Best Container Monitoring in 2026
Updated
46ranked
8free plans on this page
$0.01/molowest paid tier
15 Oct 2026last checked
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | ctopWindows · Mac · Linux · Self-hosted | Three bars | 3 of 6 | Free | 6.4 | ||
| 27 | DockMonWeb · Linux · Self-hosted · API | Two bars | 2 of 6 | Free | 6.4 | ||
| 28 | Grafana Cloud Kubernetes MonitoringWeb · Linux · Self-hosted | Two bars | 2 of 6 | Free | 6.4 | ||
| 29 | groundcoverWeb · Linux · Self-hosted | Two bars | 2 of 6 | $30/mo | 6.4 | ||
| 30 | OneUptimeWeb · Linux · Self-hosted · API | Two bars | 2 of 6 | $0.10/mo | 6.4 | ||
| 31 | WatchflareWeb · Mac · Linux · Self-hosted | Three bars | 3 of 6 | Free | 6.4 | ||
| 32 | PixieWeb · Linux · Self-hosted | Two bars | 2 of 6 | Free | 6.3 | ||
| 33 | OpenObserveWeb | Two bars | 1 of 6 | Free | 6.2 | ||
| 34 | Site24x7 Container MonitoringWeb · Windows · Linux · Android · iPhone · Self-hosted · API | Two bars | 5 of 6 | $9/mo | 5.7 | ||
| 35 | Elastic ObservabilityWeb · Windows · Mac · Linux · Self-hosted · API | Two bars | 4 of 6 | 5.6 | |||
| 36 | ZabbixWeb · Windows · Mac · Linux · Self-hosted · API | Two bars | 4 of 6 | 5.6 | |||
| 37 | AgrafaWeb · Linux · Self-hosted · API | One bar | 2 of 6 | 5.5 | |||
| 38 | Sematext Container MonitoringWeb · Linux | One bar | 2 of 6 | $2.80/mo | 5.4 | ||
| 39 | Sysdig MonitorWeb · Linux · Self-hosted · API | One bar | 2 of 6 | 5.4 | |||
| 40 | cAdvisorWeb · Linux | No signal | 2 of 6 | 5.2 | |||
| 41 | LogicMonitorWeb · Windows · Linux · API | Two bars | No | 3 of 6 | $16/mo | 5.1 | |
| 42 | SolarWinds ObservabilityWeb · Windows · Linux · Self-hosted · API | Two bars | No | 3 of 6 | $5/mo | 5.1 | |
| 43 | Atatus API AnalyticsWeb · Self-hosted · API | One bar | 1 of 6 | 4.9 | |||
| 44 | Chronosphere Observability PlatformWeb · API | One bar | 1 of 6 | 4.9 | |||
| 45 | Coralogix Kubernetes MonitoringWeb · API | One bar | No | 1 of 6 | $0.06/mo | 4.9 | |
| 46 | Google Cloud ObservabilityWeb | One bar | No | 1 of 6 | $0.01/mo | 4.9 |
Compare all 21 in a table
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Free plan | Paid from | Supported platforms | Container metrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | ctop | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | Yes | Linux, macOS, Windows, Docker | Yes | |
| 27 | DockMon | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | Yes | Docker Engine, Docker Compose, unRAID, Synology DSM, QNAP Container Station, Proxmox LXC | Yes | |
| 28 | Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | Yes | Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Google GKE, Azure AKS, GKE Autopilot, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, Red Hat OpenShift, and EKS on AWS Fargate | Yes | |
| 29 | groundcover | 6.4 | Free plan | $30/mo | Yes | 30 /mo | ||
| 30 | OneUptime | 6.4 | Free plan | $0.10/mo | Yes | |||
| 31 | Watchflare | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 32 | Pixie | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | ||||
| 33 | OpenObserve | 6.2 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 34 | Site24x7 Container Monitoring | 5.7 | $9/mo | 9 /mo | Kubernetes, Docker, Podman | Yes | ||
| 35 | Elastic Observability | 5.6 | No | |||||
| 36 | Zabbix | 5.6 | Yes | 50 /mo | ||||
| 37 | Agrafa | 5.5 | Linux, web dashboard, self-hosted Docker Compose deployment | No | ||||
| 38 | Sematext Container Monitoring | 5.4 | $2.80/mo | 2.8 /mo | Docker Engine, Docker Data Center, Docker Enterprise, Kubernetes, AWS ECS, AWS EKS, AKS, GKE, Red Hat OpenShift, Nomad, Docker Swarm, Mesos, Rancher | Yes | ||
| 39 | Sysdig Monitor | 5.4 | ||||||
| 40 | cAdvisor | 5.2 | Yes | Linux, web UI, REST API | Yes | |||
| 41 | LogicMonitor | 5.1 | No | $16/mo | No | 16 /mo | ||
| 42 | SolarWinds Observability | 5.1 | No | $5/mo | No | 5 /mo | ||
| 43 | Atatus API Analytics | 4.9 | No | Docker, Docker Swarm, Docker Compose, Amazon ECS, Kubernetes | Yes | |||
| 44 | Chronosphere Observability Platform | 4.9 | Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, Google GKE, Amazon ECS | Yes | ||||
| 45 | Coralogix Kubernetes Monitoring | 4.9 | No | $0.06/mo | No | Kubernetes | Yes | |
| 46 | Google Cloud Observability | 4.9 | No | $0.01/mo | No |
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