Netdata vs PVE Hardware Monitor
Netdata
netdata.cloudPVE Hardware Monitor
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| Figure | Netdata | PVE Hardware Monitor |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $4.50/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 0 |
| Spec score · Hardware Monitoring Software | 9.0 (#5) | 7.2 (#53) |
| Spec score · Hardware monitoring tools | 8.8 (#8) | 7.1 (#57) |
| API | An Agent REST API exposes metrics, alerts and configuration, while a Cloud REST API covers spaces, rooms and nodes. | The project documents a GET /api/status endpoint that returns sensor data as JSON and a POST /api/mode endpoint for ASUS laptop fan profiles. |
| Deployment | Netdata offers a managed cloud platform and an on-premises deployment, including air-gapped deployment options. | The documented installation runs on a Proxmox host and serves the dashboard at port 9099. |
| Integrations | Netdata advertises more than 800 collectors and notification integrations, including operating systems, databases, containers, cloud services, OpenMetrics, StatsD and logs. | It reads data from Linux hwmon, ASUS embedded controller registers, IPMI via ipmitool, sysfs battery data, and procfs system metrics. |
| License | The Netdata Agent repository is marked GPL-3.0, while the Netdata UI is distributed under the NCUL1 license. | The software is under the MIT License, which grants use, copying, modification, and distribution subject to its stated conditions. |
| Monitoring | Netdata says it supports per-second metrics and ML-based anomaly detection and troubleshooting. | It displays fan speeds, CPU, NVMe and chipset temperatures, battery status, IPMI sensors, uptime, load average and memory usage. |
| Purpose | Netdata describes its product as an observability platform for real-time monitoring and troubleshooting across infrastructure. | A real-time hardware monitoring dashboard for Proxmox VE hosts. |
| Support | The site lists documentation and community support, with premium support available. | The README directs users to open a GitHub issue with their hardware model, Proxmox version and diagnostic output when reporting bugs. |
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.
PVE Hardware Monitor
PVE Hardware Monitor has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.