Best Cloud Monitoring in 2026
Updated
Cloud monitoring options can be compared by the environments they cover and the kinds of monitoring they provide. Check cloud-provider support and Kubernetes monitoring, then consider serverless and synthetic monitoring capabilities. Metrics and log retention help distinguish how long data is kept, while free-plan availability and paid-from pricing provide cost context. Netdata and Checkmk are among the entries, along with Grafana Cloud Application Observability and VictoriaMetrics. Compare these details with the services and infrastructure you need to watch, and the retention periods that fit your work.
10 of 12 with known pricing have a free tier;0 apps show full bars: free, open, on most devices and documented.
| # | App | Signal | Free tier | Open code | Devices | From | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NetdataWeb · Windows · Mac · Linux · Android · iPhone · Self-hosted | Three bars | 6 of 6 | $4.50/mo | 6.8 | ||
| 2 | CheckmkWeb · Windows · Mac · Linux · Self-hosted · API | Three bars | 4 of 6 | $275/mo | 6.7 | ||
| 3 | Grafana Cloud Application ObservabilityWeb · Windows · Mac · Linux | Three bars | 4 of 6 | $0.03/mo | 6.7 | ||
| 4 | VictoriaMetricsWeb · Windows · Mac · Linux · Self-hosted · API | Three bars | 4 of 6 | $200/mo | 6.7 | ||
| 5 | PrometheusWeb · Windows · Mac · Linux · Self-hosted | Three bars | 4 of 6 | Free | 6.6 | ||
| 6 | Akamai Cloud LongviewWeb · Linux · API | Two bars | 2 of 6 | Free | 6.5 | ||
| 7 | MackerelWeb · Windows · Linux · API | Three bars | 3 of 6 | Free | 6.5 | ||
| 8 | Nagios XIWeb · Linux · Self-hosted · API | Two bars | 2 of 6 | Free | 6.5 | ||
| 9 | PixieWeb · Linux · Self-hosted | Two bars | 2 of 6 | Free | 6.5 | ||
| 10 | Chronosphere Application ObservabilityWeb · API | Two bars | 1 of 6 | 6.4 | |||
| 11 | ZabbixWeb · Windows · Mac · Linux · Self-hosted · API | Two bars | 4 of 6 | 5.7 | |||
| 12 | Google Cloud MonitoringWeb · Windows · Linux · API | Two bars | 3 of 6 | $0.06/mo | 5.6 | ||
| 13 | Sysdig MonitorWeb · Linux · Self-hosted · API | One bar | 2 of 6 | 5.5 | |||
| 14 | Alibaba CloudMonitorWeb · Windows · Linux | One bar | 3 of 6 | 5.4 | |||
| 15 | RobustaWeb · Self-hosted · API | One bar | 1 of 6 | 5.4 | |||
| 16 | DigitalOcean MonitoringWeb | One bar | 1 of 6 | 5.3 | |||
| 17 | Tencent Cloud MonitorWeb | No signal | 1 of 6 | 5.1 | |||
| 18 | Atatus API AnalyticsWeb · Self-hosted · API | One bar | 1 of 6 | 5.0 | |||
| 19 | HostedMetricsWeb · API | One bar | No | 1 of 6 | $79/mo | 5.0 | |
| 20 | KomodorWeb · Self-hosted · API | One bar | 1 of 6 | 5.0 | |||
| 21 | MetricFireWeb · API | One bar | No | 1 of 6 | $16/mo | 5.0 |
Compare all 21 in a table
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Free plan | Paid from | Cloud providers | Metrics retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netdata | 6.8 | Free plan | $4.50/mo | Yes | 4.5 /mo | ||
| 2 | Checkmk | 6.7 | Free plan | $275/mo | Yes | |||
| 3 | Grafana Cloud Application Observability | 6.7 | Free plan | $0.03/mo | Yes | |||
| 4 | VictoriaMetrics | 6.7 | Free plan | $200/mo | Yes | |||
| 5 | Prometheus | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 6 | Akamai Cloud Longview | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Yes | Akamai Cloud | ||
| 7 | Mackerel | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 8 | Nagios XI | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 9 | Pixie | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud | |||
| 10 | Chronosphere Application Observability | 6.4 | ||||||
| 11 | Zabbix | 5.7 | Yes | 50 /mo | ||||
| 12 | Google Cloud Monitoring | 5.6 | $0.06/mo | No | ||||
| 13 | Sysdig Monitor | 5.5 | AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure | |||||
| 14 | Alibaba CloudMonitor | 5.4 | Yes | Alibaba Cloud; other cloud providers supported through Hybrid Cloud Monitoring (providers not individually specified on the cited page) | 15 days | |||
| 15 | Robusta | 5.4 | AWS, Azure, GCP | |||||
| 16 | DigitalOcean Monitoring | 5.3 | Yes | DigitalOcean | 14 days | |||
| 17 | Tencent Cloud Monitor | 5.1 | Yes | Tencent Cloud | ||||
| 18 | Atatus API Analytics | 5.0 | No | AWS, Azure, GCP | ||||
| 19 | HostedMetrics | 5.0 | No | $79/mo | No | 79 /mo | Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform | 730 days |
| 20 | Komodor | 5.0 | No | |||||
| 21 | MetricFire | 5.0 | No | $16/mo | No | 19 /mo | AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, DigitalOcean, Oracle Cloud |
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