Nagios Alternatives

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, Better Stack, Datadog and Icinga.

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  1. Sensu Core icon
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    The Sensu Open Source Project (a.k.a. "Sensu Core") intends to provide an open framework for building comprehensive monitoring solutions, without imposing restrictions or being overly opinionated.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. Converged application and infrastructure performance monitoring, diagnosis and analytics solution supporting any application (Citrix, VDI, SAP, Java, Microsoft .NET, databases) and infrastructure (virtual, physical, cloud, containers).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  3. The Dude icon
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    The Dude network monitor is a new application by MikroTik which can dramatically improve the way you manage your network environment. It will automatically scan all devices within specified subnets, draw and layout a map of your networks, monitor services of your devices and...

    29 The Dude alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • MikroTik RouterOS
     
  4. LiveMon icon
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    LiveMon leverages Artificial Intelligence to monitor proactively servers&databases, logs and web-performance in real-time.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Wavefront is an enterprise-class metrics monitoring and real-time analytics service that lets you visualize, query and alert over data from across your stack (infrastructure, containers, network, custom application metrics, business KPIs, etc.).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Verax NMS & APM icon
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    Verax NMS & APM is an IT service assurance solution for monitoring & management of networks, data centers, applications and clouds.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. AppOptics icon
     Like

    Monitor applications, infrastructure, and servers in one platform. Out-of-the-box dashboards. Metrics. Analytics. Starting at $7.50/month. Free 14-day trial.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Monometric.IO is a monitoring platform for your IT infrastructure. Monitor all critical aspects of your server and/or cloud infrastructure with highly customizable dashboards, alerts and detailed inventory overview.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Linux Mint
    • CentOS
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • FreeBSD
    • Red Hat
     
  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. Server and application performance monitoring has never been easier or more affordable. With agentless monitoring for hundreds of applications and hardware types, Server & Application Monitor delivers the management, alerting, and reporting you need to keep your servers and...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Monit icon
     21 likes

    Monit is a 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  12. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
     
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