Netdata vs PulseBoard
Netdata
netdata.cloud
PulseBoard
pulseboard.cloudSide by side
| Figure | Netdata | PulseBoard |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $4.50/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 0 |
| Spec score · Metrics Monitoring Tools | 8.9 (#6) | 7.0 (#32) |
| Alerting | The agent includes hundreds of preconfigured alerts and notifications for channels such as email, Slack, Telegram, PagerDuty and Microsoft Teams. | Users can configure alert routing in a self-hosted workspace. |
| Deployment | Netdata offers a managed cloud platform and an on-premises deployment, including air-gapped deployment options. | The hosted cloud product is being retired; PulseBoard remains available to self-host. |
| License | The Netdata Agent repository is marked GPL-3.0, while the Netdata UI is distributed under the NCUL1 license. | The project is licensed under AGPL-3.0-or-later. |
| Purpose | Netdata describes its product as an observability platform for real-time monitoring and troubleshooting across infrastructure. | PulseBoard is an open-source observability project for metrics, logs, traces, and alerts. |
| Support | The site lists documentation and community support, with premium support available. | The site says no hosted service or support SLA is offered for the project. |
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.
PulseBoard
PulseBoard has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.