vioscaleAI
Comparison

Grafana vs Netdata

On the evidence we track, Netdata leads this comparison with a composite score of 80/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Grafana full profile →Netdata full profile →
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Grafana64
★Netdata80
Score
vioscaleAI score
Grafana64 / 100high · 76%
Netdata80 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Grafana✓
Netdata✓
Model
Grafanafreemium
Netdatafreemium
Price level
Grafanalow
Netdatahigh
Starting price
Grafana–
Netdata$90
Transparent
Grafana✗
Netdata✓
Integrations
Count
Grafana5
Netdata800
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
Grafana✓
Netdata–
Fedramp
Grafana✓
Netdata–
Gdpr
Grafana✓
Netdata–
Iso27001
Grafana✓
Netdata✓
Pci
Grafana✓
Netdata–
Scorecard
Grafana6.8
Netdata–
Soc2
Grafana✓
Netdata✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Grafana–
Netdata99.9
Status page
Grafana✓
Netdata✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Grafana1,048
Netdata–
Github stars
Grafana76,648
Netdata–
Package downloads weekly
Grafana100,948
Netdata–
Stackoverflow questions
Grafana14,000
Netdata–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Grafana100
Netdata–
Release
History
Grafana20 items
Netdata–
License
Spdx
GrafanaAGPL-3.0
Netdata–
Language
Primary
GrafanaTypeScript
Netdata–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Grafana8 items
Netdata6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for observability tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Signals
Metrics
Grafana✓
Netdata✓
Log management
Grafana✓
Netdata✓
Distributed tracing
Grafana✓
Netdata-
Application performance monitoring
Grafana✓
Netdata✓
Real-user monitoring
Grafana✓
Netdata-
Response
Alerting
Grafana✓
Netdata✓
On-call / incident management
Grafana✓
Netdata-
Insight
Dashboards
Grafana✓
Netdata✓
Standards
OpenTelemetry-native
Grafana✓
Netdata✓
Deployment
Hosting
GrafanaCloud + self-hosted
NetdataCloud + self-hosted

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Grafana

A cloud-based observability platform that unifies metrics, logs, traces, and dashboards for monitoring applications, infrastructure, and AI systems. Built on open standards like OpenTelemetry, it includes cost optimization tools, alerting, and incident response features.

Independently observed

Netdata

Leader

Netdata provides real-time monitoring across infrastructure with per-second metric collection and machine learning-based anomaly detection. It supports containers, Kubernetes, and traditional servers, available as both cloud-hosted and self-deployed solutions.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Grafana

from $0.05/moHybridFree tier

Free forever tier always available. Pro plans from $19/month + usage with volume discounts. Enterprise from $25,000/year with custom terms.

  • FreeFree
    • All Grafana Cloud services with limited usage
    • Community support
    • 14 days retention for metrics, logs, traces, profiles, and k6 performance tests
  • ProFrom $19/month + usage with automatic volume discounts
    • Everything in Free plan
    • Pay as you go above free tier with volume discounts
    • 8×5 email support
    • 13 months retention for metrics; 30 days retention for logs, traces, profiles, k6 performance tests
    • Adaptive Logs and Metrics cost optimization
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Premium support
    • Custom retention policies
    • Deployment flexibility (Public Cloud, Federal Cloud, or Bring Your Own Cloud)
    • As low as $3 per 1k series for metrics at scale
    • Custom pricing based on annual commit and volume
as of verify ↗

Netdata

Leader
from $90/yrSubscriptionFree tier

Free community plan; Homelab plan $90/year for unlimited monitoring.

  • Homelab$90/year
    • Unlimited metrics
    • Unlimited custom dashboards
    • All notification integrations
    • ML anomaly detection
    • Per-second data collection
    • +1 more
  • CommunityFree
    • Up to 5 connected agents
    • 1 custom dashboard
    • Basic notification support
    • ML anomaly detection
    • Per-second metrics
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Grafana✓
Netdata✓
iOS
Grafana✓
Netdata✗
Android
Grafana✓
Netdata✗
macOS
Grafana✗
Netdata✓
Windows
Grafana✗
Netdata✓
Linux
Grafana✗
Netdata✓
CLI
Grafana✓
Netdata✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Grafana✓
Netdata✓
Self-hosted
Grafana✗
Netdata✓
On-premise
Grafana✗
Netdata✓
Hybrid
Grafana✗
Netdata✓
Air-gapped
Grafana✗
Netdata✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (2)
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS

Grafana

9 total - 7 not shared
  • Prometheus
  • Loki
  • Elasticsearch
  • InfluxDB
  • Postgres
  • Tempo
  • OpenTelemetry
Independently observed

Netdata

Leader
14 total - 12 not shared
  • Azure
  • GCP
  • HashiCorp Vault
  • SNMP
  • NetFlow
  • sFlow
  • IPFIX
  • DNS
  • Docker
  • ServiceNow
  • ilert
  • Slack
Independently observed
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