Netdata vs Sematext APM
Netdata
netdata.cloud
Sematext APM
sematext.comSide by side
| Figure | Netdata | Sematext APM |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $4.50/mo | $19/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 | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 1 |
| Spec score · Metrics Monitoring Tools | 8.9 (#6) | 8.0 (#16) |
| Agent | The agent provides metrics and logs, machine learning, dashboards, and alerts, with the site claiming 800+ integrations. | The App Agent collects application metrics from JMX, REST APIs, and JDBC-compatible databases. |
| Founded | 2016 | 2010 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Integrations | Netdata advertises more than 800 collectors and notification integrations, including operating systems, databases, containers, cloud services, OpenMetrics, StatsD and logs. | Sematext says it offers over 100 out-of-the-box integrations; its integrations page lists categories including databases, cloud services, programming languages, and notification hooks. |
| Security | The site states that Netdata Cloud is SOC 2 Type 2 certified and lists SSO and role-based access control among Business features. | The App Agent communicates with Sematext over HTTPS and buffers data on disk if it cannot ship it immediately. |
| Support | The site lists documentation and community support, with premium support available. | The pricing guide says all plans include live chat and email support, while Standard and Pro plans also include phone support and a dedicated account manager. |
| Trial | The pricing FAQ states that signing up for Netdata Cloud provides a 14-day Business trial for any number of nodes with no limits. | Sematext advertises a 14-day free trial with no credit card required. |
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.
Sematext APM
Sematext APM has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.