Estimate your data ingest costs

To estimate New Relic data ingest costs under a usage-based pricing model, it's essential to understand various influencing factors and utilize available tools like a test New Relic account or a cost estimator spreadsheet. Users receive 100 GB of free data ingestion per month, and the amount of data ingested can vary based on monitoring needs and application behaviors. A test account allows users to observe actual data usage, facilitating accurate cost predictions, while the spreadsheet provides rough estimates based on predefined assumptions. Data costs range from $0.35 to $0.55 per GB, and additional costs may arise from extended data retention, which can be adjusted across all data types. The blog emphasizes the necessity of assessing application and infrastructure characteristics to predict data ingest accurately, noting that factors like the number of agents or integrations and application complexity can significantly influence data volumes and costs.