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DatadogNetdata
Paid

Usage-based subscription with a free trial.

 Freemium

The agent is free and open source under the GPL 3.0. Netdata Cloud has a free tier and…

Android, iOS, Web Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
  • Metrics, logs, traces and security in one service
  • Very broad range of integrations and products
  • Per-second metrics with dashboards that work the moment it is installed
  • Auto-discovers common services and graphs them without configuration
  • Costs can grow quickly with usage
  • Data is sent to a third-party cloud
  • The sheer number of charts is overwhelming at first
  • Uses more memory and disk than a minimal metrics agent
Hosted service Self-hosted, Downloadable app
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: GPL-3.0
Account needed No account needed
Needs internet Works offline

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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