# Cronitor MCP server vs New Relic MCP Server (slim)

> New Relic scores 61 (C) to Cronitor's 59.1 (C) for incidents. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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New Relic MCP Server scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Cronitor MCP server's 59.1 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Cronitor MCP server leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and payments & pricing. Both do incidents.

- Cronitor MCP server: C 59.1, rank #718 of 1513 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cronitor-mcp.min.md
- New Relic MCP Server: C 61, rank #630 of 1513 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/new-relic.min.md
- Cronitor MCP server, good for Teams who monitor cron jobs, heartbeats and sites with Cronitor and want an agent to set up and triage monitoring. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 80 against 51; Agent ergonomics, 73 against 59; Payments & pricing, 40 against 30.
- New Relic MCP Server, good for Agents investigating incidents, errors, deployments and performance in an existing New Relic account, where reads are enough. Ahead on Reliability, 60 against 55; Security & auth, 76 against 58; Maintenance & community, 80 against 55; Transparency & trust, 81 against 37. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Cronitor MCP server | New Relic MCP Server |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 55 | 60 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 51 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 73 | 59 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 58 | 76 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 55 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 37 | 81 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Cronitor MCP server | New Relic MCP Server |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cronitor | New Relic, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://cronitor.io/mcp` | `https://mcp.newrelic.com/mcp/` |
| Tools exposed | 71 | 40 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| MCP registry | `io.cronitor/cronitor` | `com.newrelic/mcp-server` |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-28 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2022-11-08 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-14 |
| Customer content may train models | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not read yet | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not read yet | not found in the text |

Why the edge:
- Transparency & trust, New Relic MCP Server +44: Cronitor MCP server 37 (robots.txt disallows the terms and privacy pages, so neither was read (5 of 30, terms exist but weren't readable).); New Relic MCP Server 81 (Closed service with clear dated terms (paid 8 November 2022, unpaid 21 October 2021) naming New Relic, Inc.)
- Schema & documentation, Cronitor MCP server +29: Cronitor MCP server 80 (Every tool's input schema declares additionalProperties false, and the docs call tools/list the field-level reference (25).); New Relic MCP Server 51 (Tool input schemas are only visible through an authenticated session; the tool reference names 40 tools with one-line descriptions, so partial credit for a cont…)
- Maintenance & community, New Relic MCP Server +25: Cronitor MCP server 55 (Registry entry io.cronitor/cronitor updated 3 November 2026 (30).); New Relic MCP Server 80 (Read as a closed service.)
- Security & auth, New Relic MCP Server +18: Cronitor MCP server 58 (OAuth bounded by role with no scope choice, or scoped API keys (22 of 30).); New Relic MCP Server 76 (OAuth 2.0 with the scopes `observability:read`, `offline` and `offline_access`, access tokens that expire after 5 minutes, refresh for 24 hours, revocation by d…)
- Agent ergonomics, Cronitor MCP server +14: Cronitor MCP server 73 (71 tools (5), with four task-oriented tools and summary modes that cap list output (5 back).); New Relic MCP Server 59 (40 tools in the default list, above the 30-tool line (5), with the `include-tags` header to load only named groups (add 10, so 15).)
- Payments & pricing, Cronitor MCP server +10: Cronitor MCP server 40 (No machine payment protocol (0).); New Relic MCP Server 30 (No x402, MPP or L402 (0).)