Comparison

Netdata vs Sumo Logic

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.

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★Netdata83

Sumo Logic53

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	NetdataLeader	Sumo Logic
vioscaleAI score	83 / 100medium · 63%	53 / 100medium · 59%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	-
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	unknown	unknown
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$90	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	800	20
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	SOC 2 Type II, SOC 2 Type I	-
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://www.netdata.cloud/tags/compliance/	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.9	-
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Netdata83 / 100medium · 63%

Sumo Logic53 / 100medium · 59%

Pricing

Free tier

Netdata✓

Sumo Logic–

Model

Netdatacommercial

Sumo Logiccommercial

Price level

Netdataunknown

Sumo Logicunknown

Starting price

Netdata$90

Sumo Logic–

Transparent

Netdata✓

Sumo Logic✗

Integrations

Count

Netdata800

Sumo Logic20

Security

Certifications

NetdataSOC 2 Type II, SOC 2 Type I

Sumo Logic–

Fedramp

Netdata–

Sumo Logic✓

Iso27001

Netdata✓

Sumo Logic✓

Pci

Netdata–

Sumo Logic✓

Soc2

Netdata✓

Sumo Logic✓

Trust center

Netdatahttps://www.netdata.cloud/tags/compliance/

Sumo Logic–

Reliability

Sla pct

Netdata99.9

Sumo Logic–

Status page

Netdata✓

Sumo Logic✓

Market

Availability

NetdataAvailable worldwide

Sumo LogicAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

Content

Faq

Netdata6 items

Sumo Logic7 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Observability Tools
Capability	Netdata	Sumo Logic
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

Signals

Metrics

Netdata✓

Sumo Logic✓

Log management

Netdata✓

Sumo Logic✓

Distributed tracing

Netdata✓

Sumo Logic✓

Application performance monitoring

Netdata✓

Sumo Logic✓

Real-user monitoring

Netdata-

Sumo Logic✗

Response

Alerting

Netdata✓

Sumo Logic✓

On-call / incident management

Netdata✓

Sumo Logic✗

Insight

Dashboards

Netdata✓

Sumo Logic✓

Standards

OpenTelemetry-native

Netdata✓

Sumo Logic✓

Deployment

Hosting

NetdataCloud + self-hosted

Sumo LogicCloud + self-hosted

What each one is

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

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

Sumo Logic

A cloud platform that ingests logs, metrics, and trace data from applications and infrastructure. It provides interactive dashboards and automated alerting based on detected patterns and anomalies.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

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 2026-09-03verify ↗

Sumo Logic

Subscription30-day trial

30-day free trial. Unlimited users. Predictable pricing.

EssentialsFree
Enterprise SuiteContact sales

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Netdata	Sumo Logic
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗
Air-gappedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Netdata✓

Sumo Logic✓

Windows

Netdata✓

Sumo Logic✗

Linux

Netdata✓

Sumo Logic✗

CLI

Netdata✗

Sumo Logic✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Netdata✓

Sumo Logic✓

Self-hosted

Netdata✓

Sumo Logic✗

On-premise

Netdata✓

Sumo Logic✗

Air-gapped

Netdata✓

Sumo Logic✗

Integrations

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

In common (5)

Azure
Docker
Kubernetes
StatsD
OpenTelemetry

Netdata

Leader

18 total - 13 not shared

AWS
GCP
HashiCorp Vault
SNMP
NetFlow
sFlow
IPFIX
DNS
ServiceNow
ilert
Slack
Nagios
Sentry

Independently observed

Sumo Logic

20 total - 15 not shared

AWS Lambda
FluentD
JavaScript
Jenkins
Kinesis
Logback
Logstash
Log4J
Log4j2
Maven
.NET
Okta
Scala
CollectD
Prometheus

Independently observed

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