PingZen vs Netdata: Uptime Monitoring vs Per-Second Infrastructure Metrics
Netdata is an open-source infrastructure monitoring tool (76,000+ GitHub stars) focused on real-time, per-second metrics for servers and data centers. It features ML-based anomaly detection and 850+ integrations. While it can do basic HTTP/TCP/Ping checks, it is primarily designed for deep system diagnostics (CPU, memory, disk, network), not uptime monitoring.
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Quick Comparison
- Price
- Free forever
- Intervals
- 30 seconds
- Protocols
- 22 protocols
- Alerts
- 12+ channels
- Price
- Free (5 nodes) / from $90/year
- Intervals
- 1 second (metrics)
- Protocols
- 3 (HTTP, TCP, Ping)
- Alerts
- Multiple (Slack, PagerDuty, etc.)
Feature Comparison
| Feature | PingZen | Netdata |
|---|---|---|
| HTTP/HTTPS monitoring Via Blackbox integration | ||
| TCP port monitoring Via portcheck tool | ||
| Ping (ICMP) | ||
| DNS monitoring | ||
| SSL certificate monitoring | ||
| WebSocket monitoring | ||
| gRPC monitoring | ||
| WHOIS/Domain expiry | ||
| SMTP monitoring | ||
| Per-second metrics | ||
| CPU/Memory/Disk monitoring | ||
| ML anomaly detection | ||
| 850+ integrations | ||
| Network monitoring | ||
| Public status pages | ||
| Incident management | ||
| No server required | ||
| Open source |
Why Choose PingZen
- 22 protocols vs 3 — DNS, SSL, WebSocket, gRPC, SMTP, WHOIS, FTP, and more
- Zero setup SaaS — no agents to install or infrastructure to manage
- Purpose-built for uptime monitoring with 30-second checks
- Public status pages and incident management
- Team workspaces with role-based access
- Lightweight — no 150 MiB RAM agent per server
When Netdata is Better
- Per-second granularity for infrastructure metrics (CPU, memory, disk)
- ML-based anomaly detection catches unusual patterns automatically
- 850+ integrations for infrastructure components
- Deep system diagnostics — answers "why is it slow?"
- 76,000+ GitHub stars — massive community
- Self-hosted with full data control
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Migration Tip
Netdata answers "why is it slow?" while PingZen answers "is it up?". Use PingZen for external uptime monitoring (HTTP, SSL, DNS, WebSocket) and Netdata for deep infrastructure diagnostics (CPU, memory, disk). They complement each other perfectly.
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