Instead of a subscription

Self-hosted alternatives to Netdata Cloud

Netdata Cloud connects infrastructure metrics to a hosted monitoring workspace. A self-hosted hub can keep server-resource history locally while you operate agents, retention, access and alert delivery; its integrations and monitoring scope differ.

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Recipes that cover it

Fully verified81,226

Monitoring

Netdata

Live host metrics with protected local access

512 MB RAMamd64 / arm64Go / C / RustMediumGPL-3.0-or-later AND LicenseRef-Netdata-Cloud-UI-1.0Version 2.12.2

Alternative to: Netdata Cloud

Open

Fully verified26,494

Monitoring

Beszel

Lightweight server metrics and history

128 MB RAMamd64 / arm64GoEasyMITVersion 0.21.1

Alternative to: Netdata Cloud

Open

Requirements

Side by side

Requirements and recipe status of the applications on this page
Application	Minimum RAM	Disk estimate	Database	Installation difficulty	Backup	Recipe verification	License
Netdata	512 MB RAM	5 GB	Embedded, other	Medium	Yes · Restore tested	Fully verifiedCheck is current	GPL-3.0-or-later AND LicenseRef-Netdata-Cloud-UI-1.0
Beszel	128 MB RAM	2 GB	SQLite	Easy	Yes · Restore tested	Fully verifiedCheck is current	MIT

Migration

What changes when you host it yourself

The data stops leaving your network, and so does the responsibility for it: backups, the restore you have actually tested, and the disk it all sits on.

Feature parity is never exact. Read what each recipe states about limitations and the smoke test before planning a migration.

The bill turns into work: updates, certificates and an eye on the release notes. The catalog shows how much of that each recipe asks for.

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