AI-driven observability boosts deployment frequency by 80%: New Relic report

New data from New Relic indicates a strong correlation between the use of AI-strengthened observability tools and improved engineering productivity, particularly in deployment velocity, alert management, and issue resolution times.

The findings are detailed in New Relic’s 2026 AI Impact Report, which analyzed aggregated, anonymized data from 6.6 million users of the New Relic Intelligent Observability Platform across 2025. The report compares organizations using New Relic’s AI capabilities—including generative AI and AIOps features—with those operating without AI assistance.

According to the report, teams using AI-enabled observability shipped code at an average frequency 80% higher than non-AI users during 2025. During peak periods, the gap widened significantly: while non-AI users averaged 87 deployments per day, AI-enabled teams reached up to 453 deployments per day, representing a nearly 5X difference in deployment capacity.

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