COMPARISON
New Relic excels at application performance monitoring, but AWS monitoring is a secondary feature. Stratl is built from the ground up for AWS security and operational monitoring.
| Feature | Stratl | New Relic |
|---|---|---|
| AWS CloudTrail Monitoring | Core feature with AI enrichment | Basic log ingestion only |
| AI Alert Enrichment | Yes | No |
| Natural Language Rules | Yes | No |
| APM (Application Performance) | AWS service-level insights | Full-featured, comprehensive |
| Consumption-Based Pricing | Predictable per-account pricing | Can surprise with high data retention costs |
| Pre-built Security Packs | SOC 2, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, MITRE ATT&CK | Manual configuration required |
| Multi-Account Monitoring | Automated cross-account role assumption | Requires per-account agent setup |
| Compliance Dashboards | Included | Advanced plans only |
| Data Retention Surprises | None | Possible with high-volume logs |
| Setup Complexity | Single CloudFormation template | Agent installation & configuration per host |
Specialized AWS monitoring beats general observability for security teams
AI enrichment explains security events, not just logs
Pre-built compliance frameworks ready to deploy
Predictable pricing without consumption surprises
MITRE ATT&CK mapping for threat-driven monitoring
No need to pay for full APM when you only need AWS monitoring
Rule testing against historical events reduces false positives
AWS-focused teams needing security monitoring, compliance reporting, and predictable costs.
Engineering teams needing comprehensive APM and willing to pay for high data ingestion.
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