M3 vs Netdata
M3
m3db.ioNetdata
netdata.cloudSide by side
| Figure | M3 | Netdata |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $4.50/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 4 |
| Spec score · Metrics Monitoring Tools | 7.7 (#20) | 8.9 (#6) |
| Deployment | M3 can be installed with binaries or Docker, and its documentation includes cluster deployment with Kubernetes. | Netdata offers a managed cloud platform and an on-premises deployment, including air-gapped deployment options. |
| Integrations | The documentation describes integrations with Prometheus, Graphite, Grafana, and InfluxDB. | Netdata advertises more than 800 collectors and notification integrations, including operating systems, databases, containers, cloud services, OpenMetrics, StatsD and logs. |
| Purpose | M3 is a Prometheus-compatible metrics engine for scaling Prometheus-based monitoring and centralized metrics storage. | Netdata describes its product as an observability platform for real-time monitoring and troubleshooting across infrastructure. |
| Support | The project links to a community Slack and GitHub repository. | The site lists documentation and community support, with premium support available. |
Plans
Netdata
- CommunityFree
- Business$4.50 a month
- Homelab$90 a year
- Enterprise On-PremisePriced on request
In their own words
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.