The Showdown
New Relicvspixie
Why pay monthly fees for New Relic when you can self-host pixie for free? Let's look at the facts.
VS
New Relic
The Expensive Option
- Closed Source (Black box)
- Expensive monthly fees per user
- Data stored on their servers
WINNER
pixie
The Freedom Choice
- 100% Open Source Code
- Free forever (Self-hosted)
- You own your data completely
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10 people
150100200+
$
*Estimated standard pricing for New Relic. Adjust if needed.
Estimated Annual Waste
$1,440
Monthly Burn Rate$120
5-Year Projection$7,200
Cost with Self-Hosted$0
Calculations based on 10 users at $12/mo.
Detailed Breakdown
0
Manual SDK integration
eBPF (No code changes)
1
Data sent to cloud
Edge-computed on-cluster
2
Proprietary SQL-like
PxL (Python-based)