Hardware Sentry KM vs Netdata
Hardware Sentry KM
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| Figure | Hardware Sentry KM | Netdata |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $4.50/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 4 |
| Spec score · Hardware Monitoring Software | 7.7 (#40) | 9.0 (#5) |
| Spec score · Hardware monitoring tools | 7.4 (#52) | 8.8 (#8) |
| Founded | 2004 | 2016 |
| Purpose | Hardware Sentry KM consolidates hardware health metrics from servers, storage systems, network devices, and UPS into BMC Helix Operations Management. | Netdata describes its product as an observability platform for real-time monitoring and troubleshooting across infrastructure. |
Plans
Hardware Sentry KM
- Sentry Bundle for BMC Helix Operations ManagementPriced on request
Netdata
- CommunityFree
- Business$4.50 a month
- Homelab$90 a year
- Enterprise On-PremisePriced on request
In their own words
Hardware Sentry KM
Hardware Sentry KM has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Netdata
Netdata is an observability platform for real-time infrastructure monitoring and troubleshooting. Its agent gathers metrics and logs and provides per-second monitoring, machine-learning anomaly detection, dashboards, and alerts. Netdata lists more than 800 collectors and notification channels, including Slack, PagerDuty, Microsoft Teams, email, and webhooks. The agent can ingest Prometheus, OpenMetrics, StatsD, and OpenTelemetry data and export to Prometheus Remote Write, InfluxDB, Graphite, OpenTSDB, and TimescaleDB. Organizations can use the managed cloud platform or deploy on premises, including in air-gapped environments. Netdata says metrics remain on the user's infrastructure while only metadata reaches the cloud. Native Android and iOS apps provide alerts and notifications. The Community plan is free, with up to five active connected nodes and one active custom dashboard per room. Signing up for Netdata Cloud includes a 14-day Business trial for any number of nodes with no limits. Business costs $4.50 per month billed annually, with a stated total of $540.00/year.