Top 11 Open-Source Alternatives to Server Monitoring

The top open-source alternatives to Server Monitoring are Shinken, Sematext, and PHP Server Monitor. 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.

Shinken Landing Page
1

Shinken

Nagios compatible monitoring framework, written in Python
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Website Monitoring #Network & Admin
Sematext Landing Page
2

Sematext

Troubleshooting just got easier.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
#Infrastructure Monitoring #Server Monitoring #Log Management 6 social mentions
PHP Server Monitor Landing Page
3

PHP Server Monitor

PHP Server Monitor is a script that checks whether your websites and servers are up and running.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Website Monitoring #Monitoring Tools #Uptime Monitoring
Datadog Landing Page
4

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
Instrumental Landing Page
5

Instrumental

Real-Time Application & Performance Monitoring
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Performance Monitoring #Monitoring Tools #Log Management 1 social mentions
Healthchecks.io Landing Page
6

Healthchecks.io

Monitor your cron jobs and scheduled tasks, get notified when they fail.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- $20.0 / Monthly (100 checks, 10 team members)
#Cron Monitoring #Cron #Website Monitoring 154 social mentions
Scout Landing Page
7

Scout

Scout ♥ monoliths.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
#Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Performance Monitoring 3 social mentions
Google StackDriver Landing Page
8

Google StackDriver

Stackdriver provides monitoring services for cloud-powered applications.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Developer Tools
Netdata Landing Page
9

Netdata

Monitor your servers, containers, and applications, in high-resolution and in real-time.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $3.0 / Monthly (Netdata Pro, $3 /Node /mo - Netdata Business, $4 /Node /mo )
#Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #Incident Management 5 social mentions
Cabot Landing Page
10

Cabot

Self-hosted, easily-deployable monitoring and alerts service - like a lightweight PagerDuty
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Website Monitoring #Uptime Monitoring 2 social mentions
Grafana Landing Page
11

Grafana

Data visualization & Monitoring with support for Graphite, InfluxDB, Prometheus, Elasticsearch and many more databases
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Data Dashboard #Data Visualization #Data Analytics 197 social mentions