Icinga
7.3#9 in hardware monitoring softwareFrom $2,000 a yearFree planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
VisitIcinga vs Netdata
What both publish
| Fact | Icinga | Netdata |
|---|---|---|
| API | The free edition supports automation via API and Git-based workflows, and the pricing FAQ describes a REST API for custom integrations. | An Agent REST API exposes metrics, alerts and configuration, while a Cloud REST API covers spaces, rooms and nodes. |
| Founded | 2009 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Nuremberg, Germany | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Integrations | The maker lists integrations including Grafana, InfluxDB, Elastic, Graylog, Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, AWS, Azure, Jira, PagerDuty, and ServiceNow. | Netdata advertises more than 800 collectors and notification integrations, including operating systems, databases, containers, cloud services, OpenMetrics, StatsD and logs. |
| Intended users | Icinga describes its monitoring solution for teams of any size and says it is designed to scale from small setups to large distributed environments. | The site lists platform engineers, DevOps teams, SREs, developers, system administrators, CISOs, DBAs, network engineers, and MSPs among its audiences. |
| Purpose | Icinga monitors infrastructure and applications, collecting and analyzing data to help teams identify and resolve errors. | Netdata describes its product as an observability platform for real-time monitoring and troubleshooting across infrastructure. |
Icinga plans
- Forever Free EditionFree
- Module Subscription$2,000 a year
- Repository Subscription$5,000 a year
- Support Subscription$15,000 a year
Netdata plans
- CommunityFree
- Business$4.50 a month
- Homelab$90 a year
- Enterprise On-PremisePriced on request
Pick Icinga if…
Icinga suits teams that need infrastructure and service monitoring, from small setups to distributed environments. It is intended for teams of any size and runs as self-hosted software.
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.