Prometheus Alternatives

Prometheus is described as 'Open-source systems monitoring and alerting toolkit originally built at SoundCloud. Since its inception in 2012, many companies and organizations have adopted Prometheus, and the project has a very active developer and user community' and is a Network Monitor in the network & admin category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Prometheus for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Web-based, Windows, Self-Hosted and Mac apps. The best Prometheus alternative is Datadog. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Kibana or Graylog. Other great apps like Prometheus are HyperDX, Open Web Analytics, DeepFlow and Splunk.

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Prometheus is an open-source systems monitoring and alerting toolkit originally built at SoundCloud. Since its inception in 2012, many companies and organizations have adopted Prometheus, and the project has a very active...

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Prometheus alternatives page was last updated Jan 30, 2024
  1. Datadog icon
     75 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 managemen...

    218 Datadog alternatives
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    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    Datadog Features

    1.  Cloud Monitoring
    2.  APM monitoring
    3.  Network Mapping
    4.  Performance Monitoring
    5.  Server Monitoring
    Datadog iconPrometheus Icon

    Datadog VS Prometheus

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    • Datadog is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Prometheus.

    • Datadog is the most popular commercial alternative to Prometheus.

    • Datadog is Paid and ProprietaryPrometheus is Free and Open Source
  2. Kibana icon
     33 likes

    Easily visualize data pushed into Elasticsearch from Logstash, es-hadoop or 3rd party technologies like Apache Flume, Fluentd, and many others.

    40 Kibana alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    Kibana Features

    1.  Log filter
    2.  Log parsing
    3.  Data analytics
    4.  Log storage
    5.  Integrated Search
    6.  Data visualization
    Kibana iconPrometheus Icon

    Kibana VS Prometheus

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    Comments about Kibana as an Alternative to Prometheus
     
    Guest

    Kibana is a web interface to present metrics. It's not an alerting system. ELK-Stack with X-Pack is more similar.

    Negative commentApr 18, 2018
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    • Kibana is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Prometheus.

    • Kibana is Freemium and Open SourcePrometheus is Free and Open Source
  3. Graylog icon
     40 likes

    Graylog is a powerful Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution offering a robust log analytics platform that simplifies the collection, search, analysis, and alerting of all types of machine-generated data.

    61 Graylog alternatives
    Graylog screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

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

    Graylog Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Logging
    3.  Data analytics
    4.  Security Monitoring
    5.  Incident Management
    Graylog iconPrometheus Icon

    Graylog VS Prometheus

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    Comments about Graylog as an Alternative to Prometheus
     
    MrDrMcCoy

    Graylog doesn't store metrics, Prometheus doesn't store logs.

    Negative commentSep 16, 2020
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    • Most users think Graylog is a great Prometheus alternative.

    • Graylog is the most popular SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to Prometheus.

    • Graylog is Freemium and ProprietaryPrometheus is Free and Open Source
  4. HyperDX icon
     16 likes

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

    61 HyperDX alternatives
    HyperDX screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Platforms

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

    HyperDX Features

    1.  Application Monitoring
    2.  Metrics
    HyperDX iconPrometheus Icon

    HyperDX VS Prometheus

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  5. Open Web Analytics icon
     43 likes

    Open Web Analytics - Web Analytics – Open Source Web Analytics Framework

    The Open Web Analytics (OWA) framework provides a generic set of PHP and HTTP APIs that application developers can use to integrate web analytics into any application. The Framework also has built-in suppor.

    155 Open Web Analytics alternatives
    OWA Dashboard

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    Open Web Analytics iconPrometheus Icon

    Open Web Analytics VS Prometheus

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  6. DeepFlow icon
     4 likes

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

    53 DeepFlow alternatives
    DeepFlow screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

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

    DeepFlow Features

    1.  No Coding Required
    DeepFlow iconPrometheus Icon

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  7. Splunk icon
     27 likes

    Splunk is software that provides unique visibility across your entire IT infrastructure from one place in real time. Only Splunk enables you to search, report, monitor and analyze streaming and historical data from any source.

    99 Splunk alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Splunk Features

    1.  Capturing logs
    2.  Content Searching
    3.  Data analytics
    4.  Log storage
    5.  Log parsing
    Splunk iconPrometheus Icon

    Splunk VS Prometheus

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  8. Grafana Loki icon
     9 likes

    Grafana Loki is a horizontally-scalable, highly-available, multi-tenant log aggregation system inspired by Prometheus. It is designed to be very cost effective and easy to operate. It does not index the contents of the logs, but rather a set of labels for each log stream.

    58 Grafana Loki alternatives
    Grafana Loki screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted

    Grafana Loki Features

    1. Grafana icon  Grafana Integration
    Grafana Loki iconPrometheus Icon

    Grafana Loki VS Prometheus

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  9. Azure Monitor icon
     1 like

    Gain unparalleled observability into applications, infrastructure, and network across cloud and hybrid setups. Offers visualizations, distributed tracing, centralized logs, and integrates seamlessly with Azure and third-party services while enhancing security and compliance.

    19 Azure Monitor alternatives
    Azure Monitor screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Microsoft Azure
    • Online

    Azure Monitor Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2. Microsoft Azure icon  Azure integration
    3.  Infrastructure monitoring
    4. Azure DevOps icon  Azure DevOps integration
    5.  Data visualization
    Azure Monitor iconPrometheus Icon

    Azure Monitor VS Prometheus

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  10. Logstash icon
     38 likes

    Logstash is an open source, server-side data processing pipeline that ingests data from a multitude of sources simultaneously, transforms it, and then sends it to your favorite "stash.".

    63 Logstash alternatives
    sample logs in Kibana

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Java Mobile
    • BSD

    Logstash Features

    1.  Data-management
    2.  Log storage
    Logstash iconPrometheus Icon

    Logstash VS Prometheus

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  11. Amazon CloudWatch icon
     3 likes

    Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring service for AWS cloud resources and the applications running on AWS. It collect and track metrics, collect and monitor log files, set alarms, and automatically react to changes in AWS resources.

    18 Amazon CloudWatch alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services

    Amazon CloudWatch Features

    1.  Dashboard
    2.  Server Monitoring
    3.  Data visualization
    4.  Cloud Monitoring
    Amazon CloudWatch iconPrometheus Icon

    Amazon CloudWatch VS Prometheus

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  12. InfluxDB icon
     7 likes

    InfluxDB open source time series database, purpose-built by InfluxData for monitoring metrics and events, provides real-time visibility into stacks, sensors, and systems. Use InfluxDB to capture, analyze, and store millions of points per second, meet demanding SLA’s, and chart a...

    16 InfluxDB alternatives
    InfluxDB screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

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

    InfluxDB Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    3.  Web-Based
    4.  Logging
    5.  Application Monitoring
    InfluxDB iconPrometheus Icon

    InfluxDB VS Prometheus

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