Monit AlternativesNetwork Monitors and other similar apps like Monit

Monit is described as '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' and is a Network Monitor in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Monit for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Web-based, SaaS, Self-Hosted and Windows apps. The best Monit alternative is Netdata, which is free. Other great apps like Monit are Nagios, Datadog, Monitorix and HyperDX.

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  1. Netdata icon

    Netdata

     66 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.

    48 Netdata alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary (GPL-3.0)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • C (programming language)
    • Python
    • GNU Bourne Again SHell
    systemd journal explorer
     

    • Netdata is the most popular Web-based, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Monit.

    • Netdata is the most popular free alternative to Monit.

    • Netdata is Freemium and ProprietaryMonit is Free and Open Source
    • Netdata is Privacy focusedMonit is not according to our users
  2. Nagios icon

    Nagios

     91 likes

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

    135 Nagios alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Home
     

    • This alternative is disputed. Nagios is a legitimate Monit alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • Nagios is the most popular Open Source alternative to Monit.

    • Nagios is Freemium and Open SourceMonit is Free and Open Source
  4. Datadog icon

    Datadog

     77 likes

    Monitor and visualize your IT and DevOps environments seamlessly with over 120 integrations, enabling real-time insight across on-premise and cloud deployments. Utilize robust analytics, graphing, and correlation tools for error logging and network monitoring. Improve collaboration and proactive IT management.

    231 Datadog alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    Datadog screenshot 1
     

    • Datadog is the most popular Windows alternative to Monit.

    • Datadog is the most popular commercial alternative to Monit.

    • Datadog is Paid and ProprietaryMonit is Free and Open Source
  5. Monitorix icon

    Monitorix

     9 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

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Monitorix screenshot 1
     
  6. HyperDX icon

    HyperDX

     19 likes

    An open source observability platform: Unify session replays, logs, traces, and errors – all without the Datadog price tag.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    HyperDX screenshot 1
     

    • HyperDX is the most popular SaaS alternative to Monit.

    • HyperDX is Freemium and Open SourceMonit is Free and Open Source
  7. Servwatch icon

    Servwatch

     1 like

    Zabbix and Datadog are great, but overkill for small projects. Servwatch focuses on up/down checks and alerts to keep things fast, affordable, and simple.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Visualize availability and server status.
     
  9. DeepFlow icon

    DeepFlow

     5 likes

    Unify your cloud-native monitoring with zero-code eBPF, advanced profiling, and 10x storage efficiency.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    DeepFlow screenshot 1
     
  10. LogMint icon

    LogMint

     1 like

    LogMint is a lightweight observability platform for SaaS developers and startups. Track logs, metrics, audit events, dashboards, and alerts all from a single SDK.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • npm
    LogMint screenshot 1
     
  11. Cabot icon

    Cabot

     18 likes

    Cabot is a free, open-source, self-hosted infrastructure monitoring platform that provides some of the best features of PagerDuty, Server Density, Pingdom and Nagios without their cost and complexity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    Cabot screenshot 1
     
  12. NetXMS icon

    NetXMS

     6 likes

    NetXMS is an enterprise grade multi-platform open source network management and monitoring system. It provides comprehensive event management, performance monitoring, alerting, reporting and graphing for all layers of IT infrastructure — from network devices to business...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Docker
    Proactive monitoring for hybrid systems
     
  13. Munin icon

    Munin

     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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Dashboard
     
  14. dash0 icon

    dash0

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    Full-Stack Infrastructure Monitoring without Limits.

    Use and customize dashboards in seconds, and set up powerful alerts that adapt to your needs—so you stay ahead of issues, not buried in noise.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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