SigNoz provides a unified OpenTelemetry-native solution for monitoring metrics, traces/APM, and logs, allowing for greater flexibility and control over your data. This guide outlines the process of migrating your existing New Relic setup to SigNoz.
Why Migrate to SigNoz?
While New Relic is a powerful platform, migrating to SigNoz offers several distinct advantages:
- Open Source & Open Standards: SigNoz is open-source and built natively on OpenTelemetry, ensuring you are not locked into proprietary agents or data formats.
- Cost Efficiency: SigNoz often provides significant cost savings, especially for high-volume data, with transparent pricing for both Cloud and Self-Hosted options. Read the pricing comparison: SigNoz vs Datadog vs New Relic vs Grafana
- Deployment Flexibility: Choose between SigNoz Cloud for a managed experience or Self-Hosted for complete control over your data and infrastructure.
- See a detailed comparison: SigNoz vs New Relic
Prerequisites
Before starting your migration, ensure you have:
- A SigNoz account (Cloud) or a running SigNoz instance (Self-Hosted).
- Access to your New Relic account to view existing configurations.
- Permissions to modify your application's instrumentation and infrastructure configuration.
Migration Guides
Follow these specific guides to migrate each aspect of your observability stack:
Migrate Metrics: Transition your application and infrastructure metrics to OpenTelemetry and SigNoz.
Migrate Traces/APM: Replace New Relic APM agents with OpenTelemetry instrumentation for distributed tracing/APM.
Migrate Logs: Configure log collection using OpenTelemetry Collector or FluentBit to send logs to SigNoz.
Migrate Dashboards: Recreate your New Relic dashboards in SigNoz using our powerful query builder and visualization options.
Migrate Alerts: Set up alerts in SigNoz to match your existing New Relic alert policies.