Checkmk may suit teams monitoring servers, networks, cloud environments, or hybrid infrastructure.
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Best Metrics Monitoring Tools 2026
Facts read 28 Sep 2026 – 19 Oct 2026
Metrics monitoring tools help you keep track of the measurements relevant to services and infrastructure. Compare data ingestion and custom metrics to consider what can be brought into view, then weigh data retention and query language for working with those measurements over time. SLO tracking and a self-hosted option add further distinctions. Free-plan availability and paid-from pricing can help frame the available plans. Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring, Netdata and SigNoz are among the entries to compare, with Amazon CloudWatch Logs and InfluxDB also included. Think about the metrics you need, how you want to query them, and which retention, deployment and pricing details suit your monitoring setup.
The standings: top 10
| Name | In a line | Record score | Price from | Try it free | Runs on | Facts read |
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| 01 Checkmk | Checkmk may suit teams monitoring servers, networks, cloud environments, or hybrid infrastructure. | 6.8 | $275 a month, billed yearly | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, Windows | 14 Oct 2026 |
| 02 Netdata | Netdata is aimed at infrastructure teams and practitioners, including platform engineers, DevOps teams, SREs, developers, system administrators, CISOs, DBAs, network… | 6.6 | $4.50 a month, billed yearly | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, Windows | 15 Oct 2026 |
| 03 Grafana Cloud Application Observability | This service suits software engineers who need to detect application anomalies, investigate causes, and fix problems. | 6.3 | $0.03 usage-based | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, Windows | 14 Oct 2026 |
| 04 InfluxDB | InfluxDB 3 may suit teams handling timestamped data for industrial operations, observability, or AI applications. | 6.0 | $0.01 usage-based | Free plan | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux | 29 Sep 2026 |
| 05 Nagios XI | It suits organizations that can operate a Linux server and want to monitor infrastructure under configured thresholds. | 6.0 | $2,595 one-time | Free plan | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux | 15 Oct 2026 |
| 06 SigNoz | SigNoz suits teams monitoring application and infrastructure telemetry across logs, metrics, traces and exceptions. | 5.9 | $19 a month | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, API | 1 Oct 2026 |
| 07 Google Cloud Monitoring | Google Cloud Monitoring suits teams overseeing cloud, hybrid, or multicloud applications and infrastructure. | 5.8 | $0.50 a month | Free plan | Web, Windows, Linux, API | 8 Oct 2026 |
| 08 Icinga | Icinga is aimed at teams of any size that need infrastructure and application monitoring, including distributed environments. | 5.8 | $2,000 a year | Free plan | Web, Windows, Linux, API | 4 Oct 2026 |
| 09 VictoriaMetrics | VictoriaMetrics may suit teams needing metrics monitoring and longer-term metrics storage across on-premises, hybrid, or cloud deployments. | 5.8 | $200 a month | Free plan | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux | 3 Oct 2026 |
| 10 groundcover | groundcover suits teams monitoring production environments that want telemetry collection through an eBPF sensor and a choice of cloud-managed or on-premises deployment. | 5.6 | $30 a month | Free plan | Web, Linux, Self-hosted | 28 Sep 2026 |
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Netdata
Netdata is aimed at infrastructure teams and practitioners, including platform engineers, DevOps teams, SREs, developers, system administrators, CISOs, DBAs, network…
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+5 Record6.6 Visit
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Grafana Cloud Application Observability
This service suits software engineers who need to detect application anomalies, investigate causes, and fix problems.
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+5 Record6.3 Visit
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InfluxDB
InfluxDB 3 may suit teams handling timestamped data for industrial operations, observability, or AI applications.
WebWindowsMac+3 Record6.0 Visit
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Nagios XI
It suits organizations that can operate a Linux server and want to monitor infrastructure under configured thresholds.
WebWindowsMac+3 Record6.0 Visit
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SigNoz
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+2 $19 a month Record5.9 Visit SigNoz suits teams monitoring application and infrastructure telemetry across logs, metrics, traces and exceptions.
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Google Cloud Monitoring
WebWindowsLinux+1 $0.50 a month Record5.8 Visit Google Cloud Monitoring suits teams overseeing cloud, hybrid, or multicloud applications and infrastructure.
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Icinga
WebWindowsLinux+2 $2,000 a year Record5.8 Visit Icinga is aimed at teams of any size that need infrastructure and application monitoring, including distributed environments.
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VictoriaMetrics
WebWindowsMac+3 $200 a month Record5.8 Visit VictoriaMetrics may suit teams needing metrics monitoring and longer-term metrics storage across on-premises, hybrid, or cloud deployments.
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groundcover
WebLinuxSelf-hosted $30 a month Record5.6 Visit groundcover suits teams monitoring production environments that want telemetry collection through an eBPF sensor and a choice of cloud-managed or on-premises deployment.
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Chronosphere Application Observability
WebWindowsMac+2 — Record5.0 Visit Chronosphere may suit teams responsible for cloud-native applications and microservices who need service views, trace analysis, and correlated telemetry.
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Zabbix
WebWindowsMac+3 Free plan Record5.0 Visit Zabbix suits teams monitoring infrastructure, applications, networks, or services across a range of operating systems and data sources.
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Amazon CloudWatch Logs
WebAPI $0.03 usage-based Record4.9 Visit It may suit teams monitoring logs and operational health across AWS, on-premises, or other-cloud workloads.
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LogicMonitor
WebWindowsLinux+1 $16 a month Record4.9 Visit It suits enterprises, IT teams, and MSPs managing complex hybrid infrastructure.
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Prometheus
WebWindowsMac+2 Free plan Record4.8 Visit Prometheus suits teams that need to collect and query system metrics or set up alerts.
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collectd
WindowsLinuxSelf-hosted Free plan Record4.6 Visit collectd may suit people who need a free, self-hosted way to gather system or application metrics across varied sources.
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M3
MacLinuxAPI+1 Free plan Record4.5 Visit M3 suits teams operating Prometheus-based monitoring that need centralized, scalable metrics storage and long retention.
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