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ZabbixNetdata
Free

Free and open source under the AGPL. Support and services are paid.

 Freemium

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

Linux, Web, Self-hosted Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
  • Scales to tens of thousands of monitored devices with proxies
  • Large template library covering common hardware and services
  • Per-second metrics with dashboards that work the moment it is installed
  • Auto-discovers common services and graphs them without configuration
  • Configuration is extensive; the learning curve is real
  • Interface density makes simple setups feel heavy
  • The sheer number of charts is overwhelming at first
  • Uses more memory and disk than a minimal metrics agent
Self-hosted Self-hosted, Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: AGPL-3.0 License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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