Ganglia is described as 'Scalable distributed monitoring system for high-performance computing systems such as clusters and Grids. It is based on a hierarchical design targeted at federations of clusters. It leverages widely used technologies such as XML for data representation, XDR for' and is a Network Monitor in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Ganglia for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted and Windows apps. The best Ganglia alternative is Zabbix, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ganglia are Netdata, Datadog, Munin and Netler.