Keycloak vs New Relic
The ultimate side-by-side head-to-head analysis for 2026.
Short answer
- Price: not directly comparable — Keycloak is free, New Relic is free tier available.
- How to start: Keycloak is free, New Relic is free tier available.
These lines are generated from the pricing we track, not from a paid placement. We do not publish a quality score, because we do not have one we can stand behind. They cannot tell you which tool fits your workflow — the sections below are there for that. How we score tools.
Keycloak
New Relic
Category
Developer Tools
Developer Tools
Base Price
Free
Free tier
Public API
Yes
Yes
Mobile app
No
Yes
Open source / self-hostable
Yes
No
SSO (SAML)
Yes
Yes
Choose Keycloak if:
Organisations that need enterprise identity without a per-user bill.
Choose New Relic if:
Teams that want application, infrastructure and log monitoring from a single vendor.
Keycloak: pros & cons
- Full identity server at no licence cost
- Standards support including SAML and OIDC
- Complete control over user data
- Operating it is a real responsibility
- Administration console is dense
- Upgrades need care
New Relic: pros & cons
- Broad coverage in one product
- Generous free data allowance
- Strong application tracing
- Data-volume pricing can escalate without warning
- Interface is dense and takes learning
- Per-user pricing discourages wide access
Our verdict on Keycloak
The serious open-source answer to Auth0. Budget for the operations, because the licence saving is not free.
Our verdict on New Relic
Capable and complete. Watch the ingest bill: teams are far more often surprised by cost here than by capability.