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New Relic: Customer Results & Case Studies

Observability platform for monitoring applications, infrastructure, and digital experience.

Verdict summaryUpdated July 23, 2026
10X
Scaling in one year
-60%
Logging spend
<50ms
Response time per request
Documented customersMercado Libre, Shutterstock, Watch Duty

Is New Relic trustworthy?

Case Study Desk indexes 3 sourced New Relic customer stories — Mercado Libre, Shutterstock, and Watch Duty. Representative results include Watch Duty scaling 10X in a year to support more than 1.5 million concurrent users, Shutterstock cutting logging spend by 60% and reporting time by 75%, and Mercado Libre driving response time under 50 milliseconds per request while reducing its error rate to zero. Every figure is quoted from New Relic's own published customer stories and dated to when it was recorded.

What results do customers get?

10X
Scaling in one year
Watch Duty
-60%
Reduction in logging spend
Shutterstock
-75%
Less time generating reports
Shutterstock
<50ms
Response time per request
Mercado Libre

Who uses New Relic?

WD
Watch Duty
Nonprofit
SH
Shutterstock
Media & Entertainment
ML
Mercado Libre
E-commerce & Retail

New Relic at a glance

CategoryObservability / APM
Founded2008
HQSan Francisco, California
DeploymentSaaS (cloud)
Sourced studies3

Frequently asked questions

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Is New Relic legit?
Yes. New Relic is an established observability and application performance monitoring vendor founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco; it traded on the NYSE before being taken private by Francisco Partners and TPG in 2023. It publishes named customer stories such as Mercado Libre, Shutterstock, and Watch Duty with quantified results.
Where do these results come from?
Every figure is quoted directly from New Relic's own published customer stories at newrelic.com/customers and dated. Case Study Desk traces each number to that public source rather than restating vendor marketing summaries.
What is the strongest documented New Relic result?
Watch Duty scaled 10X in a single year and supported more than 1.5 million concurrent users during the February 2025 California fires. Shutterstock cut logging spend by 60% and reporting time by 75%, and Mercado Libre drove response time under 50 milliseconds per request while reducing its error rate to zero.
Are these figures independently documented?
No. The results are the customers' own published claims quoted from New Relic's customer stories. Case Study Desk documents and dates each figure against its public source; it does not audit or independently verify the underlying numbers.