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Maintenant vs New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring
Both stand on container monitoring. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Maintenant brings container, endpoint, certificate, and resource monitoring into a self-hosted dashboard, with plan-specific alerting and history limits. Operators need to secure its dashboard and admin API through a reverse proxy and authentication middleware.
Visit MaintenantNew Relic Kubernetes Monitoring covers cluster telemetry, application correlation, and alerting in one integration. Its free tier has a stated ingest allowance, but installation requires a license key and the default configuration uses a privileged sidecar.
Visit New Relic Kubernetes MonitoringThe facts
| Maintenant | New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows | Linux, Self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| Lowest paid plan | Pro: €29 a month | Free or on request |
| Plans published | 3 | 4 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | maintenant.dev | newrelic.com |
| On container monitoring | #17 of 51 | #22 of 51 |
Maintenant: what it does well
- Monitors containers, endpoints, certificates, and host metrics
- Discovers containers and streams logs
- Includes webhook and Discord alerts in Community
- Offers REST API, SSE streams, and MCP server
- Uses SQLite by default without a datastore service
What to know first
- Dashboard has no built-in authentication
- Personal has no support commitment
- Personal license excludes monitoring others' infrastructure
- Community resource history is limited to 7 days
New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring: what it does well
- Combines Kubernetes metrics, events, logs, and traces.
- Collects Prometheus metrics through workload service discovery.
- Links application performance data with Kubernetes data.
- Supports predefined and custom Kubernetes alerts.
- Free tier includes 100 GB monthly ingest.
What to know first
- Installation requires a New Relic license key.
- Default setup uses a privileged Infrastructure Agent sidecar.
- Unprivileged mode provides reduced host visibility.
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