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Comparison

Netdata vs Zabbix

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
Zabbix54
Score
vioscaleAI score
Netdata83 / 100medium · 63%
Zabbix54 / 100low · 21%
Pricing
Free tier
Netdata✓
Zabbix✓
Model
Netdatacommercial
Zabbixfreemium
Price level
Netdataunknown
Zabbixlow
Starting price
Netdata$90
Zabbix–
Transparent
Netdata✓
Zabbix✗
Integrations
Count
Netdata800
Zabbix45
Security
Certifications
Gdpr
Netdata–
Zabbix✓
Iso27001
Netdata✓
Zabbix–
Soc2
Netdata✓
Zabbix–
Trust center
Reliability
Sla pct
Netdata99.9
Zabbix–
Status page
Netdata✓
Zabbix–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Netdata6 items
Zabbix7 items

Capabilities

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

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

Zabbix

A distributed monitoring solution that provides visibility across cloud infrastructure, networks, applications, services, and IoT devices, available for deployment either on-premises or as a managed cloud service.

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 verify ↗

Zabbix

from $325/moOpen sourceFree tier5-day trial

Free open-source software with optional subscriptions from $325/month (Silver). All subscriptions include support SLAs and 5 years of security fixes.

  • Silver$325/month, billed annually
    • Online support
    • 1 support contact
    • 8x5 support availability
    • 1 day initial response time
    • Unlimited monitored devices and metrics
  • GoldFrom $825/month, billed annually
    • Phone and online support
    • 2 support contacts
    • 8x5 support availability
    • 4 hour initial response time
    • Distributed monitoring
    • +4 more
  • PlatinumContact sales
    • Phone and online support
    • 3 support contacts
    • 24x7 support availability
    • 2 hour initial response time
    • Distributed monitoring
    • +8 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Phone and online support
    • 7 support contacts
    • 24x7 support availability
    • 1.5 hour initial response time
    • 1 hour emergency response time
    • +12 more
  • GlobalContact sales
    • Phone and online support
    • 20 support contacts
    • 24x7 support availability
    • 1 hour initial response time
    • 1 hour emergency response time
    • +10 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Netdata✓
Zabbix✓
Windows
Netdata✓
Zabbix✓
Linux
Netdata✓
Zabbix✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Netdata✓
Zabbix✓
Self-hosted
Netdata✓
Zabbix✓
On-premise
Netdata✓
Zabbix✓
Air-gapped
Netdata✓
Zabbix✗

Integrations

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

In common (8)
  • Azure
  • GCP
  • SNMP
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • ServiceNow
  • ilert
  • Slack

Netdata

Leader
18 total - 10 not shared
  • AWS
  • HashiCorp Vault
  • NetFlow
  • sFlow
  • IPFIX
  • DNS
  • Nagios
  • StatsD
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Sentry
Independently observed

Zabbix

43 total - 35 not shared
  • Java
  • IPMI
  • SSH
  • Telnet
  • NETCONF
  • SFTP
  • ODBC
  • ICMP
  • TCP
  • Prometheus
  • Modbus
  • MQTT
  • HTTP
  • HTTPS
  • VMware
  • vCenter
  • Veeam Backup and Replication
  • Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager
  • RabbitMQ
  • MSSQL
  • MS Teams
  • Pushover
  • ManageEngine ServiceDesk
  • PagerDuty
  • +11 more
Independently observed
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