Netdata
Real-time, per-second infrastructure monitoring with zero-config auto-discovery.
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sovereigntyNetdata delivers high-resolution, real-time metrics with automatic discovery and minimal configuration. It covers the infrastructure-monitoring slice of New Relic well and is one of the fastest observability tools to stand up on your own machines.
OPEN SOURCEGPL-3.0SELF-HOSTLOCAL-FIRST
LicenseGPL-3.0
PricingFree / self-host; optional paid cloud
Open sourceYes
Self-hostableYes
Local-first dataYes
What it does well
- +Per-second resolution out of the box
- +Auto-discovers most services with little configuration
- +Very low setup effort
Where it falls short
- −Focused on infrastructure metrics — not full APM/tracing like New Relic
- −Less of a long-term query store than Prometheus
- −Best paired with other tools for logs and traces
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Netdata head-to-head
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