Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Netdata
Netdata clearly comes out ahead of Grafana on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Paid plans start at $19/mo for Grafana and $4.50/mo for Netdata.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Grafana Labs | Netdata |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentEducation & EdTechAI & Machine LearningSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | error-monitoring | observability-apm |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Netdata
freemium
usage based
custom
open source
custom
freemium
usage based
custom
| Feature | grafana | netdata |
|---|---|---|
| 10K Active Series Metrics | ||
| 3Gb Disk | ||
| 13-Month Metric Retention | ||
| 5% Cpu, 150Mb Ram | ||
| 14-Day Data Retention | ||
| 800+ Integrations | ||
| 24/7 Premium Support | ||
| >1 Year Retention | ||
| 30-Day Log, Trace, And Profile Retention | ||
| Air-Gapped Deployment | ||
| 50Gb Logs | ||
| Alerts Out Of The Box | ||
| 50Gb Profiles | ||
| Centralized Metrics Streaming And Storage | ||
| 50Gb Traces | ||
| Complete Data Sovereignty | ||
| 8X5 Email Support | ||
| Custom Compliance Controls | ||
| Access To Grafana, Mimir, Loki, Tempo, And Phlare | ||
| Dashboards | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Data Replication & Backup | ||
| Community-Built Plugins | ||
| Dedicated Support Team | ||
| Core Visualization And Querying | ||
| Enterprise-Grade Security | ||
| Custom Retention Policies | ||
| High Availability Clustering | ||
| Deployment Flexibility (Public Or Federal Cloud) | ||
| Kubernetes & Docker Support |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Netdata comes out ahead overall, though Grafana can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Grafana's paid plans start at $19/mo and Netdata's start at $4.50/mo, so Netdata is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Both Grafana and Netdata offer a free tier.
Netdata scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
