Netdata vs Umami
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted apps from related categories
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Netdata with
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Compare Umami with
choose an app… Uptime Kuma Grafana Superset Prometheus Metabase PostHog Postiz Netron Glances InfluxDB Grafana k6 Redash Grafana Loki Plausible Apache SkyWalking Beszel Jaeger Vector Matomo GoAccess Druid Unleash Rybbit OpenReplay Highlight.io Fathom Lite Plausible Community Plus Evidence Flagsmith OpenPanel Countly Community Edition GoatCounter Jitsu Ackee RudderStack Shynet Tianji Open Web Analytics Counterscale Vince Analytics Aptabase Litlyx Middleware Gramps Web Socioboard Shaper Swetrix Pirsch Counter.dev Selfhost Offen Fair Web Analytics Rakam Analytics Medama AWStats Daily Stars Explorer TelemetryDeck Self-Hosted EDA Liwan Abby Mixpost Prisme Analytics HitKeep ANALOG d8a.tech Statistics for Strava
Feature Netdata Umami Category Monitoring & Status Web Analytics License GPL-3.0 MIT Language Go TypeScript Setup difficulty Easy Easy Min. RAM 256 MB 512 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal, kubernetes docker GitHub stars ★ 80,075 ★ 38,103 First released 2013 2020 Replaces Datadog, New Relic Google Analytics
Why pick each one
Choose Netdata if… Instant insight out of the box Beautiful real-time charts Easy install Netdata details Choose Umami if… Very easy to self-host Privacy-friendly Clean interface Umami details
Frequently asked questions Is Netdata or Umami better? Neither is universally better. Netdata has the larger community; both share a easy setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are Netdata and Umami free and open-source? Yes. Netdata is licensed under GPL-3.0 and Umami under MIT. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Netdata and Umami with Docker? Netdata: yes. Umami: yes.