Nagios AlternativesTop Network Monitors and other similar apps like Nagios

Nagios is described as 'Powerful monitoring system licensed under Nagios Enterprises that helps organizations identify and resolve IT infrastructure issues' and is a popular Network Monitor in the network & admin category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Nagios for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Web-based, Self-Hosted and Mac apps. The best Nagios alternative is Zabbix, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Nagios are Netdata, Beszel, Better Stack and Datadog.

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  1. Zabbix icon
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    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.

    136 Zabbix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
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    Zabbix vs Nagios Comments
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    Innovative UI and complex functions.

    • Zabbix is Free and Open SourceNagios is Freemium and Open Source
    • Zabbix is Privacy focusedNagios is not according to our users
  2. Netdata icon
     68 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.

    66 Netdata alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • C (programming language)
    • Python
    • GNU Bourne Again SHell
     
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    Netdata vs Nagios Comments
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    Super fast monitoring of the system, and also of the monitors the kernel of the system.

    • Netdata is Freemium and ProprietaryNagios is Freemium and Open Source
    • Netdata is Lightweight and Privacy focusedNagios is not according to our users
  3. Better Stack icon
     160 likes

    AI-driven SRE platform offering real-time infrastructure monitoring, incident management, log analytics, traces, error tracking, metrics, real user monitoring, status pages, and a warehouse, with full data ingestion, centralized dashboard, custom alerts, and reduced costs.

    272 Better Stack alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. Datadog icon
     79 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.

    255 Datadog alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  5. Icinga icon
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    Icinga is a fork of Nagios and is backward compatible. So, Nagios configurations, plugins and addons can all be used with Icinga. Though Icinga retains all the existing features of its predecessor, it builds on them to add many long awaited patches and features requested by the...

    71 Icinga alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  6. Cockpit Project icon
     43 likes

    Makes it easy to administer Linux servers via a web browser. It allows you to easily perform simple tasks like storage administration, inspecting journals, starting & stopping services, monitoring & administering several servers at once.

    38 Cockpit Project alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Cockpit Project vs Nagios Comments
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    Cockpit is great for what it does, but if a host is offline, all information about it is inaccessible.

    • Cockpit Project is Free and Open SourceNagios is Freemium and Open Source
    • Cockpit Project is a Server Management Nagios is a Network Monitor
    • Cockpit Project is LightweightNagios is not according to our users
  7. Comprehensive monitoring solution with over 200 sensor types, user-friendly interface, and powerful capabilities such as traffic analysis, failover clustering, and remote probes. Offers email and SMS alerts, supports SNMP and WMI, provides high-availability features and detailed reporting.

    116 Paessler PRTG Network Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Paessler PRTG Network Monitor vs Nagios Comments
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    I like PRTG as an alternative to Nagios, because it is powerful and offers three different solutions for users, based on their needs. A hosted, on-premise or an enterprise solutions, depending on your needs.

    Guest
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    PRTG is highly flexible and fairly intuitive.

    • Paessler PRTG Network Monitor is Freemium and ProprietaryNagios is Freemium and Open Source
  8. Spiceworks icon
     84 likes

    Free IT help desk software delivers network mapping, user ticket tracking, PC inventory management, contract and asset scanning, remote process control, automated cloud-based reporting, project management, and task prioritization for small and medium businesses.

    140 Spiceworks alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
     
  9. Tracebar icon
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    TraceBar puts a live traceroute in your macOS menubar. It continuously monitors the network path to any host, showing every hop’s latency, packet loss, and route changes in real time.

    39 Tracebar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
     
  10. LibreNMS icon
     37 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...

    39 LibreNMS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • MySQL Community Edition
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • JavaScript
    • PHP
     
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    LibreNMS vs Nagios Comments
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    Best open source tool that I've tried! Easy to install, manage and low support.

    Teke2
    Positive
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    So easy to setup, very powerful, and can use the Nagios plugins.

    • LibreNMS is Free and Open SourceNagios is Freemium and Open Source
  11. HyperDX icon
     22 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

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