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Netdata vs WhatsUp Gold comparison

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Netdata
Ranking in Server Monitoring
14th
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
41st
Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software
25th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
WhatsUp Gold
Ranking in Server Monitoring
18th
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
23rd
Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software
27th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (44th), Network Monitoring Software (25th), Configuration Management (22nd), Log Management (41st), Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Server Monitoring category, the mindshare of Netdata is 2.2%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WhatsUp Gold is 3.8%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Server Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Netdata2.2%
WhatsUp Gold3.8%
Other94.0%
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Featured Reviews

Peter Kitonga - PeerSpot reviewer
Mid Software Engineer at Jumia Kenya
Real-time monitoring has improved AWS visibility and reduces downtime for critical services
Netdata's best features that I find outstanding are the real-time monitoring, interactive dashboards, automated alerts, and detailed performance analytics. I find these features very valuable because they provide immediate visibility into CPU, memory, network, and server performance, helping us identify bottlenecks quickly, troubleshoot issues efficiently, and reduce downtime. The features I value most include excellent visibility, faster troubleshooting, and practical issue detection, which make Netdata infrastructure monitoring more efficient and reliable. AI governance and security capabilities are important for maintaining data privacy, access control, and transparency. I also value its focus on secure monitoring, controlled access, and protecting sensitive infrastructure data. Netdata has met my expectations through the AI-driven insights, which are generally useful and reliable for identifying performance anomalies and highlighting potential issues. They help us improve monitoring and speed up troubleshooting. Netdata integrates well with our AWS environment, providing useful visibility into server performance, resource utilization, and infrastructure health. It helps us monitor workloads, identify issues quickly, and maintain reliable operations.
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Technical Manager at Quan Hung Gourmet
Efficient monitoring with detailed customization, yet complexity remains
The best feature of WhatsUp Gold is the automatic generation of topology and its integration with virtualization and wireless. I have used the automated device discovery with this topology feature. The interactive map feature helps me manage the topology because sometimes we cannot draw the topology correctly, so we need to manually edit the connections. The alerting system is very tunable and customizable, but it's a little complicated to use. Many customers cannot manage it by themselves and need support from us, the provider. We always use the dashboards in the SOC, where we constantly display a dashboard or multiple dashboards. This allows us to know immediately if the connection or bandwidth is full or if the connection is broken.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Real-time monitoring and alerts have helped us reduce troubleshooting effort by approximately twenty to thirty percent, saving engineering time and helping maintain a reliable AWS infrastructure."
"Netdata works better for me compared to tools like Prometheus or Grafana by providing real-time metrics and a clear view of system performance in one place with less manual setup than a typical Prometheus and Grafana stack."
"Netdata has positively impacted my organization by improving downtime and incident response workflows through real-time visibility into infrastructure and application performance."
"We no longer have to manually search for problems because we are alerted when something in the network goes down."
"The tool's most valuable feature is the visibility it offers of everything in the network and infrastructure."
"The most valuable feature is the monitoring of resources."
"The most valuable feature of WhatsUp Gold is NetFlow and the virtualized maps."
"The interface in the last few years it has been a lot greater, they are much more user-friendly. I like the interface."
"The most important features of WhatsUp Gold are the server health and uptime it provides. Additionally, WhatsUp Gold is a Windows-based solution which is a benefit."
"There is a flow monitor option, so we can trace the source IP, the destination IP, and top talker feature in this."
"One thing good about WhatsUp Gold is that it is fairly stable."
 

Cons

"Netdata could improve by offering more advanced customizable dashboards, simpler configuration for complex AWS environments, and better integration with third-party tools."
"One area that Netdata could improve is with more customizable dashboards and deeper integration with incident management and alerting tools."
"I might like to see a better interface in the future. It's not necessarily easy to integrate the product with other vendors."
"I think there are a few bugs now. Although they give some resolution for this, we cannot share the network remotely because of our company policy."
"Setting up WhatsUp Gold is complicated and not easy because it requires managing SNMP and many complex settings in the devices it's monitoring, and fine-tuning it to fit our needs is also not very easy."
"WhatsUp Gold should work on real-time monitoring and configuration management. If they succeed in doing this, the solution will cover all the network troubleshooting aspects and will be a benefit."
"There are some subscription charges that are quite heavy. I need to pay for support every year and these charges can be quite expensive."
"The point system is not clear and clarity around this would improve our understanding of the system."
"The technical support does not bother to respond."
"I haven't had any issue with stability, except during the upgrade to 2017 when we encountered slow responses."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The choice of version depends on the number of points, or devices, that you want to monitor, and this makes the product expensive."
"The price of WhatsUp Gold is good."
"I'm not sure, but it's expensive. We don't pay any additional fees."
"The tool's price is reasonable. WhatsUp Gold is cheaper than SolarWinds."
"There is a license needed to use WhatsUp Gold."
"The pricing can be on the expensive side when considering competing products."
"It is per device, per year. The pricing is very clear. If you have a service agreement, you get all of your major upgrades and minor upgrades. It was under $10,000 to go all-in with all of the different add-ons for it."
"There are some subscription charges that are quite heavy. I need to pay for support every year and these charges can be quite expensive. Aside from the initial cost for the tool, you need to pay additionally for support."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Transportation Company
63%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
4%
Computer Software Company
3%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise14
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Netdata?
As I am going with the subscription-based model in the SaaS, the pricing and setup cost are very nice, and the setup is very easy since I am running the server inside GCP.
What needs improvement with Netdata?
Netdata can be improved by incorporating AI-driven anomaly detection and predictive monitoring capabilities to forecast potential bottlenecks. Additionally, broader native integrations with enterpr...
What is your primary use case for Netdata?
Netdata serves as my real-time monitoring and observability platform for infrastructure and application performance monitoring, providing highly detailed real-time metrics with minimal setup and lo...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for WhatsUp Gold?
Clients find the licensing calculator confusing, but we simplify this for them by collecting relevant information first. The licensing is based on devices, providing better cost-effectiveness than ...
What needs improvement with WhatsUp Gold?
It would be great if WhatsUp Gold could add features that simplify management with AI, as it is currently too complicated to manage.
What is your primary use case for WhatsUp Gold?
My use case for WhatsUp Gold includes all device availability checks, bandwidth usage, CPU, and memory usage, as well as alarm notifications.
 

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Sample Customers

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Artoni Trasporti, Austin Independent School District, Banca Marche, Burke County North Carolina, Cambridge University School of Clinical Medicine, Clayco, Community Integrated Care, Desca, Deutsche Bergbau, Flexi-Van, Gropper, Hamleys, Hammonds Furniture, Knowledge IT, Idras S.P.A., Sibeg, Swann Engineering, Trivium Lindenhof
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