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Glances vs Netdata: catalog facts
Glances	Netdata
Free Free and open source, funded by sponsorship.	Freemium The agent is free and open source under the GPL 3.0. Netdata Cloud has a free tier and…
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line, Web	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Runs on Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Windows from the same codebase Built-in web interface, so a phone or tablet can watch a server	Per-second metrics with dashboards that work the moment it is installed Auto-discovers common services and graphs them without configuration
Python and pip installation, which on some systems means a virtual environment Exposing the web interface or API on a network needs authentication configured by you	The sheer number of charts is overwhelming at first Uses more memory and disk than a minimal metrics agent
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: LGPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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