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Centreon
Centreon · Paris, France · founded 2005
What it is
Centreon is an IT monitoring platform for complex infrastructure spanning cloud environments and edge systems. It monitors servers, networks, cloud environments, and applications, with more than 700 connectors for areas including infrastructure, security, databases, middleware, and OT systems. The platform is available as SaaS or self-hosted software, and its monitoring agent supports Linux and Windows hosts. Integrations include ServiceNow, JIRA, GLPi, EasyVista, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Telegram, PagerDuty, and OpsGenie. Stream connectors can send metrics and events to Elastic, Kafka, and Splunk; Grafana, Kibana, and Power BI are also supported integrations. Access controls include fine-grained permissions, SAMLv2, and Active Directory and LDAP synchronization. Centreon states that communications are encrypted and that it conducts yearly manual penetration tests; it also publishes security bulletins. The core platform is distributed under the Apache license, with GPLv2 applying to some files. The free IT 100 Freemium plan covers up to 100 hosts. Paid plans start at €2.27 per host, and the listed Centreon Cloud trial lasts seven days for up to 125 hosts.
For and against
For
- Monitors servers, networks, cloud, and applications.
- Offers more than 700 monitoring connectors.
- Available as SaaS or self-hosted software.
- Free plan covers up to 100 hosts.
- Includes fine-grained access controls.
Against
- Free plan is limited to 100 hosts.
- Paid plans start at €2.27 per host.
- Cloud trial is limited to seven days and 125 hosts.
The verdict
Centreon brings monitoring coverage, connectors, and IT operations integrations together for complex environments. Its free plan covers up to 100 hosts, while paid plans and trials have stated host limits.
Who it suits
Centreon suits IT teams monitoring infrastructure that spans servers, networks, cloud, applications, or edge systems. SaaS and self-hosted options accommodate different deployment preferences.
Plans and prices
IT Edition
Tiered pricing · 125-host example total: €283/month
Read 23 Sep 2026 · centreon.com
Business Edition
Tiered pricing · 250-host example total: €1,133/month
Read 23 Sep 2026 · centreon.com
MSP Edition
For managed service providers · 250-host example total: €1,133/month
Read 23 Sep 2026 · centreon.com
IT-100
Up to 100 hosts · free commercial edition
Read 19 Oct 2026 · centreon.com
IT 100 Freemium
up to 100 hosts · exact same features as IT Edition · no time limit · community support
Read 30 Sep 2026 · temp-website.centreon.com
IT Edition (Self-Hosted)
700+ monitoring connectors · alerting and event management · flexible dashboarding · IT operations integration
Read 30 Sep 2026 · temp-website.centreon.com
IT Edition (SaaS)
700+ monitoring connectors · alerting and event management · flexible dashboarding · IT operations integration
Read 30 Sep 2026 · temp-website.centreon.com
Pro Edition (SaaS)
Everything in IT Edition · SLA and business impact monitoring · graphical and geographical views
Read 30 Sep 2026 · temp-website.centreon.com
MSP Edition (Self-Hosted)
Everything in Business Edition · distributed and remote monitoring · pay-as-you-grow billing · preferred Centreon partnership
Read 30 Sep 2026 · temp-website.centreon.com
On the record
- Access control
- The platform provides fine-grained permissions, access control groups, SAMLv2 identity-provider integration, Active Directory synchronization and LDAP synchronization.temp-website.centreon.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Alerting
- Alert management supports thresholds, event correlation and acknowledgement workflows.centreon.com · read 19 Oct 2026
- API
- Centreon Cloud APIs use time-limited user-linked authentication tokens sent in an X-AUTH-TOKEN header.docs.centreon.com · read 19 Oct 2026
- API documentation
- Public API documentation covers Centreon Web, Web Cloud, MAP, BAM and Autodiscovery APIs, plus CLAPI and REST versions.docs-api.centreon.com · read 19 Oct 2026
- Autodiscovery
- Host and service autodiscovery finds new resources and can add them to monitoring through connector templates.docs.centreon.com · read 19 Oct 2026
- Community
- Centreon says its open-source community includes more than 250,000 IT professionals.centreon.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Company founded
- LinkedIn lists Centreon as founded in 2005 and headquartered in Paris, France.linkedin.com · read 19 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- The French site legal notice identifies the publisher as CENTREON SAS, registered in Paris under RCS 483 494 589.centreon.com · read 19 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn places Centreon in the 51–200 employee size range and states that it has 160 people across five countries.linkedin.com · read 19 Oct 2026
- Connectors
- Centreon advertises more than 700 ready-to-use monitoring connectors with templates and auto-discovery.centreon.com · read 19 Oct 2026
- Dashboards
- Users can build composable dashboards and share business or technical views with other teams.centreon.com · read 19 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Centreon supports SaaS delivery and self-hosted deployment.temp-website.centreon.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Documentation
- The documentation portal contains separate areas for infrastructure monitoring, experience monitoring, log management, installation, upgrades, APIs and security.docs.centreon.com · read 19 Oct 2026
- Downloads
- The download site publishes ISO, virtual-machine and package artifacts, including Centreon Web, Collect, Gorgone and Open-Tickets builds.download.centreon.com · read 19 Oct 2026
- Free trials
- Centreon Cloud offers a 7-day trial for up to 125 hosts, while Centreon Experience Monitoring offers a 30-day trial.docs.centreon.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Funding news
- Centreon announced its first fundraising in November 2025 through a strategic partnership with Sixth Street after years of bootstrapped growth.centreon.com · read 19 Oct 2026
- Growth news
- A March 2024 company release reported 26% annual recurring-revenue growth in 2023 and 1,035 customers.centreon.com · read 19 Oct 2026
- Infrastructure monitoring
- The platform monitors hosts, networks, cloud resources, containers, OT systems and business applications.centreon.com · read 19 Oct 2026
