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Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Beats

Wazuh rsyslog Syslog-ng Fluentd Lastpass Zabbix LibreNMS Wireshark Fluent Bit Prometheus

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Beats are Wazuh, rsyslog, and Syslog-ng. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. 1
    Open Source Host and Endpoint Security
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Security Information And Event Management (SIEM) #Cyber Security 49 social mentions

  2. Rsyslog is an enhanced syslogd supporting, among others, MySQL, PostgreSQL, failover log...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Monitoring Tools #Online Services

  3. Syslog-ng decreases the quantity and improves the quality of data, thus enhancing the capacities of your SIEM solution.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Online Services #Security & Privacy #Monitoring Tools

  4. Fluentd is a cross platform open source data collection solution originally developed at Treasure Data.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Monitoring Tools #Security & Privacy #Log Management

  5. LastPass is an online password manager and form filler that makes web browsing easier and more secure.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Password Management #Password Managers #Security & Privacy 22 social mentions

  6. 6
    Track, record, alert and visualize performance and availability of IT resources
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Free

    #Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #DevOps Tools 5 social mentions

  7. A fully featured network monitoring system that provides a wealth of features and device support.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Monitoring Tools #Network Monitoring #Performance Monitoring

  8. Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer for Unix and Windows. It lets you capture and interactively browse the traffic running on a computer network.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Performance Monitoring 11 social mentions

  9. Data collector and log forwarder.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Performance Monitoring 12 social mentions

  10. An open-source systems monitoring and alerting toolkit.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #Log Management 224 social mentions

  11. 11
    See metrics from all of your apps, tools & services in one place with Datadog's cloud monitoring as a service solution. Try it for free.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial
    • $15.0 / Monthly (per host)

    #Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Error Tracking 5 social mentions

  12. System and applications metrics collector
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Performance Monitoring 6 social mentions

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