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Glances vs Guance Container Monitoring

Both stand on container monitoring. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Glances

Free plan AndroidAPILinux+4

Glances combines live system monitoring with remote access, container monitoring, and a wide range of data exports. Check the Python requirement and XML-RPC host guidance when setting it up.

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Guance brings workload changes and multiple telemetry types into a shared monitoring view. The Free Plan has defined host, ingestion, and retention limits, and its workspace data cannot be migrated to a Commercial Plan.

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The facts

	Glances	Guance Container Monitoring
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Android, API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows	Android, API, iPhone, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows
Lowest paid plan	Free or on request	Free or on request
Plans published	1	3
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	github.com	guance.com
On container monitoring	#11 of 44	#14 of 44

Glances: what it does well

Displays CPU, memory, disk, network, and sensor data.
Remote monitoring supports terminal, web, and APIs.
Monitors Docker and LXC containers.
Exports statistics to files, databases, and brokers.
Free and open source.

What to know first

Version 4 requires Python 3.10 or later.
Standard pip installation omits web dependencies.
XML-RPC accepts any HTTP Host header by default.

Guance Container Monitoring: what it does well

Drill-down spans clusters, nodes, workloads, pods, and containers
Correlates metrics, logs, traces, and network data
Alerts link to related telemetry and events
Free Plan includes up to 10 hosts

What to know first

Free-plan data cannot move to a Commercial Plan workspace
Free Plan limits collection to 10 hosts
Fargate coverage depends on environment and collector configuration

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