Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Microsoft System Center

The top open-source alternatives to Microsoft System Center are Zabbix, Datadog, and Wireshark. 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.

Zabbix Landing Page
1

Zabbix

Track, record, alert and visualize performance and availability of IT resources
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #DevOps Tools 5 social mentions
Datadog Landing Page
2

Datadog

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
Wireshark Landing Page
3

Wireshark

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
Fluentd Landing Page
4

Fluentd

Fluentd is a cross platform open source data collection solution originally developed at Treasure Data.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Security & Privacy #Log Management
Syslog-ng Landing Page
5

Syslog-ng

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
Wazuh Landing Page
6

Wazuh

Open Source Host and Endpoint Security
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Security & Privacy #Security Information And Event Management (SIEM) #Cyber Security 49 social mentions
rsyslog Landing Page
7

rsyslog

Rsyslog is an enhanced syslogd supporting, among others, MySQL, PostgreSQL, failover log...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Security & Privacy #Monitoring Tools #Online Services
Cacti Landing Page
8

Cacti

Cacti is a complete network graphing solution. It provides a fast poller, advanced graph templating, multiple data acquisition methods, and user management features.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #Log Management
Serilog Landing Page
9

Serilog

Backend Development and Utilities
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Developer Tools 12 social mentions
NLog Landing Page
10

NLog

NLog is a free logging platform for .NET with rich log routing and management capabilities.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Developer Tools 5 social mentions
ZeroLog Landing Page
11

ZeroLog

ZeroLog is a JSON logging library that allows you to log messages in a structured, searchable, and easily parseable format and allow for customizable output.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Developer Tools
Logazmic Landing Page
12

Logazmic

Logazmic is a windows log viewer tool that allows you to view multiple logs on the same screen and filter them.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Developer Tools