vioscaleAI
Comparison

Nagios vs Netdata

On the evidence we track, Netdata leads this comparison with a composite score of 83/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Nagios full profile →Netdata full profile →
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Nagios60
★Netdata83
Score
vioscaleAI score
Nagios60 / 100low · 21%
Netdata83 / 100medium · 63%
Pricing
Free tier
Nagios✓
Netdata✓
Model
Nagiosfreemium
Netdatacommercial
Price level
Nagioslow
Netdataunknown
Starting price
Nagios–
Netdata$90
Transparent
Nagios–
Netdata✓
Integrations
Count
Nagios4,000
Netdata800
Security
Certifications
Iso27001
Nagios–
Netdata✓
Soc2
Nagios–
Netdata✓
Trust center
Reliability
Sla pct
Nagios–
Netdata99.9
Status page
Nagios–
Netdata✓
Market
Availability
Nagios–
NetdataAvailable worldwide
Content
Faq
Nagios5 items
Netdata6 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Nagios

An open-source platform for monitoring servers, networks, applications, and cloud infrastructure using active polling, with log analysis and visualization capabilities.

Independently observed

Netdata

Leader

A comprehensive observability platform that collects metrics, logs, and traces from infrastructure across clouds and on-premises, providing AI-powered anomaly detection and automated incident investigation.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Nagios

HybridFree tier30-day trial
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
Nagios✓
Netdata✓
macOS
Nagios✓
Netdata✗
Windows
Nagios✓
Netdata✓
Linux
Nagios✓
Netdata✓
CLI
Nagios✓
Netdata✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Nagios✗
Netdata✓
Self-hosted
Nagios✓
Netdata✓
On-premise
Nagios✗
Netdata✓
Air-gapped
Nagios✗
Netdata✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • Slack
  • ServiceNow

Nagios

26 total - 24 not shared
  • Grafana
  • InfluxDB
  • Prometheus
  • Apache
  • Nginx
  • IIS
  • Tomcat
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Oracle
  • SQL Server
  • MongoDB
  • LDAP
  • Active Directory
  • JBoss
  • WebLogic
  • Citrix
  • PagerDuty
  • DB2
  • EC2
  • VMware
  • Hyper-V
  • MSSQL
  • IPMI
Independently observed

Netdata

Leader
18 total - 16 not shared
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • GCP
  • HashiCorp Vault
  • SNMP
  • NetFlow
  • sFlow
  • IPFIX
  • DNS
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • ilert
  • Nagios
  • StatsD
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Sentry
Independently observed
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