What are the minimum VPS requirements for Netdata?

Netdata minimum requirements in the RunOnVPS dataset are RAM 512MB, CPU 1, disk 4GB. Values marked Estimated were not published as complete hardware requirements by the checked source.

What VPS tier does RunOnVPS suggest for Netdata?

RunOnVPS suggests the 1 GB RAM tier as a starting point. This is our own sizing suggestion derived from the recommended RAM (1GB), not an official provider recommendation.

Does Netdata support Docker?

The checked dataset records Docker support for Netdata as: Yes.

Does Netdata need a GPU?

Netdata GPU requirement: Not required. See the source notes on this page for workload-specific exceptions.

Monitoring / Analytics / Infra

Netdata on VPS

Real-time per-second infrastructure monitoring and observability platform

See requirements View on GitHub

GitHub stars: 81108
License: GPL-3.0
Docker: Yes
GPU: Not required

Requirements

Minimum and recommended VPS specs

Badges are attached to each value. An estimate is never presented as an official project requirement.

Netdata hardware requirements
Resource	Minimum	Recommended
RAM	512MB Estimated	1GB Estimated
CPU	1 Estimated	1 Estimated
Disk	4GB Official	Not stated Not stated

Disk figures describe the application footprint recorded in the dataset. Personal media, documents, backups and other user data can require substantially more storage.

RunOnVPS sizing suggestion

Suggested VPS tier

1 GB RAM tier

This is our sizing suggestion, derived from Netdata’s recommended RAM of 1GB. It is not an official requirement and it does not guarantee that every workload, plug-in set or media library will fit comfortably.

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Deployment

Docker & GPU

Docker support: Yes

GPU: Not required

Check the source notes below before assuming a GPU, transcoding workload or machine-learning feature is included in the baseline deployment.

Commercial alternative

What it can replace

Datadog

Netdata is catalogued here as a self-hosted alternative to Datadog. Feature parity varies, so compare your required workflow before migrating.

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Source check

Important notes

Stars/license checked 2026-10-24 (Agent is GPL-3.0; the dashboard UI is under the separate NCUL1 license per repo README). Official Resource utilization page (Minimum system requirements): standalone Agent footprint is CPU 1%-5% of a single core, RAM 100-200 MB on an empty system and 250-350 MB in typical production, disk ~4 GiB by default — min_disk 4GB is official; min_ram 512MB is a conservative VPS estimate based on the official production footprint. Official Docker install guide linked from repo README. Netdata can monitor host GPUs but does not require one.

Data source: https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/netdata-agent/resource-utilization/

Project repository: https://github.com/netdata/netdata

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