# Chronosphere vs Netdata

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Chronosphere

| Attribute | Chronosphere | Netdata |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 95.8 (16% (low)) | 78.4 (61% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Observability platform with scalable data stores, integrated incident resolution, and purpose-built metrics management for containerized microservices architectures. | Autonomous monitoring platform with self-learning AI built-in, providing unlimited metrics and logs management with per-second real-time data collection and AI-powered root cause analysis across infrastructure. |
| features.capabilities | `{"logs":true,"hosting":"cloud","metrics":true,"on_call":true,"tracing":true,"alerting":true,"dashboards":true,"otel_native":true}` | `{"apm":true,"logs":true,"hosting":"both","metrics":true,"tracing":true,"alerting":true,"dashboards":true,"otel_native":true}` |
| integrations.count | - | 800 |
| platform.support | - | `{"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` |
| pricing | - | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free up to 5 nodes","description":"Up to 5 nodes","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"nodes":"5"}},{"free":false,"name":"Paid","summary":"From $4.50/node","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"node","amount":4.5,"period":null,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free tier up to 5 nodes. Paid plans from $4.50/node.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.netdata.cloud","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T12:16:34.174Z","startingPrice":{"amount":4.5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | - | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | - | low |
| pricing.starting_gbp | - | 4.5 |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | 99.9 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (Observability Tools)

| Capability | Chronosphere | 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 only | Cloud + self-hosted |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-08-07T00:00:33.785Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*