Google Cloud Monitoring
6.7#11 in cloud monitoringFrom $0.06 a monthWebAPILinuxWindows
VisitGoogle Cloud Monitoring vs Netdata
What both publish
| Fact | Google Cloud Monitoring | Netdata |
|---|---|---|
| API | Cloud Monitoring API v3 provides programmatic access to features including alerting policies, custom dashboards, and metrics scopes. | An Agent REST API exposes metrics, alerts and configuration, while a Cloud REST API covers spaces, rooms and nodes. |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, California, United States | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Integrations | Monitoring alerts can be sent through email, Slack, PagerDuty, Pub/Sub, SMS, webhooks, and the Cloud Mobile App. | Netdata advertises more than 800 collectors and notification integrations, including operating systems, databases, containers, cloud services, OpenMetrics, StatsD and logs. |
| Purpose | Cloud Monitoring provides visibility into the performance, availability, and health of applications and infrastructure. | Netdata describes its product as an observability platform for real-time monitoring and troubleshooting across infrastructure. |
Google Cloud Monitoring plans
- Managed Service for Prometheus metrics$0.06 a month
- Pay-as-you-go Cloud Monitoring$0.26 a month
- Uptime check executions$0.30 a month
- Monitoring API read calls$0.50 a month
- Synthetic monitor executions$1.20 a month
Netdata plans
- CommunityFree
- Business$4.50 a month
- Homelab$90 a year
- Enterprise On-PremisePriced on request
Pick Google Cloud Monitoring if…
It suits teams monitoring applications and infrastructure across Google Cloud, hybrid or multicloud environments. It may also fit Kubernetes teams and operators of supported Linux or Windows virtual machines.
Pick Netdata if…
Netdata suits platform engineers, DevOps and SRE teams, developers, system administrators, and others who need infrastructure monitoring. It also serves users who want on-premises or air-gapped deployment options.