ApproveThis manages your New Relic Integration approvals.

When Application Monitoring Meets Approval Automation

Let's get real - your DevOps team isn't paid to play approval tag. They're paid to keep systems running while finance teams try not to have heart attacks about cloud costs. This is where connecting ApproveThis (your approval sheriff) and New Relic (your system watchdog) turns passive monitoring into proactive governance.

We're talking about creating automatic guardrails where critical New Relic alerts trigger approval workflows, and approved changes flow back into deployments without manual handoffs. For companies scaling between 50-5,000 employees, this integration acts like an air traffic control system for your technical and financial decision-making.

Why This Combo Works Better Than Duct Tape Solutions

New Relic tells you when something's wrong. ApproveThis decides what to do about it. Together through Zapier, they create closed-loop processes that:

• Convert monitoring alerts into actionable approval requests
• Enforce spending controls on cloud infrastructure changes

Unlike clunky service desk tools, ApproveThis keeps approvals lightweight and focused. Approvers don't need New Relic licenses - just email access. This makes it perfect for cross-functional reviews involving finance, security, and external clients.

Real-World Use Cases That Don't Suck

1. Putting Out Fires Without Burning Budgets

The Zap: New Relic alert → ApproveThis request → Approved resolution

When New Relic detects a critical performance issue, it automatically creates an approval request with context like:

• Alert severity level
• Impacted services
• Auto-generated cost estimates for scaling resources

Who cares: E-commerce companies during Black Friday sales. Instead of panicked Slack debates about whether to scale up cloud servers, the ops team submits an emergency resource request through ApproveThis. Finance approves the $2,000/hour AWS spend increase in 90 seconds because the calculated fields show projected revenue impact.

2. Deployment Approvals That Don't Kill Velocity

The Zap: ApproveThis approval → New Relic deployment

Development teams submit deployment requests through ApproveThis with:

• Change impact analysis
• Rollback plan
• Compliance checklist

Once approved, the deployment automatically triggers in New Relic with pre-configured parameters. No more chasing down directors for sign-off on low-risk updates.

Who cares: Healthcare SaaS companies needing audit trails for HIPAA compliance. Every production deployment requires legal + security review, but approvers can greenlight requests directly from email without logging into New Relic.

Setting Up Without Losing Your Mind

Here's the 4-step no-code process:

1. Connect ApproveThis and New Relic to Zapier
2. Choose your trigger (New Relic alert or ApproveThis approval)
3. Map critical data points between systems
4. Test with a $10 test alert instead of a production incident

Pro tip: Use ApproveThis' calculated fields to auto-flag requests needing executive review. Example: Any deployment over $5k cloud spend or impacting more than 3 microservices gets routed to the CTO.

Bonus Features Your Team Will Actually Use

Approval Thresholds That Prevent Bottlenecks

Set auto-approve rules for low-risk changes detected by New Relic:

• Auto-approve deployments with <2% error rate impact
• Auto-escalate any alert affecting payment processing

Vacation Mode That Doesn't Break Deployments

When your lead DevOps engineer takes PTO, ApproveThis automatically reassigns their approval authority. No more deployment freezes because someone's camping in Yosemite.

Who Benefits Besides the Obvious Tech Teams?

Finance Teams

Get embedded cost projections in every infrastructure change request. Approve $2k scaling spends via email while stuck in budget meetings.

Compliance Officers

Maintain automatic audit trails showing exactly who approved production changes and why. Export reports with one click before regulator meetings.

Customer Success

Trigger urgent approval workflows when New Relic detects client-impacting performance drops. Fix issues before the customer notices, then share resolution timelines through automated status updates.

The Bottom Line for Scaling Companies

Connecting ApproveThis and New Relic isn't about creating more process - it's about making existing processes actually work at scale. For teams tired of:

• Performance alerts getting lost in Slack
• Emergency spends bypassing budget controls
• Deployments waiting on MIA approvers

This integration acts like an organizational circuit breaker - preventing small issues from becoming company-wide meltdowns.

Next Steps That Won't Waste Your Time

If you've got New Relic monitoring your systems but still handle approvals through email chains or Jira tickets, it's time to upgrade your governance without the bureaucracy.

Start a free ApproveThis trial or book a 15-minute demo to see real examples from companies in your industry. We'll show how to set up your first New Relic integration in under 40 minutes - coffee break included.