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The Showdown

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Why pay monthly fees for New Relic when you can self-host dd-trace-js for free? Let's look at the facts.

New Relic

The Expensive Option

  • Closed Source (Black box)
  • Expensive monthly fees per user
  • Data stored on their servers
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dd-trace-js

The Freedom Choice

  • 100% Open Source Code
  • Free forever (Self-hosted)
  • You own your data completely
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10 people
150100200+
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Estimated Annual Waste
$1,440
Monthly Burn Rate$120
5-Year Projection$7,200
Cost with Self-Hosted$0
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Detailed Breakdown

0
Proprietary agent hooks
Extensive support for npm modules
1
Custom context propagation
Native AsyncLocalStorage support
2
Separate profiling agents
Integrated wall-time profiling