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New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring
San Francisco, California, United States
What it is
New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring gives teams visibility into cluster health and workloads across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. Its cluster explorer brings together Kubernetes metrics, events, logs, and traces for control plane components, nodes, namespaces, deployments, replica sets, pods, and containers. The integration can forward logs and events for exploration, queries, and alerting, and its Prometheus Agent uses service discovery to scrape workload metrics. Teams can link application performance data to Kubernetes data to inspect request rate, throughput, errors, and availability. Predefined and custom alert conditions are available, and reported data can trigger pod autoscaling. The integration can also monitor supported services such as Apache, Cassandra, Kafka, MySQL, NGINX, and Redis. Installation requires a New Relic license key and uses Helm or manifests. A perpetual free tier includes 100 GB of monthly ingest and one full platform user. The default configuration uses a privileged Infrastructure Agent sidecar for deep host metrics; unprivileged mode is available with reduced host visibility.
For and against
For
- Combines Kubernetes metrics, events, logs, and traces.
- Links application performance data to cluster data.
- Includes predefined and custom alert conditions.
- Can report data that triggers pod autoscaling.
- Free tier includes 100 GB monthly ingest.
Against
- Installation requires a New Relic license key.
- Default configuration uses a privileged Infrastructure Agent sidecar.
- Unprivileged mode reduces host visibility.
The verdict
The integration connects cluster telemetry with application performance data and alerting. Its default deep-host-metrics setup uses a privileged sidecar, with reduced visibility available in unprivileged mode.
Who it suits
It suits teams operating Kubernetes clusters who need to investigate application and infrastructure behavior, including across hybrid environments. Teams should consider the default privileged sidecar requirement and the reduced host visibility of unprivileged mode.
Plans and prices
Free
100 GB/month ingest · one free full platform user · unlimited basic users · default data retention
Read 30 Sep 2026 · newrelic.com
Enterprise
Custom pricing · FedRAMP Moderate and HIPAA eligibility with Data Plus · priority ticket routing · 1-hour critical initial support response SLA
Read 30 Sep 2026 · newrelic.com
Pro
Unlimited full platform users · commitment options · 2-hour critical initial support response SLA · optional full consumption pricing
Read 30 Sep 2026 · newrelic.com
Standard
Limited to 5 full platform users · ticketed support · 2 business days support response SLA · SAML single sign-on
Read 30 Sep 2026 · newrelic.com
On the record
- Alerting and scaling
- It includes predefined alert conditions, supports custom Kubernetes alerts, and can report data that triggers pod autoscaling.docs.newrelic.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Application correlation
- Users can link APM data to Kubernetes data to examine application request rate, throughput, error rate, and availability.docs.newrelic.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Cluster visibility
- The cluster explorer presents Kubernetes metrics, events, logs, and traces in a multidimensional view.newrelic.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Coverage
- The integration collects data about control plane components, nodes, namespaces, deployments, replica sets, pods, and containers.docs.newrelic.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Installation
- The Kubernetes integration requires a New Relic license key and supports installation using Helm or manifests.docs.newrelic.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Logs and events
- It can forward Kubernetes logs and events to New Relic for exploration, querying, and alerting, with event reporting installed by default.docs.newrelic.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Notable requirement
- The default Kubernetes integration configuration uses a privileged Infrastructure Agent sidecar to collect deep host metrics, though unprivileged mode is available with reduced host visibility.docs.service.newrelic.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Prometheus
- The Prometheus Agent uses service discovery to scrape Prometheus metrics from workloads in a Kubernetes cluster.docs.newrelic.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- The Kubernetes integration provides visibility into cluster health and workloads across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.docs.newrelic.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Security and compliance
- New Relic lists FedRAMP, HIPAA-enabled capabilities, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, PCI DSS, SOC 1, SOC 2, and TISAX among its current certifications or attestations, while noting individual services may not all be in scope.docs.newrelic.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Service integrations
- The Kubernetes integration can monitor supported services including Apache, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Kafka, MongoDB, MySQL, NGINX, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, and Redis.docs.newrelic.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- Standard includes ticketed support with a two-business-day response SLA, while Pro and Enterprise list critical initial response SLAs of two hours and one hour respectively.newrelic.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Supported environments
- The integration supports Kubernetes environments hosted on-premises or in the cloud, and compatibility documentation lists GKE, EKS, AKS, OKE, and OpenShift among supported platforms.docs.service.newrelic.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Who it is for
- The product is aimed at teams operating Kubernetes clusters who need to troubleshoot application and infrastructure behavior, including at scale.newrelic.com · read 30 Sep 2026
