OpenTelemetry observability, simplified
Instrument once, monitor everything, and migrate seamlessly with first-class OpenTelemetry (OTel) on New Relic. Unify metrics, logs, and traces from any source for complete, single-platform visibility.
Complexity solved
Effortless OpenTelemetry for your enterprise
Get flexible instrumentation
Mix and match New Relic agents and OpenTelemetry SDKs. Maintain your dashboards, alerts, and workflows even as you migrate.
Secure, scalable, and open platform
A unified backend that ingests metrics, logs, traces, and events at scale—fully aligned to open standards.
See across apps and services
Make cluster health visible in minutes with automatic metadata enrichment and built-in Kubernetes dashboards.
Pay only for what you use
Get full access to all tools with simple, transparent pricing and our industry-leading free tier.
See how OpenTelemetry works
seamlessly with New Relic
QUICK INTEGRATION
Easily unify your data with native OpenTelemetry support
- Normalize OTel data automatically into the New Relic full APM experience with with APM + OTel Convergence UI (Dashboards, service maps, errors inbox)
- Use the New Relic Distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector (NRDOT) to simplify setup for hosts, Kubernetes, and hybrid environments
- Choose from OpenTelemetry software development kits (SDKs) or the OpenTelemetry Collector including OTLP traffic over gRPC HTTP/1.1
- Monitor OTel Collector pipeline health to prevent data loss
FLEXIBLE INSTRUMENTATION
OTel, New Relic agents, or a hybrid
- Pick the instrumentation source that fits your workloads—open source, New Relic, or both
- New Relic’s hybrid agents simplify migration and seamlessly avoid the “integration tax” as you embrace OpenTelemetry
- 100% backward compatible—no broken dashboards or duplicated alerts as you migrate
- Get insight from all your data quickly with one connected experience, no matter the source
FASTER ROOT-CAUSE ANALYSIS
Faster debugging, better performance, complete context
- Correlate data seamlessly to uncover root causes quickly
- Access tailored data views for precise debugging—from logs and distributed tracing to transactions
- Resolve issues faster and deliver optimal application performance
INVESTED IN OPENTELEMETRY
New Relic’s first-class OpenTelemetry
- New Relic is a CNCF OpenTelemetry contributor with dedicated engineering expertise
- Stay ahead with continuous and latest OTel innovation and services tailored to your needs such as:
- Hybrid agents: Native OTel APIs on New Relic Agents, 100% backward compatible
- Infra NRDOT: OTel first host/Kubernetes monitoring with out-of-box infra entities and dashboards
- Collector Observability: Monitor OTel Collector pipeline health to prevent data loss
- Join us for an open discussion in our CNCF Slack channel or Explorers Hub