# Netdata alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 206 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Netdata holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/netdata/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Datadog: 50
- Dynatrace: 18
- Zabbix: 17
- New Relic: 15
- Site24x7: 12
- Grafana: 10

## Infrastructure monitoring

**Small business**: 60 of 84 answers did not name Netdata (Netdata is #5 of 14 at 7%).

- Site24x7: first choice in 9 of those 60
- Zabbix: first choice in 9 of those 60
- Paessler PRTG: first choice in 7 of those 60
- Grafana: first choice in 6 of those 60
- Datadog: first choice in 5 of those 60
- UptimeRobot: first choice in 5 of those 60
- New Relic: first choice in 4 of those 60
- Better Stack: first choice in 2 of those 60

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Netdata (Netdata is #9 of 13 at 2%).

- Datadog: first choice in 19 of those 74
- New Relic: first choice in 8 of those 74
- Zabbix: first choice in 6 of those 74
- Site24x7: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Dynatrace: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Grafana: first choice in 2 of those 74
- ManageEngine OpManager: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Checkmk Community: first choice in 1 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Netdata (Netdata is #3 of 14 at 14%).

- Datadog: first choice in 26 of those 72
- Dynatrace: first choice in 16 of those 72
- New Relic: first choice in 3 of those 72
- Grafana: first choice in 2 of those 72
- Prometheus: first choice in 2 of those 72
- Splunk Observability Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 72
- Zabbix: first choice in 2 of those 72
- Grafana stack with Loki/Tempo: first choice in 1 of those 72

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