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Netdata

Netdata is a real-time infrastructure monitoring and observability platform that collects per-second metrics from physical servers, virtual machines, cloud deployments, Kubernetes clusters, and IoT devices. It provides a REST API for querying metrics, alerts, and configuration on individual nodes (Agent API) as well as a Cloud API for programmatic access to Netdata Cloud resources including spaces, rooms, and nodes across distributed infrastructure. Authentication uses Bearer tokens generated from the Netdata Cloud account settings, with scopes controlling access to agent UI, Grafana plugin, MCP, and full API access. The platform includes AI-powered troubleshooting, role-based access control, and supports both cloud-hosted and on-premises deployments.

Netdata publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: alerts API and charts API. Tagged areas include Monitoring, Observability, Infrastructure, Metrics, and Alerts.

The Netdata catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Netdata’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, changelog, pricing, and 14 more developer resources.

46.4/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 27/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
AccessFreemiumSelf serveFree trial
1 APIs
MonitoringObservabilityInfrastructureMetricsAlertsReal-TimeAPMDevOps

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Netdata alerts API

Everything related to alerts

Netdata charts API

Everything related to chart instances - DO NOT USE IN NEW CODE - use contexts instead

Postman Collections 20

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

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Open Collections 21

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Netdata agent API

OPEN COLLECTION

Netdata agent alerts API

OPEN COLLECTION

Netdata agent badges API

OPEN COLLECTION

Netdata agent charts API

OPEN COLLECTION

Netdata agent config API

OPEN COLLECTION

Netdata agent data API

OPEN COLLECTION

Netdata agent dyncfg API

OPEN COLLECTION

Netdata agent nodes API

OPEN COLLECTION

Netdata agent webrtc API

OPEN COLLECTION

Netdata agent weights API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Netdata Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Netdata Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Netdata Context

15 classes · 34 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Netdata API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Netdata Alert

13 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Netdata Chart

13 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Netdata Node

18 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 4

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Netdata Alerts Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Netdata Data Query Example

19 fields

EXAMPLE

Netdata Node Info Example

20 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Netdata Authentication

apiKey/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Netdata Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Netdata Trust Center

SOC 2, ISO 27001

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Netdata Agentic Access

79 operations · 12 acting

79 operations · 12 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: netdata
name: Netdata
description: Netdata is a real-time infrastructure monitoring and observability platform that collects per-second metrics
  from physical servers, virtual machines, cloud deployments, Kubernetes clusters, and IoT devices. It provides a REST API
  for querying metrics, alerts, and configuration on individual nodes (Agent API) as well as a Cloud API for programmatic
  access to Netdata Cloud resources including spaces, rooms, and nodes across distributed infrastructure. Authentication uses
  Bearer tokens generated from the Netdata Cloud account settings, with scopes controlling access to agent UI, Grafana plugin,
  MCP, and full API access. The platform includes AI-powered troubleshooting, role-based access control, and supports both
  cloud-hosted and on-premises deployments.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: true
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium (free trial) · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  try_now_blocked_by: loopback
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-08-26'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/netdata.png
tags:
- Monitoring
- Observability
- Infrastructure
- Metrics
- Alerts
- Real-Time
- APM
- DevOps
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/netdata/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: netdata:netdata-alerts-api
  name: Netdata alerts API
  description: Everything related to alerts
  humanURL: https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/developer-and-contributor-corner/rest-api
  baseURL: http://localhost:19999
  tags:
  - Alerts
  tags_raw:
  - alerts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/netdata-alerts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/rest-api/api
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/netdata-node-info-example.json
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://app.netdata.cloud/api/docs/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/netdata-cloud/authentication-&-authorization/api-tokens
- aid: netdata:netdata-charts-api
  name: Netdata charts API
  description: Everything related to chart instances - DO NOT USE IN NEW CODE - use contexts instead
  humanURL: https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/developer-and-contributor-corner/rest-api
  baseURL: http://localhost:19999
  tags:
  - Charts
  tags_raw:
  - charts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/netdata-charts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/rest-api/api
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/netdata-node-info-example.json
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://app.netdata.cloud/api/docs/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/netdata-cloud/authentication-&-authorization/api-tokens
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/netdata/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/netdata-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/netdata-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/netdata-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/netdata-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.netdata.cloud/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/developer-and-contributor-corner/rest-api
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/netdata
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/netdata-cloud
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/netdatahq
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.netdata.cloud/blog/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/netdata-agent/changelog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.netdata.cloud/pricing/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.netdata.cloud/
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/netdata-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: json-ld/netdata-context.jsonld
- type: Plans
  url: plans/netdata-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/netdata-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/netdata-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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