Nagios AlternativesOnly Free apps categorised as Website Monitoring Tools

The best free Website Monitoring alternative to Nagios is Netdata. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Nagios and 16 are free Website Monitoring Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Website Monitoring Tool alternatives to Nagios are Cabot, PHP Server Monitor, Netweak and Pandora FMS.

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  1. 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
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

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

    Top Netdata Features

    1.  No Coding Required
    2.  Real time collaboration
    3.  Lightweight
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  No Tracking
    7.  Privacy focused
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    10.  Website Monitoring
    11.  Server Monitoring
    12.  Real-time Statistics
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    Comments about Netdata as an Alternative to Nagios
     
    Guest

    Super fast monitoring of the system, and also of the monitors the kernel of the system.

    Positive commentMar 6, 2017
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    • Most users think Netdata is a great Nagios alternative.

    • Netdata is the most popular Web-based & Mac alternative to Nagios.

    • Netdata is Freemium and ProprietaryNagios is Freemium and Open Source
    • Netdata is Lightweight and Privacy focusedNagios is not according to our users
  2. Cabot icon
     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.

    120 Cabot alternatives
    Cabot screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    Cabot Features

    1.  Website Monitoring
    Discontinued

    The last update is from 2021, and it's mentioned on the GitHub repository that the project is not maintained anymore.

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  3. PHP Server Monitor icon
     22 likes

    PHP Server Monitor is a script that checks whether your websites and servers are up and running. It comes with a web based user interface where you can manage your services and websites, and you can manage users for each server with a mobile number and email address.

    94 PHP Server Monitor alternatives
    PHP Server Monitor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron

    PHP Server Monitor Features

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Website Monitoring
    3.  Statistics and Reports
    Discontinued

    The last release is from August 2020.

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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
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  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

    Top Pandora FMS Features

    1.  Real time collaboration
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Auto Responder
    5.  Desktop Sharing
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Privacy focused
    8.  Lightweight
    9.  Dark Mode
    10.  Website Monitoring
    11.  Server Monitoring
    12.  Application Monitoring
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  6. Observium icon
     24 likes

    Observium is an autodiscovering PHP/MySQL/SNMP based network monitoring which includes support for a wide range of network hardware and operating systems including Cisco, Linux, FreeBSD, Juniper, Brocade, Foundry, HP and many more.

    52 Observium alternatives
    Observium screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD

    Observium Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Website Monitoring
    3.  Lightweight
    4.  Ad-free
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  7. 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.

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  8. Xitoring icon
     1 like

    Xitoring is an innovative monitoring platform (SaaS) for servers. We bring data from your server using our agent (Xitogent) to make sure your server is doing fine and avoid any downtime, performance issues, and increasing your customer’s satisfaction.

    20 Xitoring alternatives
    Server add command

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • Android
    • Linux
    • Windows

    Xitoring Features

    1.  Website Monitoring
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Lightweight
    5.  Server Monitoring
    6.  Cloud Monitoring
    7.  Status Page
    8.  Performance Monitoring
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  9. Middleware.io icon
     1 like

    Middleware is a full stack cloud observability platform to bring all metrics, logs, and traces in one unified timeline to debug issues faster.

    6 Middleware.io alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Middleware.io Features

    1.  Website Monitoring
    2.  Cloud Monitoring
    3.  APM monitoring
    4.  Container monitoring
    5.  Performance Monitoring
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  10. Sematext Infrastructure Monitoring icon
     9 likes

    Sematext Monitoring is a full-stack IT infrastructure monitoring software that gives you real-time visibility across your infrastructure. Whether on-premise, in the cloud, or a mix of anything in between, Sematext can monitor your whole stack.

    31 Sematext Infrastructure Monitoring alternatives
    Sematext Infrastructure Monitoring screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • CoreOS
    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Docker

    Top Sematext Infrastructure Monitoring Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Lightweight
    4.  Website Monitoring
    5.  Performance Monitoring
    6.  Logging
    7.  Server Monitoring
    8.  Application Monitoring
    9.  Infrastructure monitoring
    10.  Cloud Monitoring
    11.  Support for Docker
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