Open-source alternatives to Datadog
6 open-source projects are offered as replacements for Datadog. Netdata is the most starred. Running one yourself trades the subscription for your own hosting and upkeep, so the table below leads with what decides that trade: whether the project is alive, what its licence lets a business do, and whether there is a container command to start from.
Side by side
| Project | Stars | Activity | Licence | Self-host | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Netdata | 81,022 | Active | Copyleft | ○ | Go |
 Grafana | 77,344 | Active | Network copyleft | ○ | TypeScript |
 Prometheus | 66,644 | Active | Permissive | Docker | Go |
 Signoz | 32,386 | Active | Not identified | ○ | TypeScript |
 ThingsBoard | 22,576 | Active | Not identified | ○ | Java |
 VictoriaMetrics | 17,882 | Active | Permissive | ○ | Go |
Each one, briefly
- Netdata81,022 stars · copyleft · active
The fastest path to AI-powered full stack observability, even for lean teams.
Also replaces NewRelic
- Grafana77,344 stars · network copyleft · active
The open and composable observability and data visualization platform. Visualize metrics, logs, and traces from multiple sources like Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, Postgres and many more.
Also replaces NewRelic
- Prometheus66,644 stars · permissive · active
The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database.
- Signoz32,386 stars · not identified · active
SigNoz is an open-source, OpenTelemetry-native observability platform for your team and their AI agents. Get logs, metrics, and traces in one tool with features like APM, distributed tracing, log management, infra monitoring, etc. Combined with SigNoz MCP and a native AI teammate (in SigNoz Cloud) it helps you build more resilient apps.
Also replaces NewRelic
- ThingsBoard22,576 stars · not identified · active
All-in-one IoT Platform - Device management, data collection, processing and visualization.
Also replaces Google Cloud IoT Core
- VictoriaMetrics17,882 stars · permissive · active
VictoriaMetrics: fast, cost-effective monitoring solution and time series database
Also replaces NewRelic
Where this comes from
Which projects are offered against Datadog comes from opensourcealternative.to, re-read weekly. Every figure in the table is read from the project’s own repository. We have not run these projects, and we hold no price for Datadog. Browse every open-source alternative.