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Best Pixie Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from Kubernetes monitoring ranked against Pixie on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Middleware Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $0.30/mo6.8
    Pixie vs Middleware
  2. 2
    Netdata Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxMacself-hosted $4.50/mo6.8
    Pixie vs Netdata
  3. 3
    Datadog Kubernetes Monitoring Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $1/mo6.7
    Pixie vs Datadog Kubernetes Monitoring
  4. 4
    Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxself-hosted $1.40/mo6.7
    Pixie vs Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring
  5. 5
    Grafana Cloud Application Observability Free plan LinuxMacWebWin $0.03/mo6.7
    Pixie vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
  6. 6
    Radar Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $149/mo6.7
    Pixie vs Radar
  7. 7
    Checkmk Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $275/mo6.6
    Pixie vs Checkmk
  8. 8
    Honeycomb Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $150/mo6.6
    Pixie vs Honeycomb
  9. 9
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring Free plan Linuxself-hostedWebWin $29.08/mo6.6
    Pixie vs New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring
  10. 10
    Prometheus Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free6.6
    Pixie vs Prometheus
  11. 11
    SigNoz Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $19/mo6.6
    Pixie vs SigNoz
  12. 12
    VictoriaMetrics Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $200/mo6.6
    Pixie vs VictoriaMetrics
  13. 13
    Watchlog Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $4.99/mo6.6
    Pixie vs Watchlog
  14. 14
    Coroot Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $1/mo6.5
    Pixie vs Coroot
  15. 15
    groundcover Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb $30/mo6.5
    Pixie vs groundcover
  16. 16
    Icinga Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $166.67/mo6.5
    Pixie vs Icinga
  17. 17
    ManageEngine Applications Manager Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxWebWin $32.92/mo6.5
    Pixie vs ManageEngine Applications Manager
  18. 18
    Perses Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.5
    Pixie vs Perses
  19. 19
    avuru obs Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    Pixie vs avuru obs
  20. 20
    Grafana k6 Free plan Linux $19/mo6.4
    Pixie vs Grafana k6

Pixie alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Middleware6.8Free plan$0.30/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
2Netdata6.8Free plan$4.50/moAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3Datadog Kubernetes Monitoring6.7Free plan$1/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring6.7No$1.40/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, self-hosted, Web
5Grafana Cloud Application Observability6.7Free plan$0.03/moLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
6Radar6.7Free plan$149/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7Checkmk6.6Free plan$275/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8Honeycomb6.6Free plan$150/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
9New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring6.6Free plan$29.08/moLinux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
10Prometheus6.6Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
11SigNoz6.6Free plan$19/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
12VictoriaMetrics6.6Free plan$200/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
13Watchlog6.6Free plan$4.99/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
14Coroot6.5Free plan$1/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
15groundcover6.5Free plan$30/moLinux, self-hosted, Web
16Icinga6.5Free plan$166.67/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
17ManageEngine Applications Manager6.5Free plan$32.92/moAndroid, iOS, Linux, Web, Windows
18Perses6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
19avuru obs6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
20Grafana k66.4Free plan$19/moLinux
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Questions about Pixie alternatives

What is the best alternative to Pixie?

Middleware, number 1 in Kubernetes monitoring with a score of 6.8 out of 10. The others here: Netdata, Datadog Kubernetes Monitoring, Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Pixie?

Middleware is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 19 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.