Open Source System Center Operations Manager Alternatives

The best open source alternative to System Center Operations Manager is Zabbix. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to System Center Operations Manager and eight of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to System Center Operations Manager are Nagios, HyperDX, NetXMS and OpenNMS Horizon.

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System Center Operations Manager alternatives are mainly Network Monitors but may also be Remote Desktop Tools or Uptime Monitor Services.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of System Center Operations Manager.
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System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2 uniquely enables customers to reduce the cost of data center management across server operating systems and hypervisors through a single, familiar and easy to use interface.

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System Center Operations Manager alternatives page was last updated Sep 19, 2023
  1. Zabbix icon
     193 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.

    112 Zabbix alternatives
    Zabbix screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Server Monitoring
    2.  Custom Dashboard
    3.  Hardware Monitoring
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Portable
    7. Microsoft Azure icon  Azure integration
    Zabbix iconSystem Center Operations Manager Icon

    Zabbix VS System Center Operations Manager

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    • Zabbix is the most popular Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to System Center Operations Manager.

    • Zabbix is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to System Center Operations Manager.

    • Zabbix is Free and Open SourceSystem Center Operations Manager is Paid and Proprietary
    • Zabbix is Privacy focusedSystem Center Operations Manager is not according to our users
  2. Nagios icon
     90 likes

    Nagios is a powerful monitoring system licensed under Nagios Enterprises that helps organizations identify and resolve IT infrastructure issues.

    125 Nagios alternatives
    Home

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Nagios Features

    1.  On-premises software
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    3.  Remote Management
    Nagios iconSystem Center Operations Manager Icon

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  3. 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 iconSystem Center Operations Manager Icon

    HyperDX VS System Center Operations Manager

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    • HyperDX is the most popular SaaS alternative to System Center Operations Manager.

    • HyperDX is Freemium and Open SourceSystem Center Operations Manager is Paid and Proprietary
  4. NetXMS icon
     4 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...

    42 NetXMS alternatives
    NetXMS screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    NetXMS Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring
    2.  System management
    3.  Cloud Monitoring
    4.  Network Mapping
    5.  Traffic Monitoring
    6.  Application Monitoring
    NetXMS iconSystem Center Operations Manager Icon

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  5. OpenNMS Horizon icon
     11 likes

    OpenNMS is an open-source network monitoring platform that helps you visualize and monitor everything on your local and distributed networks.

    62 OpenNMS Horizon alternatives
    Dashboard

    License model

    • Free PersonalOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    OpenNMS Horizon iconSystem Center Operations Manager Icon

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  6. SigNoz icon
     18 likes

    Open source observability platform. SigNoz helps developers find issues in their deployed applications & solve them quickly.

    180 SigNoz alternatives
    SigNoz screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    SigNoz Features

    1.  Application Monitoring
    2.  APM monitoring
    3.  Server Monitoring
    SigNoz iconSystem Center Operations Manager Icon

    SigNoz VS System Center Operations Manager

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  7. openITCOCKPIT icon
     10 likes

    Easy to use configuration web interface for nagios and neamon. openITCOCKPIT is a perfomant monitoring system with support for distributed monitoring (Satellites), REST API, nice dashboards, maps, graphs and a modular concept for easy customization.

    50 openITCOCKPIT alternatives
    Customizable dashboard

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    openITCOCKPIT Features

    1.  Support for Multiple Users
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    3.  Application Monitoring
    openITCOCKPIT iconSystem Center Operations Manager Icon

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  8. SQL Wristband icon
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    SQL Wristband is an SQL Server performance monitoring tool developed to monitor Wait Stats and File Stats metrics

    6 SQL Wristband alternatives
    Wait statistics

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    SQL Wristband Features

    1.  Performance Monitoring
    SQL Wristband iconSystem Center Operations Manager Icon

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