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New Relic vs Sentry

Which one to pick in 2026 β€” comparing πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ New Relic with the European alternative πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί Sentry on the things that actually decide who can read your data.

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ New RelicvsπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί Sentry

Verdict

  • Who has stronger privacy guarantees by law?

    Sentry β€” GDPR-native and outside the US CLOUD Act / FISA 702 reach.

  • Which one encrypts your data end-to-end by default?

    Neither ships full E2E by default β€” check the table for nuance.

  • Which one tracks you for ads?

    Neither monetises through ad tracking.

  • Which one is open source?

    Sentry is open source. New Relic is proprietary.

Side-by-side

New Relic vs Sentry β€” full comparison

Criteria
πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί Sentry
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ New Relic
Headquarters
United States
San Francisco, CA, USA
Jurisdiction
USA (open-source, self-hostable in EU)
USA (CLOUD Act, FISA 702)
Data location
Germany
Global, US-controlled (AWS)
GDPR-native
Yes
No
CLOUD Act / FISA exposed
No
Yes
Ad tracking
No
No
End-to-end encryption
No
No
Open source
Yes
No
Ownership
Private
New Relic Inc. (NYSE:NEWR, taken private 2024)
Founded
2011
2008

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