Netdata provides per-second granularity (compared to 1-5 minute intervals), unified multi-cloud visibility, and 90% cost savings. Native cloud monitoring tools are limited to their respective clouds and charge based on data volume. Netdata works across AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-premises with flat per-node pricing and no charges for metrics volume, Logs Monitoring (querying logs in place), users, data retention or containers.

Yes, for infrastructure monitoring. Netdata provides superior real-time visibility (per-second compared to per-minute), 90% cost reduction, and complete data sovereignty. Netdata also ingests OpenTelemetry traces over OTLP, so OpenTelemetry-instrumented services can send spans to Netdata and you explore them in the Traces tab, next to your metrics and logs. Keep a dedicated APM only where you need code-level profiling. Most customers replace infrastructure monitoring with Netdata and save 90% while gaining better visibility.

Netdata provides a unified dashboard for AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-premises infrastructure. Automatic discovery works across cloud boundaries. Global filters let you slice by cloud provider, region, or any custom label. No context switching between provider consoles. Same per-second visibility everywhere.

Netdata uses predictable per-node pricing for infrastructure monitoring. There are no charges for metrics volume, Logs Monitoring (querying logs in place), users, data retention or containers. P90 billing excludes traffic spikes and peak days, so you never pay for temporary usage increases. Visit the pricing page for current rates and volume discounts.

Yes, natively. Helm chart deployment in 2 minutes. Automatic discovery of pods, containers, nodes, and services. Per-second metrics for ephemeral workloads. Handles pod churn and high cardinality gracefully. Works across EKS, AKS, GKE, and self-managed clusters. No manual configuration as clusters scale.

Three ways: (1) Flat per-node pricing with no charges for metrics volume, Logs Monitoring (querying logs in place), users, data retention or containers. (2) Edge processing eliminates data transfer and centralized storage costs. (3) Storage efficiency (0.6 bytes/sample) enables years of retention in gigabytes, not terabytes. P90 billing excludes traffic spikes and peak days.

Metrics, logs and traces stay on your infrastructure. Netdata is SOC 2 Type 2 certified, with role-based access control and encrypted transport that support GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS programs. Only metadata (hostnames, chart titles) routes to Netdata Cloud for unified dashboards. Queries execute at the edge. Netdata Cloud does not store your metrics, logs or traces. Complete data sovereignty.

60 seconds for first agent. One-line install with automatic discovery of all cloud resources. Pre-configured dashboards and 400+ alerts work instantly. For 500 nodes: 1-2 days including Parent setup and team onboarding. No weeks of configuration or dashboard building required.

Yes. Single dashboard for cloud and datacenter infrastructure. Same per-second visibility everywhere. Automatic correlation across cloud boundaries. Deploy Parents in each region for centralized dashboards. Works with air-gapped environments via on-premises Netdata Cloud.

Netdata reduces alert fatigue through component-level alerts that are more accurate than generic thresholds, and intelligent alert configuration using rolling windows instead of fixed values. Anomaly Advisor correlates thousands of metrics to surface root causes in the top 30-50 results, helping you focus on what matters. ML-powered anomaly detection provides an additional signal for investigation but operates separately from the alerting system.

Yes, both natively. Linux: systemd-journal integration, eBPF kernel monitoring, 800+ collectors. Windows: Native Event Logs, ETW, TraceLogging, performance counters, IIS, SQL Server, Active Directory, Hyper-V. Same per-second visibility on both platforms. Unified dashboard for mixed environments.

Two levels. Logs Monitoring queries systemd-journal (Linux), Windows Event Log (Windows) and macOS unified logs in place, eliminating log shipping, indexing and storage multiplication, and Logs Management collects, stores and indexes cloud service and application logs from any source through Netdata’s OpenTelemetry logs pipeline. Query 1 million entries before sampling - 200× more accurate than Elasticsearch. 90% cost reduction compared to traditional log management. Instant correlation with metrics (same source).

Zero learning curve. No query languages required (no PromQL, SQL, or custom DSLs). NIDL framework provides point-and-click analysis. Algorithmic dashboards generate automatically. AI Chat answers questions in natural language. Junior engineers get senior-level visibility instantly. Time to value: 60 seconds.

Yes, linearly. Distributed architecture processes data at the edge. Adding 1,000 nodes doesn’t slow existing monitoring. Proven at 100,000+ node deployments. Deploy Parents every 500 nodes for centralization. Each Parent handles 2M metrics/second with 20 cores and 80GB RAM. No architectural rewrites as you scale.

Netdata supports distributed tracing on OpenTelemetry. It ingests OpenTelemetry traces over OTLP on the same agent that collects your metrics and logs. Spans are stored and indexed on your own infrastructure, and the Traces tab in Netdata Cloud gives you a duration heatmap, filters by service, span name and duration, a full waterfall for every trace, and every span attribute your instrumentation recorded. For code-level profiling, keep a dedicated APM where you need it. For services without instrumentation, apps.plugin still gives zero-code process-level CPU, memory, I/O, and networking. Learn about distributed tracing.

Our benchmark shows Netdata provides 36% less CPU, 88% less RAM, 97% less disk I/O, 16× faster queries, 15× longer retention, and 100% sample completeness (compared to Prometheus 93.7%). Zero configuration compared to manual setup. Algorithmic dashboards compared to manual building. Built-in ML compared to add-ons. Same open-source foundation with superior performance and ease of use.

Per-node pricing with P90 billing protection and no charges for metrics volume, Logs Monitoring (querying logs in place), users, data retention or containers. 800+ integrations. 400+ pre-configured alerts. ML anomaly detection on all metrics. AI Co-Engineer with 10 AI credits per month. RBAC, SSO, SCIM. Windows monitoring. Centralized configuration. Enterprise notifications. Audit logs. 99.9% SLA. Premium support. See the pricing page for current plan details.

Yes. 14-day free Business trial with no limit on nodes. No credit card required. Community plan (free, up to 5 active connected nodes) for personal, non-commercial use. Homelab plan for personal, non-commercial use with no hard limit on nodes (fair usage policy). Open-source agent (free on any number of nodes) for self-hosted. Start with trial, scale to Business when ready.

SOC 2 Type 2 certified. Supports GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA (with BAA), PCI DSS. Metrics, logs and traces stay on your infrastructure (complete data sovereignty). Only metadata routes to Cloud. Air-gapped on-premises deployment available. Automatic LDAP/AD group mapping via SCIM 2.0. Audit logs for compliance monitoring.

Phase 1 (Week 1-2): Deploy Netdata on 10-50 nodes, run parallel, validate savings. Phase 2 (Month 1-2): Migrate all infrastructure monitoring to Netdata, achieve 90% cost reduction. Phase 3 (Month 3-6): Deploy Parents, configure log aggregation, integrate with ITSM. Phase 4 (Month 6+): Move OpenTelemetry trace exports to Netdata; keep a dedicated APM only where you need code-level profiling.