#12 in Monitoring & ObservabilityUpdated 2026-08

NetData

by NetData · Per-second infrastructure monitoring with data kept on your own premises

67.3 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Netdata is an infrastructure monitoring platform built on agents you install yourself, collecting metrics every second across 800+ integrations from bare metal to multi-cloud. Metric data stays on your premises while Netdata Cloud gives central dashboards, alerts and remote access. Paid plans add AI-driven investigation, root cause analysis and automated reports.

Best for: Teams wanting per-second infrastructure monitoring with metric data kept on their own machines
Pricing: Free for up to 5 nodes, then Business at $4.50 per node per month billed annually ($54 per node per year), with a 14-day trial and contact-sales Enterprise On-Premise.
Runs on: WebiOSAndroidmacOSSelf-hostedCLI

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Per-second metrics with no sampling, stored on your own premises
800+ integrations spanning bare metal, containers and multi-cloud
Free tier for up to 5 nodes; containers billed at no extra cost
Flat per-node price rather than usage-based billing

Trade-offs

Free tier caps you at 5 nodes and one custom dashboard per room
AI, RBAC, SSO and unlimited retention all require the paid Business plan
On-premise Enterprise starts at 200 node licences, so not for small estates
Only the annual per-node rate is published; the monthly rate is not shown

Pricing

Published plans from NetData’s own pricing page, in USD. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

NetData pricing tiers, monthly and annual rates in USD
Plan	Monthly	Annual (per month)	Includes
Community	—per node	—	Max 5 active connected nodes Max 1 active custom dashboard per Room Data stored on-prem, dashboards accessible remotely Central alert visualisation and Rooms
Business	—per node	$4.5	Unlimited metrics, logs, dashboards and retention Netdata AI investigations and automated reports RBAC, SSO and SCIM Audit logs and enterprise notification integrations
Enterprise On-Premise	Contact sales	—	Everything in Business Starts at 200 node licences All components hosted on your premises, suits air-gapped sites Priority support plans available

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 60 out of 100
API quality: 30 out of 100
Documentation: 90 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 83 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 100 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 40 out of 100
Operational trust: 40 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 65 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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