Free Nagios AlternativesTop Network Monitors and other similar apps like Nagios

The best free alternative to Nagios is Zabbix, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Nagios and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Nagios are Netdata, Icinga, Cockpit Project and Beszel.

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  1. Zabbix icon
     200 likes

    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.

    119 Zabbix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
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    Comments about Zabbix as an Alternative to Nagios
    Guest
    Positive
    -1

    Innovative UI and complex functions.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Zabbix icon
    • Zabbix is Free and Open SourceNagios is Freemium and Open Source
    • Zabbix is Privacy focusedNagios is not according to our users
  2. Netdata icon
     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.

    50 Netdata alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • C (programming language)
    • Python
    • GNU Bourne Again SHell
     
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    Comments about Netdata as an Alternative to Nagios
    Guest
    Positive
    1

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

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Netdata icon
    • Netdata is Freemium and ProprietaryNagios is Freemium and Open Source
    • Netdata is Lightweight and Privacy focusedNagios is not according to our users
  3. Icinga icon
     36 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  4. Cockpit Project icon
     39 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.

    33 Cockpit Project alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
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    Comments about Cockpit Project as an Alternative to Nagios
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    Cockpit is great for what it does, but if a host is offline, all information about it is inaccessible.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Cockpit Project icon
    • Cockpit Project is Free and Open SourceNagios is Freemium and Open Source
    • Cockpit Project is LightweightNagios is not according to our users
  5. Beszel icon
     6 likes

    Beszel is a lightweight server monitoring platform that includes Docker statistics, historical data, and alert functions.

    12 Beszel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Cloudron
     
  6. 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.

    110 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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    Comments about Paessler PRTG Network Monitor as an Alternative to Nagios
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    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.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    PRTG is highly flexible and fairly intuitive.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Paessler PRTG Network Monitor icon
    • Paessler PRTG Network Monitor is Freemium and ProprietaryNagios is Freemium and Open Source
  7. Spiceworks icon
     84 likes

    Spiceworks is a software suite for IT professionals to manage networks, troubleshoot issues, and handle IT tasks. It offers free online tools for network connectivity management, remote computer access, user activity monitoring, contract tracking, and inventory scanning.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  8. 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...

    33 LibreNMS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • MySQL Community Edition
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • JavaScript
    • PHP
     
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    Comments about LibreNMS as an Alternative to Nagios
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Best open source tool that I've tried! Easy to install, manage and low support.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Teke2
    Positive
    0

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

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    LibreNMS icon
    • LibreNMS is Free and Open SourceNagios is Freemium and Open Source
  9. Monitorix icon
     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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. Pandora FMS icon
     70 likes

    Enterprise-ready monitoring solution that provides unparalleled flexibility for IT to address both immediate and unforeseen operational issues, including infrastructure and IT processes.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
  11. NetXMS icon
     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
     
  12. Checkmk icon
     19 likes

    Checkmk is a monitoring tool of servers, applications, networks, cloud, containers, storage, databases, IoT and more. Checkmk is available as Raw Edition, which is 100% pure open source, and as Enterprise Edition with a lot of additional features.

    42 Checkmk alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Docker
    • Python
     
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