Cacti Alternatives

Apps similar to Cacti include Zabbix, which is free and open source. Other options are Netdata, Nagios, Datadog and HyperDX. There's no shortage of Network Monitors like Cacti, with more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Windows, the web, self-hosting and Mac.

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  1. An open source status page for you to selfhost.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  2. ntop icon
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    NTop is a hybrid layer 2 / layer 3 network monitor, that is by default it uses the layer 2 Media Access Control (MAC) addresses AND the layer 3 tcp/ip addresses. ntop is capable of associating the two, so that ip and non-ip traffic (e.g.

    27 ntop alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. Intermapper icon
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    Diagnose network performance problems in real-time with Intermapper, network monitoring software from HelpSystems. Powerful, reliable, and user-friendly, Intermapper helps network professionals stay ahead of outages by monitoring the performance of all your physical and virtual...

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. NIXStats icon
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    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.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Online
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  5.  10 likes

    nload is a console application which monitors network traffic and bandwidth usage in real time. It visualizes the in- and outgoing traffic using two graphs and provides additional info like total amount of transfered data and min/max network usage.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris
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  6.  7 likes

    wavemon is a wireless device monitoring application that allows you to watch signal and noise levels, packet statistics, device configuration and network parameters of your wireless network hardware. It should work (though with varying features) with all devices supported by the...

    22 wavemon alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  7.  9 likes

    vnStat is a console-based network traffic monitor for Linux and BSD that keeps a log of network traffic for the selected interface(s). It uses the network interface statistics provided by the kernel as information source.

    8 vnStat alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  9. SigNoz icon
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    Open source observability platform. SigNoz helps developers find issues in their deployed applications & solve them quickly.

    199 SigNoz alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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  10. Server monitoring software for physical, virtual, and cloud-based IT. They also do email monitoring, application monitoring. The system is used to provide insight into server up-time and reduce outages.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • iPhone
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  11. Sentinet3 icon
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    Sentinet3 is an enterprise class unified proactive monitoring device able to monitor Systems, Applications, and Networks.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
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