Netdata vs Servers Alive
Netdata
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| Figure | Netdata | Servers Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $4.50/mo | €16.58/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 2 |
| Spec score · Server Monitoring | 9.0 (#5) | 7.6 (#29) |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States | Belgium |
| Monitoring | Netdata says it supports per-second metrics and ML-based anomaly detection and troubleshooting. | Its checks include ping, SNMP, web URLs, Windows performance, VMware and Hyper-V virtual machines, and Azure or AWS infrastructure. |
| Purpose | Netdata describes its product as an observability platform for real-time monitoring and troubleshooting across infrastructure. | Servers Alive is an end-to-end network monitoring tool that runs on Windows and monitors across operating systems. |
| 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 maker says the installer and executable are signed, and lists extended security for the built-in webserver among version 10 changes. |
| Support | The site lists documentation and community support, with premium support available. | The maker offers a support and maintenance contract for Servers Alive v10 for EURO 85. |
| 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. | The maker offers a free trial with no time limit and says all features can be tried. |
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.
Servers Alive
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