by-side comparison to help you choose the best tool.
LiteLLM
freemiumLiteLLM is a unified API proxy that lets you call 100+ LLMs using the OpenAI API format. It handles load balancing, fallbacks, cost tracking, and rate limiting across providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Azure, and many more.
New Relic
freemiumNew Relic is a full-stack observability platform offering APM, infrastructure monitoring, browser monitoring, and AI data through its New Relic AI assistant. Its 2023 pricing shift to a consumption model with a free tier made it significantly more accessible. New Relic AI allows engineers to ask natural language questions about their system health and get guided answers from their telemetry data.
| Feature | LiteLLM | New Relic |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | freemium | freemium |
| Category | - | - |
| Rating | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| Best For | Teams managing multi-provider LLM deployments with cost control | Engineering teams wanting full-stack observability with an AI assistant at a lower entry price than Datadog or Dynatrace |
| Views | 5 | 4 |
Pros
- Huge provider coverage
- Drop-in OpenAI replacement
- Cost visibility
Cons
- Adds network hop
- Self-hosting complexity
Pros
- Most accessible pricing in enterprise APM
- New Relic AI makes telemetry accessible to non-experts
- Single platform replacing multiple tools
Cons
- Can get expensive above free tier data limits
- AI features still maturing versus Dynatrace Davis
- 100+ LLM providers
- Load balancing
- Cost tracking
- Fallback logic
- OpenAI-compatible proxy
- New Relic AI natural language interface
- Full-stack APM & infrastructure monitoring
- Log management & analytics
- Browser & mobile monitoring
- Generous free tier (100GB/month)