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Netdata vs cAdvisor: catalog facts
Netdata	cAdvisor
Freemium The agent is free and open source under the GPL 3.0. Netdata Cloud has a free tier and…	Free Free to download and run.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted
Per-second metrics with dashboards that work the moment it is installed Auto-discovers common services and graphs them without configuration	Per-container resource and performance data Runs as a single daemon on the host
The sheer number of charts is overwhelming at first Uses more memory and disk than a minimal metrics agent	Focused on containers rather than whole-system monitoring Long-term storage and dashboards need other tools
Self-hosted, Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-3.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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