New Relic vs Salesforce Einstein
Side-by-side comparison to help you choose the best tool.
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.
Salesforce Einstein
paidSalesforce Einstein is the AI layer embedded throughout the Salesforce platform, powering predictive lead scoring, opportunity forecasting, email personalisation, service case classification, and Einstein Copilot - a generative AI assistant for every Salesforce workflow. With Salesforce serving 150,000+ companies, Einstein AI reaches more business users than any other enterprise AI platform.
| Feature | New Relic | Salesforce Einstein |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | freemium | paid |
| Category | - | - |
| Rating | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| Best For | Engineering teams wanting full-stack observability with an AI assistant at a lower entry price than Datadog or Dynatrace | Salesforce customers wanting AI lead scoring, forecasting, and a generative AI copilot across sales and service workflows |
| Views | 4 | 8 |
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
Pros
- AI embedded throughout the world's largest CRM
- Einstein Copilot adds generative AI to every workflow
- Deepest AI for sales, service, and marketing in one platform
Cons
- Requires Salesforce subscription — expensive for smaller teams
- Advanced Einstein features require additional licensing
- New Relic AI natural language interface
- Full-stack APM & infrastructure monitoring
- Log management & analytics
- Browser & mobile monitoring
- Generous free tier (100GB/month)
- Einstein Copilot generative AI
- Predictive lead & opportunity scoring
- Einstein Forecasting
- AI email personalisation
- Service case classification & routing