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title: "Scout Monitoring vs New Relic Synthetics — honest 2026…"
description: "Scout Monitoring vs New Relic Synthetics: pricing, check intervals, strengths, weaknesses, and which one fits your team. Verified 2026-09-10."
canonical: "https://lemwatch.com/vs/scout-vs-newrelic"
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# Scout Monitoring vs New Relic Synthetics

> A like-for-like comparison of Scout Monitoring and New Relic Synthetics — what each one monitors, what it costs at the entry tier, and where each one falls short.

## Pricing and intervals

- Scout Monitoring: free tier available, Paid (from) from $19/mo, checks as often as every 1 min.
- New Relic Synthetics: free tier available, Standard (per user) from $49/mo, checks as often as every 1 min.

## Scout Monitoring — strengths and weaknesses

## Strengths

- Free tier includes 300K transactions with error monitoring and logs
- Code-level tracing with N+1 query and memory-bloat detection
- Unlimited users and unlimited apps on every plan

## Weaknesses

- Application-side APM only — no external uptime or synthetic checks
- Strongest for Ruby, Python, Elixir and PHP stacks
- Costs scale with transaction volume rather than sites monitored

## New Relic Synthetics — strengths and weaknesses

## Strengths

- Unified with New Relic APM, RUM, and logs
- Free tier includes 100 GB ingest per month
- Scripted browser checks with real Chrome

## Weaknesses

- Per-user pricing model is punishing for shared use
- Data-cap billing can spike unexpectedly
- Not designed for SEO or marketing-site monitoring

## Which should you pick?

 Choose Scout Monitoring when You need code-level application traces inside a Ruby, Python, Elixir or PHP app.

 Choose New Relic Synthetics when You already run New Relic APM and want synthetic checks tied to the same account.

 Facts last verified 2026-09-10 (Scout Monitoring) and 2026-06-28 (New Relic Synthetics) against each vendor's public pricing page.



## Lemwatch at a glance

- What it is: website monitoring that checks uptime, page changes, SEO, security, SSL and speed in one tool.
- Free plan: 10 sites, no time limit, all check types.
- Pro: $19/mo, 50 sites, public API and webhooks.
- Agency: $59/mo, 150 sites, white-label status pages.
- Source: https://lemwatch.com/pricing (facts verified from the product's own plan limits).



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