Zabbix AlternativesTop Network Monitors and other similar apps like Zabbix

Zabbix is described as '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' and is a very popular Network Monitor in the network & admin category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Zabbix for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Web-based, Windows, Mac and Self-Hosted apps. The best Zabbix alternative is Netdata, which is free. Other great apps like Zabbix are Nagios, Datadog, Beszel and Spiceworks.

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  1. Netdata icon
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    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.

    48 Netdata alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    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 Zabbix
    Pierre-Yves Landuré
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    Zabbix is a fully free and open source monitoring solution. Netdata is a commercial solution with a closed-source web service with a free tier and an open source agent to send data to the web service.

    Netdata isn't a fully open source solution.

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    • Almost everyone thinks Netdata is a great Zabbix alternative.

    • Netdata is the most popular Web-based, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Zabbix.

    • Netdata is the most popular free alternative to Zabbix.

    • Netdata is Freemium and ProprietaryZabbix is Free and Open Source
    • Netdata is LightweightZabbix is not according to our users
  2. Nagios icon
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    Nagios is a powerful monitoring system licensed under Nagios Enterprises that helps organizations identify and resolve IT infrastructure issues.

    135 Nagios alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
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    Comments about Nagios as an Alternative to Zabbix
    Guest
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    You have to pay, the open source edition is really poor

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Nagios is a great Zabbix alternative.

    • Nagios is the most popular Open Source alternative to Zabbix.

    • Nagios is Freemium and Open SourceZabbix is Free and Open Source
  3. Datadog icon
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    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 management.

    229 Datadog alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
    • Some users think Datadog is a great Zabbix alternative, some don't.

    • Datadog is the most popular Windows alternative to Zabbix.

    • Datadog is the most popular commercial alternative to Zabbix.

    • Datadog is Paid and ProprietaryZabbix is Free and Open Source
  4. Beszel icon
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    Beszel is a lightweight server monitoring platform that includes Docker statistics, historical data, and alert functions.

    10 Beszel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Cloudron
     
  5. Spiceworks icon
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    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.

    133 Spiceworks alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
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    • Most users think Spiceworks is a great Zabbix alternative.

    • Spiceworks is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Zabbix.

    • Spiceworks is Free and ProprietaryZabbix is Free and Open Source
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    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 (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Paessler PRTG Network Monitor is the most popular SaaS alternative to Zabbix.

    • Paessler PRTG Network Monitor is Freemium and ProprietaryZabbix is Free and Open Source
  7. LibreNMS icon
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    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 Zabbix
    tonymurray
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    0

    LibreNMS has a much better license model and does a comprehensive job of monitoring the network with little configuration.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks LibreNMS is a great Zabbix alternative.

    • LibreNMS is Free and Open SourceZabbix is also Free and Open Source
  8. Icinga icon
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    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 (Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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  9. HyperDX icon
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    An open source observability platform: Unify session replays, logs, traces, and errors – all without the Datadog price tag.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  10. Monitorix icon
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    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.

    22 Monitorix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. DeepFlow icon
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    Unify your cloud-native monitoring with zero-code eBPF, advanced profiling, and 10x storage efficiency.

    61 DeepFlow alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  12. Dynatrace icon
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    Dynatrace combines the industry’s broadest observability and runtime application security with predictive, causal, and generative in a unified platform to deliver answers and intelligent automation from data.

    66 Dynatrace alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
    • Dynatrace is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Zabbix.

    • Dynatrace is Paid and ProprietaryZabbix is Free and Open Source
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