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Reflex vs New Relic
New Relic offers generous entry tiers and a unified observability platform. Reflex is for operators who want production issues fixed automatically on their own Linux servers — without per-GB surprise bills.
| Topic | Reflex | New Relic |
|---|---|---|
| Total cost of ownership (typical stack) | One subscription covers server operations, Git-driven deploys with health gating and rollback where your tier allows, uptime-style checks, and Brain-led remediation — see Pricing for current tiers. | Teams often pay for a server panel, separate deploy automation, monitoring/alerting, and ad-hoc incident tooling — each with its own renewal, integration work, and on-call runbook. |
| Primary focus | Server health + automated repair + Pipeline on Pro+ | APM, infra, logs, NRQL analytics in one SaaS |
| Automated remediation | Playbooks + Brain for known and novel infra failures | Alerting and AI assistance — repair is still manual |
| Pricing shape | Flat £29/server — no tiers, no module stacking | Users + data ingest — free tier then step-ups |
| When New Relic fits | — | Teams wanting one analytics platform with NRQL power users |
| When Reflex fits | 1–50 VPS servers, predictable bill, fix-not-page mindset | — |
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