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New Relic Database Monitoring vs PoWA

Both stand on database monitoring. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

New Relic Database Monitoring

Free plan Web

New Relic Database Monitoring offers analysis features across several database systems and a free plan with specified ingest and user allowances. Review the retention period and the differing paid-plan prices and user limits when choosing a plan.

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PoWA

Free plan LinuxSelf-hostedWeb

PoWA provides configurable PostgreSQL monitoring and tuning features, including remote collection and hypothetical index analysis. Account for its resource overhead, the remote-password limitation, and the snapshot delay when planning a deployment.

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The facts

	New Relic Database Monitoring	PoWA
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Web	Linux, Self-hosted, Web
Lowest paid plan	Standard: $10 a month	Free or on request
Plans published	4	1
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	newrelic.com	powa.readthedocs.io
On database monitoring	#25 of 40	#11 of 40

New Relic Database Monitoring: what it does well

Supports seven listed databases
Includes query profiling and execution plans
Free plan includes 100 GB monthly data ingest
Standard includes SAML single sign-on

What to know first

Listed data retention is 8.0 days
Standard is $10 a month
Pro is $418.80 a month
Enterprise pricing is custom

PoWA: what it does well

Monitors one instance or multiple remote instances
Can include read-only standby servers
Supports hypothetical index analysis with HypoPG
Allows custom statistics extensions
Free and self-hosted

What to know first

Requires PostgreSQL 9.4 or newer and pg_stat_statements
Can add performance overhead and disk usage
Remote-mode saved passwords are stored in plain text
Queries need two snapshots to appear

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