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Best collectd Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from metrics monitoring tools ranked against collectd on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxself-hosted $1.40/mo7.8
    collectd vs Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring
  2. 2
    Netdata Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxMacself-hosted $4.50/mo7.7
    collectd vs Netdata
  3. 3
    SigNoz Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $19/mo7.7
    collectd vs SigNoz
  4. 4
    Amazon CloudWatch Logs Free plan apiWeb $0.03/mo6.4
    collectd vs Amazon CloudWatch Logs
  5. 5
    InfluxDB Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 6.4
    collectd vs InfluxDB
  6. 6
    Grafana Cloud Application Observability Free plan LinuxMacWebWin $0.03/mo6.3
    collectd vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
  7. 7
    Checkmk Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $275/mo6.2
    collectd vs Checkmk
  8. 9
    Grafana k6 Free plan Linux $19/mo6.2
    collectd vs Grafana k6
  9. 10
    groundcover Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb $30/mo6.2
    collectd vs groundcover
  10. 11
    Icinga Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $166.67/mo6.2
    collectd vs Icinga
  11. 12
    Nagios XI Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.2
    collectd vs Nagios XI
  12. 13
    Thanos Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.2
    collectd vs Thanos
  13. 14
    VictoriaMetrics Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $200/mo6.2
    collectd vs VictoriaMetrics
  14. 15
    OpenObserve Free plan Web Free6.1
    collectd vs OpenObserve
  15. 16
    Prometheus Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free6.1
    collectd vs Prometheus
  16. 17
    Zabbix Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 5.7
    collectd vs Zabbix
  17. 18
    Sematext APM Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $19/mo5.6
    collectd vs Sematext APM
  18. 19
    StatsD Linuxself-hosted 5.6
    collectd vs StatsD
  19. 20
    Oracle Log Analytics Web 5.5
    collectd vs Oracle Log Analytics
  20. 21
    LogicMonitor Free trial apiLinuxWebWin $16/mo5.4
    collectd vs LogicMonitor

collectd alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring7.8No$1.40/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, self-hosted, Web
2Netdata7.7Free plan$4.50/moAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3SigNoz7.7Free plan$19/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
4Amazon CloudWatch Logs6.4Free plan$0.03/moAPI, Web
5InfluxDB6.4Free plan—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6Grafana Cloud Application Observability6.3Free plan$0.03/moLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
7Checkmk6.2Free plan$275/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9Grafana k66.2Free plan$19/moLinux
10groundcover6.2Free plan$30/moLinux, self-hosted, Web
11Icinga6.2Free plan$166.67/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
12Nagios XI6.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
13Thanos6.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
14VictoriaMetrics6.2Free plan$200/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
15OpenObserve6.1Free planFreeWeb
16Prometheus6.1Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
17Zabbix5.7No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
18Sematext APM5.6No$19/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
19StatsD5.6No—Linux, self-hosted
20Oracle Log Analytics5.5No—Web
21LogicMonitor5.4No$16/moAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
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Questions about collectd alternatives

What is the best alternative to collectd?

Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring, number 1 in metrics monitoring tools with a score of 7.8 out of 10. The others here: Netdata, SigNoz, Amazon CloudWatch Logs and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to collectd?

Netdata is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 14 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation.