# Nagios vs Netdata

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Netdata

| Attribute | Nagios | Netdata |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 59.8 (21% (low)) | 82.9 (63% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A free, open-source monitoring system that tracks the health and performance of IT infrastructure including servers, networks, and applications, providing real-time visibility and alerting to prevent downtime. It is indexed under Observability Tools.","source":"https://www.nagios.org","question":"What is Nagios?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Nagios is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.nagios.org","question":"Is Nagios free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Nagios supports the web, Windows, macOS and Linux. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.nagios.org","question":"What platforms does Nagios support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Nagios can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.nagios.org","question":"Can Nagios be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 26 integrations for Nagios, including Grafana, InfluxDB, Prometheus, Apache, Nginx, IIS, Tomcat and MySQL, plus 18 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.nagios.org","question":"What does Nagios integrate with?","confidence":0.6}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Observability Tools.","source":"https://www.netdata.cloud/categories/pricing/","question":"What is Netdata?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Netdata offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $90 per year. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.netdata.cloud/categories/pricing/","question":"Is Netdata free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Netdata supports the web, Windows, macOS, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.netdata.cloud/categories/pricing/","question":"What platforms does Netdata support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Netdata can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise, air-gapped and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.netdata.cloud/categories/pricing/","question":"Can Netdata be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 14 integrations for Netdata, including AWS, Azure, GCP, HashiCorp Vault, SNMP, NetFlow, sFlow and IPFIX, plus 6 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.netdata.cloud/categories/pricing/","question":"What does Netdata integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and ISO 27001 for Netdata. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Netdata not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.netdata.cloud/tags/security/","question":"What security certifications does Netdata have?","confidence":0.7}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An open-source platform for monitoring servers, networks, applications, and cloud infrastructure using active polling, with log analysis and visualization capabilities. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"apm":true,"logs":true,"hosting":"both","metrics":true,"on_call":true,"alerting":true,"dashboards":true,"open_source":true,"snmp_polling":true,"netflow_sflow_ipfix":true,"cloud_vpc_monitoring":true,"auto_discovery_topology":true,"config_backup_change_mgmt":true,"synthetic_active_monitoring":true}` | `{"apm":true,"logs":true,"hosting":"both","metrics":true,"on_call":true,"tracing":true,"alerting":true,"dashboards":true,"otel_native":true}` |
| integrations.count | 4,000 | 800 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"InfluxDB"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Apache"},{"name":"Nginx"},{"name":"IIS"},{"name":"Tomcat"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"Oracle"},{"name":"SQL Server"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"LDAP"},{"name":"Active Directory"},{"name":"JBoss"},{"name":"WebLogic"},{"name":"Citrix"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"ServiceNow"},{"name":"DB2"},{"name":"EC2"},{"name":"VMware"},{"name":"Hyper-V"},{"name":"MSSQL"},{"name":"IPMI"}]` | `[{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"GCP"},{"name":"HashiCorp Vault"},{"name":"SNMP"},{"name":"NetFlow"},{"name":"sFlow"},{"name":"IPFIX"},{"name":"DNS"},{"name":"Docker","native":true,"category":"containers","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Kubernetes","native":true,"category":"containers","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"ServiceNow","native":false,"category":"itsm","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"ilert","native":false,"category":"incident_management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Slack","native":false,"category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Nagios","native":true,"category":"monitoring"},{"name":"StatsD","native":true,"category":"metrics"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry","native":true,"category":"observability"},{"name":"Sentry","native":true,"category":"error_tracking"}]` |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.nagios.org","retrievedAt":"2026-10-06T11:28:57.917Z","freeTrialDays":30}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Homelab","summary":"$90/year","features":["Unlimited metrics","Unlimited custom dashboards","All notification integrations","ML anomaly detection","Per-second data collection","Full access to Netdata Cloud"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":90,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For home users and students monitoring non-commercial personal infrastructure","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"agents":"unlimited","metrics":"unlimited","dashboards":"unlimited"}},{"free":true,"name":"Community","summary":"Free","features":["Up to 5 connected agents","1 custom dashboard","Basic notification support","ML anomaly detection","Per-second metrics"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"agents":"5","dashboards":"1"}}],"summary":"Free community plan; Homelab plan $90/year for unlimited monitoring.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.netdata.cloud/categories/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-09-03T17:50:38.647Z","startingPrice":{"amount":90,"period":"year","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | unknown |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":90,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.9 |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"},{"name":"SOC 2 Type I","level":"Type I","status":"active"}]` |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | - | https://www.netdata.cloud/tags/compliance/ |

## Capabilities (Observability Tools)

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

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T18:59:33.577Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*