Cacti AlternativesOnly Free apps categorised as Uptime Monitor Services

The best free Uptime 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 nine of them are free Uptime Monitor Services so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Uptime Monitor Service alternatives to Cacti are Netdata, Monit, Netweak and Pandora FMS.

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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.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Server Monitoring
    2.  Custom Dashboard
    3.  Hardware Monitoring
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Portable
    7.  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
    systemd journal explorer

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

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

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  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.  Works Offline
    11.  No Tracking
    12.  Ad-free
    13.  Website Monitoring
    14.  Data visualization
    15.  Standalone
    16.  Database Monitoring
    17.  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. 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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  4. 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)

    Top Netweak Features

    1.  Website Monitoring
    2.  Performance Monitoring
    3.  Cloud Monitoring
    4.  Server Monitoring
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Status Page
    8.  Incident Management
    9.  Metrics
    10.  Discord Notifications
    11.  Embeddable
    12.  Slack Notifications
    Netweak iconCacti Icon

    Netweak VS Cacti

    Is Netweak a good alternative to Cacti?
     
  5. Pandora FMS icon
     66 likes

    Enterprise-ready monitoring solution that provides unparalleled flexibility for IT to address both immediate and unforeseen operational issues, including infrastructure and IT processes.

    37 Pandora FMS alternatives
    Pandora FMS visual console

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD

    Properties

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Real time collaboration
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Auto Responder
    4.  Desktop Sharing
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Website Monitoring
    8.  Server Monitoring
    9.  Application Monitoring
    10.  Network Mapping
    11.  High Availability
    12.  Performance Monitoring
    13.  Cloud Monitoring
    14.  Hardware Monitoring
    15.  IPAM
    Pandora FMS iconCacti Icon

    Pandora FMS VS Cacti

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  6. NIXStats icon
     12 likes

    SaaS monitoring tool for linux servers and websites. Think up-time robot but with more features. You can monitor your linux hosts, windows hosts under development.

    172 NIXStats alternatives
    NIXStats screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    NIXStats Features

    1.  Website Monitoring
    2.  Computer monitoring
    3.  Server Monitoring
    4.  Performance Monitoring
    5.  Downtime Detection
    Discontinued

    While the website is still up, the application and monitoring agent has not received any updates in over a year.Newer major versions of Debian are no longer compatible.Additionally, it appears the project has been sold and merged into another product, see https://github.com/NIXStats/nixstatsagent/issues/60.

    NIXStats iconCacti Icon

    NIXStats VS Cacti

    Is NIXStats a good alternative to Cacti?
     
  7. Checkmk icon
     18 likes

    Checkmk is a monitoring tool of servers, applications, networks, cloud, containers, storage, databases, IoT and more. Checkmk is available as Raw Edition, which is 100% pure open source, and as Enterprise Edition with a lot of additional features.

    39 Checkmk alternatives
    Checkmk Dashboard

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Docker

    Checkmk Features

    1.  Distributed Monitoring
    2.  Performance Monitoring
    3.  Server Monitoring
    4.  Storage Monitoring
    5.  Downtime Detection
    6.  Application Monitoring
    7.  Computer monitoring
    8.  Database Monitoring
    9.  Kubernetes Monitoring
    10.  NGINX Monitoring
    Checkmk iconCacti Icon

    Checkmk VS Cacti

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  8. Statance icon
     2 likes

    Server Monitoring and Down Alerts made easy! WIndows, Linux & macOS Monitor servers easily and receive alerts on CPU, RAM or downtime.

    127 Statance alternatives
    Statance screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Statance Features

    1.  Web-Based
    2.  Performance Monitoring
    3.  Server Monitoring
    4.  Cloud Monitoring
    5.  Application Monitoring
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    Statance VS Cacti

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  9. CloudMonix icon
     1 like

    CloudMonix provides advanced cloud monitoring and automation for applications and services deployed on the Microsoft Azure and AWS platforms and built with MSPs, CSPs and DevOps in mind.

    131 CloudMonix alternatives
    CloudMonix screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Microsoft Azure

    CloudMonix Features

    1.  Website Monitoring
    2.  Cloud Monitoring
    3.  Hardware Monitoring
    4.  Services monitoring
    5.  Server Monitoring
    6.  Data visualization
    7.  Performance Monitoring
    8.  Logging
    CloudMonix iconCacti Icon

    CloudMonix VS Cacti

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