Netdata
8.7#1 in runtime monitoring softwareFrom $4.50 a monthFree planAndroidiOSWebAPI
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What both publish
| Fact | Netdata | Uptrace |
|---|---|---|
| Alerting | The agent includes hundreds of preconfigured alerts and notifications for channels such as email, Slack, Telegram, PagerDuty and Microsoft Teams. | Metric and error monitors can notify through email, Slack, PagerDuty and other channels. |
| API | An Agent REST API exposes metrics, alerts and configuration, while a Cloud REST API covers spaces, rooms and nodes. | The self-hosting documentation identifies a browser UI REST API, while the public API covers projects, services, queries, alerts and dashboards. |
| Deployment | Netdata offers a managed cloud platform and an on-premises deployment, including air-gapped deployment options. | Self-hosted installation options include Docker, Ansible, and Kubernetes, and Linux packages are available for amd64 and arm64. |
| Integrations | Netdata advertises more than 800 collectors and notification integrations, including operating systems, databases, containers, cloud services, OpenMetrics, StatsD and logs. | Telemetry can arrive through OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Vector, Fluent Bit and CloudWatch, and Grafana can use Uptrace as Prometheus or Tempo data sources. |
| Intended users | The site lists platform engineers, DevOps teams, SREs, developers, system administrators, CISOs, DBAs, network engineers, and MSPs among its audiences. | The self-hosted editions page describes Community as for individuals, Starter as suitable for side projects, Team as a production default, and Business for reliability and compliance. |
| License | The Netdata Agent repository is marked GPL-3.0, while the Netdata UI is distributed under the NCUL1 license. | The main Uptrace repository is licensed AGPL-3.0; several SDK repositories use BSD-2-Clause and the Helm chart uses Apache-2.0. |
Netdata plans
- CommunityFree
- Business$4.50 a month
- Homelab$90 a year
- Enterprise On-PremisePriced on request
Uptrace plans
- CommunityFree
- Uptrace CloudFree
- Starter$39 a month
- Team$199 a month
- Business$499 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
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.
Pick Uptrace if…
Uptrace suits teams that need to correlate traces, metrics, and logs, and choose between cloud and self-hosted deployment. Its listed editions range from Community for individuals to Business for reliability and compliance needs.