Service Mesh ObservabilityService mesh monitoring shouldn’t cost more than your infrastructure or require a PhD to configure. Netdata delivers per-second visibility across Envoy, Istio, Linkerd, and Consul with 90% cost reduction, zero configuration, and instant troubleshooting - solving the cardinality explosion, performance overhead, and complexity that plague traditional solutions.
Solve the core pain points that traditional monitoring creates
Transparent per-node pricing eliminates surprise bills. Predictable costs with no hidden charges for metrics, logs, or cardinality.
Per-second granularity captures transient issues invisible to minute-averaged monitoring. See circuit breaker trips, retry storms, and connection pool saturation as they happen.
Auto-discovers Envoy, Istio, Linkerd, Consul, and 800+ services with zero configuration. Complete visibility from install to first dashboard in under one minute.
18 ML models per metric achieve consensus-based detection with 99% false positive reduction. Anomaly Advisor surfaces root cause in top 30-50 correlated metrics.
Most energy-efficient monitoring solution validated by University of Amsterdam study. <5% CPU, 150-200MB RAM with minimal impact on monitored workloads.
All metrics and logs stay on-premises. Zero data stored in cloud. SOC 2 Type 2 certified with GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS compliance by design.
Trusted by DevOps teams managing complex service meshes worldwide
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Zero query languages
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Linear scalability
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90% log cost reduction
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Service Mesh Observability Comparison
See how Netdata solves the core pain points that plague service mesh observability
Capability
Netdata
Traditional Solutions
Data Granularity
✅ Per-Second
Captures 3-5 second transient issues
⚠️ 15-60 Seconds
Misses circuit breaker trips and retry storms
Setup Time
✅ 60 Seconds
Auto-discovery with zero configuration required
⚠️ Days to Weeks
Manual collector setup and dashboard building
Pricing Model
✅ Predictable Per-Node
Transparent pricing with volume discounts
❌ High Variable Costs
Hidden charges for metrics, logs, cardinality
Resource Overhead
✅ <5% CPU, 150-200MB RAM
Most energy-efficient (validated by study)
⚠️ 10-20% CPU, 300-500MB RAM
Significant performance tax on infrastructure
Cardinality Management
✅ Automatic Protection
Prevents OOM with intelligent thresholds
⚠️ Manual Configuration
Requires expert tuning to avoid crashes
Anomaly Detection
✅ 99% False Positive Reduction
18 ML models consensus-based detection
⚠️ Limited or Add-On
Requires additional configuration or products
Query Performance
✅ 0.11s (2hr window)
16× faster with distributed execution
⚠️ 1.8s Average
Centralized bottlenecks slow analysis
Data Sovereignty
✅ 100% On-Premises
Zero metrics/logs stored in cloud
❌ Vendor-Controlled
All data centralized in vendor infrastructure
Learning Curve
✅ Zero
No query languages, algorithmic dashboards
⚠️ Weeks to Months
PromQL, dashboard building, alert tuning
MTTR Impact
✅ 80% Reduction
Real-time detection with AI troubleshooting
❌ Increasing Yearly
Many organizations report >1hr MTTR
Comprehensive metrics for upstream clusters, downstream connections, listeners, and HTTP/gRPC traffic. Auto-discovers all Envoy instances with per-second granularity for latency percentiles, error rates, and connection pool saturation.
40+ metric categories
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Key capabilities that transform how you monitor microservices
Detects Envoy, Istio, Linkerd, Consul, and 800+ services instantly. Zero configuration required - complete visibility in 60 seconds from installation.
Latency percentiles, traffic rates, error tracking, and saturation metrics collected automatically for every discovered service with per-second granularity.
18 models per metric train automatically, achieving 99% false positive reduction through consensus. Detects issues before they cascade into outages.
Correlates anomalies across infrastructure to surface root cause in top 30-50 results. Shows cascading failure sequences and blast radius automatically.
Natural language queries about your service mesh. AI explains what’s wrong, why it happened, and recommends actions - no PromQL expertise required.
Live visualization of service-to-service connections with bandwidth, states, and traffic patterns. Reveals actual data flows.
Direct systemd-journal access eliminates log shipping infrastructure. Query 1M entries before sampling vs 5K for traditional tools - 200× more accurate.
All metrics and logs stay on-premises. Zero data stored in cloud. SOC 2 Type 2 certified with GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS compliance by design.
Independent parent clusters per datacenter unified through Netdata Cloud. Cross-cluster visibility without data centralization or complex federation setup.
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