Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Netdata
Netdata clearly comes out ahead of Elastic Observability on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Netdata has a free tier; Elastic Observability does not. Paid plans start at $4.50/mo for Netdata and $99/mo for Elastic Observability.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Netdata | Elastic |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | DevelopmentEducation & EdTechAI & Machine LearningSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentEducation & EdTechAI & Machine LearningSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | observability-apm | observability-apm |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | netdata | elastic-observability |
|---|---|---|
| Complete Data Sovereignty | ||
| 3Gb Disk | ||
| Advanced Elastic Stack Security Features | ||
| 5% Cpu, 150Mb Ram | ||
| Apps For Apm, Logging, And Metrics | ||
| 800+ Integrations | ||
| Complete Project Tier Includes Ai-Assisted Pipelines, Parsing, And Machine Learning | ||
| >1 Year Retention | ||
| Cross-Cluster Replication | ||
| Air-Gapped Deployment | ||
| Cross-Cluster Search Es|Ql | ||
| Alerts Out Of The Box | ||
| Custom Control Over Cluster Capacity And Versions | ||
| Centralized Metrics Streaming And Storage | ||
| Distributed Elasticsearch Platform | ||
| Custom Compliance Controls | ||
| Egress: 50 Gb Free, Then $0.05 Per Gb Transferred Per Month | ||
| Dashboards | ||
| Elastic Ai Assistant | ||
| Data Replication & Backup | ||
| Elastic Maps Server | ||
| Dedicated Support Team | ||
| Elastic Workflows | ||
| Enterprise-Grade Security | ||
| Es|Ql | ||
| High Availability Clustering | ||
| Everything In Gold | ||
| Kubernetes & Docker Support | ||
| Everything In Platinum | ||
| Long-Term Data Retention |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Netdata comes out ahead overall, though Elastic Observability can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Netdata's paid plans start at $4.50/mo and Elastic Observability's start at $99/mo, so Netdata is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Netdata offers a free tier; Elastic Observability does not currently list one.
Netdata scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
Netdata is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
