Netdata
✓ Verified by EU AltsOpen-source real-time infrastructure monitoring — an alternative to Datadog.
Overview
Netdata is a Athens, Greece-based European company building developer tools, monitoring, and open source software since 2016. Despite its EU base, EU Alts has verified that Netdata independently owned, with its ultimate ownership based in United States, and hosts customer data with AWS / Google BigQuery in United States (with SCCs for EU transfers), so it may still fall under the reach of the US CLOUD Act — worth weighing against GitHub, Atlassian, and JetBrains's US-distributed peers on this specific point.
Why European teams pick Netdata
Teams in Europe still consider Netdata for its developer tools product and Greece presence, operating since 2016, but unlike a fully EU-owned provider, Netdata independently owned, with its ultimate ownership based in United States, and hosts customer data with AWS / Google BigQuery in United States (with SCCs for EU transfers) — so it does not fully avoid US CLOUD Act exposure the way some other alternatives to GitHub, Atlassian, and JetBrains's US-distributed peers do.
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About
Netdata is a real-time infrastructure monitoring platform that collects and visualises thousands of metrics per second from servers, containers, databases, and applications with zero configuration. The open-source Netdata Agent (GPL v3) is the fastest real-time monitoring agent available — metrics are collected every second and displayed with millisecond granularity. Netdata Cloud offers an EU data residency option. Because the Agent runs entirely on your own infrastructure, metric data only leaves your servers if you explicitly connect to Netdata Cloud.
Details
- Founded
- 2016
- Headquarters
- Athens, Greece
- Ownership
- Independently owned (United States)
- Hosting
- AWS / Google BigQuery, United States (with SCCs for EU transfers)
- CLOUD Act
- Exposed
Categories
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Frequently asked questions
What is Netdata?
Netdata is a real-time infrastructure monitoring platform that collects and visualises thousands of metrics per second from servers, containers, databases, and applications with zero configuration. The open-source Netdata Agent (GPL v3) is the fastest real-time monitoring agent available — metrics are collected every second and displayed with millisecond granularity. Netdata Cloud offers an EU data residency option. Because the Agent runs entirely on your own infrastructure, metric data only leaves your servers if you explicitly connect to Netdata Cloud.
What does Netdata do?
Netdata is open-source real-time infrastructure monitoring — an alternative to datadog. It is listed under developer tools, monitoring, and open source on EU Alts because its core functionality serves teams looking for a European developer tools tool with EU data residency, typically as a switch away from GitHub, Atlassian, and JetBrains's US-distributed peers.
Is Netdata a good European developer tools alternative?
Netdata is a fit for European businesses evaluating developer tools options where data residency and GDPR alignment matter — typical buyers include EU-based SaaS teams, public-sector projects, regulated industries (healthcare, finance, legal), and any organisation that needs to demonstrate that customer data does not leave the EU. It also overlaps with monitoring and open source use cases.
Is Netdata GDPR compliant?
Netdata is headquartered in Athens, Greece and processes user data under the GDPR by default. However, EU Alts has verified that Netdata independently owned, with its ultimate ownership based in United States, and hosts customer data with AWS / Google BigQuery in United States (with SCCs for EU transfers), which means — unlike a fully EU-owned provider — it may still be reachable under the US CLOUD Act, similar to GitHub, Atlassian, and JetBrains's US-distributed peers in that respect.
How do teams switch from GitHub to Netdata?
Teams evaluating a move from GitHub, Atlassian, and JetBrains's US-distributed peers to Netdata should note: Netdata independently owned, with its ultimate ownership based in United States, and hosts customer data with AWS / Google BigQuery in United States (with SCCs for EU transfers), so this switch narrows but may not fully close the US CLOUD Act gap. Weigh that against the developer tools workflow fit before treating it as a complete Schrems II fix.
Where is Netdata based?
Netdata is headquartered in Athens, Greece. The company was founded in 2016. Its main website is https://www.netdata.cloud.