Cacti AlternativesOnly Free apps categorised as Network Monitors

The best free Network Monitor alternative to Cacti is Zabbix, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Cacti and many of them are free Network Monitors so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Network Monitor alternatives to Cacti are Netdata, Nagios, Monitorix and Munin.

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Cacti is a complete frontend to RRDTool, it stores all of the necessary information to create graphs and populate them with data in a MySQL database. The frontend is completely PHP driven. Along with being able to maintain...

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Cacti alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022
  1. Zabbix icon
     191 likes

    Gather and analyze accurate statistics and performance metrics, visualize it, get notified about current and potential issues without delay, and take advantage of our time-tested professional development and support.

    113 Zabbix alternatives
    Zabbix screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD

    Properties

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Server Monitoring
    2.  Custom Dashboard
    3.  Hardware Monitoring
    4.  Portable
    5.  Azure integration
    Zabbix iconCacti Icon

    Zabbix VS Cacti

    Is Zabbix a good alternative to Cacti?
     
    • Most users think Zabbix is a great Cacti alternative.

    • Zabbix is the most popular Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Cacti.

    • Zabbix is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Cacti.

    • Zabbix is Free and Open SourceCacti is also Free and Open Source
    • Zabbix is Privacy focusedCacti is not according to our users
  2. Netdata icon
     65 likes

    Netdata collects metrics per second and presents them in beautiful low-latency dashboards. It is designed to run on all of your physical and virtual servers, cloud deployments, Kubernetes clusters, and edge/IoT devices, to monitor your systems, containers, and applications.

    44 Netdata alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • C (programming language)
    • Python
    • Bash

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Privacy focused
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Features

    1.  Server Monitoring
    2.  Real-time Statistics
    3.  Hardware Monitoring
    4.  Cloud Monitoring
    5.  Performance Monitoring
    6.  Kubernetes Monitoring
    7.  No Coding Required
    8.  Real time collaboration
    9.  Dark Mode
    10.  Website Monitoring
    11.  Data visualization
    12.  Standalone
    13.  Database Monitoring
    14.  Container monitoring
    Netdata iconCacti Icon

    Netdata VS Cacti

    Is Netdata a good alternative to Cacti?
     
    • Netdata is the most popular Web-based & Mac alternative to Cacti.

    • Netdata is Freemium and ProprietaryCacti is Free and Open Source
    • Netdata is Lightweight and Privacy focusedCacti is not according to our users
  3. Nagios icon
     90 likes

    Nagios is a powerful monitoring system licensed under Nagios Enterprises that helps organizations identify and resolve IT infrastructure issues.

    126 Nagios alternatives
    Home

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Nagios Features

    1.  On-premises software
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    3.  Remote Management
    Nagios iconCacti Icon

    Nagios VS Cacti

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  4. Monitorix icon
     5 likes

    Monitorix is a system monitoring tool designed to monitor as many services and system resources as possible. Due to its simplicity and small size it can also be used on embedded devices.

    22 Monitorix alternatives
    Monitorix screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Lightweight
    4.  No registration required

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    3.  Application Monitoring
    Monitorix iconCacti Icon

    Monitorix VS Cacti

    Is Monitorix a good alternative to Cacti?
     
  5. Munin icon
     45 likes

    Munin is a networked resource monitoring tool that can help analyze resource trends and "what just happened to kill our performance?" problems. It is designed to be very plug and play. A default installation provides a lot of graphs with almost no work.

    65 Munin alternatives
    Dashboard

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Munin Features

    1.  Network Tools
    Munin iconCacti Icon

    Munin VS Cacti

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  6. LibreNMS icon
     36 likes

    LibreNMS is an autodiscovering PHP/MySQL based network monitoring system forked from Observium. LibreNMS aims to be easy to use, painless to deploy, and support monitoring of a wide range of devices. Observium's license changed to a modified QPL license in May 2012, and...

    30 LibreNMS alternatives
    LibreNMS screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • MySQL Community Edition
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • JavaScript
    • PHP

    LibreNMS Features

    1.  Network Discovery
    2.  SNMP Trap Support
    3.  IT Asset Management
    LibreNMS iconCacti Icon

    LibreNMS VS Cacti

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  7. IT Asset Tool icon
     22 likes

    IT Asset Tool is a powerful free software to inventor and monitor your network. It's easy approach allows to operate in a short time. With an essential interface, IT Asset Tool analyzes all windows hosts including their software and hardware features for an efficent...

    29 IT Asset Tool alternatives
    Keep full control with the main dashboard and monitors the status of your asset.

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    IT Asset Tool Features

    1.  Security Monitoring
    2.  Centralized alert system
    3.  System management
    4.  Hardware Monitoring
    5.  Asset Management
    IT Asset Tool iconCacti Icon

    IT Asset Tool VS Cacti

    Is IT Asset Tool a good alternative to Cacti?
     
  8. The Dude icon
     22 likes

    The Dude network monitor is a new application by MikroTik which can dramatically improve the way you manage your network environment. It will automatically scan all devices within specified subnets, draw and layout a map of your networks, monitor services of your devices and...

    29 The Dude alternatives
    The Dude screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • MikroTik RouterOS

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Ad-free
    The Dude iconCacti Icon

    The Dude VS Cacti

    Is The Dude a good alternative to Cacti?
     
    Comments about The Dude as an Alternative to Cacti
     
    Guest

    dude have more function in realtime mode but not storage data snmp for long time period.

    Negative commentNov 23, 2015
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    • The Dude is Free and ProprietaryCacti is Free and Open Source
    • The Dude is LightweightCacti is not according to our users
  9. OpenNMS Horizon icon
     11 likes

    OpenNMS is an open-source network monitoring platform that helps you visualize and monitor everything on your local and distributed networks.

    62 OpenNMS Horizon alternatives
    Dashboard

    License model

    • Free PersonalOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    OpenNMS Horizon iconCacti Icon

    OpenNMS Horizon VS Cacti

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  10. Monit icon
     18 likes

    Monit is a free open source utility for managing and monitoring, processes, programs, files, directories and filesystems on a UNIX system. Monit conducts automatic maintenance and repair and can execute meaningful causal actions in error situations.

    39 Monit alternatives
    Monit screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring
    2.  Standalone
    3.  Server Monitoring
    4.  Real-time monitoring
    Monit iconCacti Icon

    Monit VS Cacti

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  11. Netweak icon
     10 likes

    Netweak is a delightful, minimalist monitoring platform that gives you insights on performance and availability for your linux servers & websites.

    148 Netweak alternatives
    Netweak screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  Website Monitoring
    2.  Performance Monitoring
    3.  Cloud Monitoring
    4.  Server Monitoring
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Status Page
    7.  Incident Management
    8.  Metrics
    9.  Discord Notifications
    10.  Slack Notifications
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    Netweak VS Cacti

    Is Netweak a good alternative to Cacti?
     
  12. Observium icon
     24 likes

    Observium is an autodiscovering PHP/MySQL/SNMP based network monitoring which includes support for a wide range of network hardware and operating systems including Cisco, Linux, FreeBSD, Juniper, Brocade, Foundry, HP and many more.

    52 Observium alternatives
    Observium screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Website Monitoring
    Observium iconCacti Icon

    Observium VS Cacti

    Is Observium a good alternative to Cacti?
     
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