Compare Netdata and Paessler PRTG 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (48.9% of reviews)
Mid-Market (49.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free Trial 10000 Sensors Per Year
Netdata
Star Rating
(53)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (48.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Browse all 3 pricing plansPaessler PRTG
Star Rating
(206)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (49.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial 10000 Sensors Per Year
Browse all 7 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Paessler PRTG excels in overall user satisfaction, reflected in its higher G2 Score compared to Netdata. Users appreciate its customizable alerting feature, which provides instant notifications on server issues, enhancing their monitoring efficiency.
- Users say that the setup process for Netdata is incredibly straightforward, making it a breeze to get started. Many find that they can quickly install necessary packages and connect to the cloud, which is a significant advantage for those looking for a fast onboarding experience.
- Reviewers mention that Paessler PRTG offers a comprehensive dashboard that consolidates server health checks, simplifying monitoring tasks. This feature has been praised for automating previously manual processes, which saves time and reduces escalation risks.
- According to verified reviews, Netdata's dashboard is noted for its user-friendly design, allowing users to quickly identify performance issues. The anomaly detection feature is particularly highlighted, making it easier for users to maintain optimal server performance.
- G2 reviewers highlight that while Paessler PRTG has a robust feature set, some users find it slightly less intuitive than Netdata, especially regarding initial configuration. This feedback suggests that while PRTG is powerful, it may require a bit more time to fully leverage its capabilities.
- Users report that Netdata shines in its integration options, offering a wide selection of service-related plugins. This flexibility allows users to tailor their monitoring solutions effectively, which is a significant plus for those managing diverse environments.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Netdata
Netdata Community
Free
Your data are always stored on-prem, you access them from anywhere.
- Max 5 Active Connected Nodes
- Max 1 Active Custom Dashboards (per Room)
- Securely access your dashboards from anywhere in the world
Paessler PRTG
Free Trial
Free Trial
10000 Sensors Per Year
30 Day Full Access Free Trial
100% Free. No Credit Card Required
Free Version After the Trial
- Free Full Features for 30 days
Free Trial
Netdata
Free Trial is available
Paessler PRTG
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.2
45
9.4
179
Ease of Use
9.1
45
9.1
179
Ease of Setup
9.5
36
9.0
161
Ease of Admin
9.4
30
8.9
128
Quality of Support
9.0
38
8.9
165
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.4
23
8.8
120
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
45
9.1
170
Features by Category
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Website Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
9.5
29
Not enough data
9.6
30
Not enough data
8.9
29
Not enough data
8.8
29
Not enough data
8.6
29
Not enough data
8.7
29
Agentic AI - Database Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
9.6
12
9.4
80
8.8
11
9.2
78
8.7
10
7.8
72
9.3
10
9.1
70
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
8.6
38
Not enough data
8.5
44
Not enough data
9.0
41
Management
9.3
10
8.9
68
9.2
11
8.8
72
8.9
9
8.0
67
Analytics - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
7.7
38
Not enough data
7.5
39
Security - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
8.2
38
Not enough data
7.6
37
Not enough data
7.1
38
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
7.5
38
Not enough data
7.2
39
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
5.7
37
Not enough data
5.5
37
Not enough data
5.8
37
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
7.4
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
8.8
8
Monitoring
9.4
16
8.8
27
9.6
15
8.0
25
9.2
16
7.8
24
9.7
16
9.0
26
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.6
16
8.6
27
9.0
15
7.5
24
8.4
16
6.9
25
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
9.1
16
8.4
27
9.9
17
8.6
26
8.2
14
7.1
24
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AIOps Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
Not enough data
8.8
56
Not enough data
9.2
56
Not enough data
8.7
53
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
8.5
53
Not enough data
8.0
50
Not enough data
8.2
50
Not enough data
9.2
56
Agentic AI - Hardware Monitoring
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Visibility
9.0
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
9.6
8
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
9.5
34
9.1
57
8.8
34
9.3
58
8.5
32
8.9
55
Monitoring and Management
9.2
33
8.9
54
7.9
29
8.0
51
9.4
31
8.5
53
9.8
34
9.4
58
9.4
21
9.2
51
9.0
20
8.6
48
Cloud environment support
9.4
16
8.3
41
9.0
17
8.3
43
Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Functionality
Not enough data
9.5
74
Not enough data
9.0
61
Not enough data
8.8
55
Not enough data
7.1
47
Management
Not enough data
9.1
67
Not enough data
9.2
70
Not enough data
9.0
52
Not enough data
9.3
74
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
Not enough data
9.1
19
Not enough data
9.2
18
Not enough data
9.2
19
Not enough data
9.3
19
Not enough data
9.3
19
Not enough data
9.3
20
Not enough data
9.1
19
Data Sources
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Metrics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Preparation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visualization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
9.1
9
9.2
19
9.5
10
8.8
19
9.2
10
9.3
19
8.7
10
6.8
19
8.8
11
9.3
20
Response
9.4
8
9.3
20
8.8
7
9.0
20
9.0
8
8.5
19
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
9.2
8
8.7
21
9.2
8
8.3
21
Functionality
9.0
7
8.6
21
8.3
7
8.9
21
8.1
9
8.4
21
9.4
9
8.3
22
Alerts management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Management - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Compliance - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visualization & Dashboards - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Features - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Netdata and Paessler PRTG are categorized as Server Monitoring, Enterprise Monitoring, Observability Software, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, Database Monitoring, Network Monitoring, and Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Unique Categories
Netdata is categorized as Container Monitoring, Log Monitoring, IT Alerting, IoT Analytics Platforms, Log Analysis, AIOps Platforms, Observability Pipeline, and Website Monitoring
Paessler PRTG is categorized as Hardware Monitoring
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Netdata
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Paessler PRTG
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
34.0%
Computer Software
8.5%
Telecommunications
6.4%
Computer Networking
6.4%
Utilities
4.3%
Other
40.4%
Information Technology and Services
32.5%
Telecommunications
7.3%
Computer & Network Security
4.2%
Computer Software
3.1%
Hospital & Health Care
2.6%
Other
50.3%
Discussions
Netdata has no discussions with answers
Paessler FAQ
1 Comment
GR
https://www.paessler.com/support/faqsRead more
What are the benefits and drawbacks of using PRTG Network Monitor for your IT infrastructure, and what improvements would you suggest?
1 Comment
MA
Flexible Licensing:
The licensing model is based on the number of sensors, allowing organizations to choose a plan that fits their specific needs and budget.Read more
Has anyone else found the learning curve for custom sensors and reports slows real projects?
1 Comment
AB
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Have you tried starting with the built-in sensor templates and REST/custom sensor docs before building from scratch...Read more
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