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Glances vs Maintenant

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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Maintenant brings container, endpoint, certificate, and resource monitoring into a self-hosted dashboard, with plan-specific alerting and history limits. Operators need to secure its dashboard and admin API through a reverse proxy and authentication middleware.

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The facts

	Glances	Maintenant
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Android, API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows	API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows
Lowest paid plan	Free or on request	Pro: €29 a month
Plans published	1	3
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	github.com	maintenant.dev
On container monitoring	#12 of 49	#16 of 49

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.

Maintenant: what it does well

Monitors containers, endpoints, certificates, and host metrics
Discovers containers and streams logs
Includes webhook and Discord alerts in Community
Offers REST API, SSE streams, and MCP server
Uses SQLite by default without a datastore service

What to know first

Dashboard has no built-in authentication
Personal has no support commitment
Personal license excludes monitoring others' infrastructure
Community resource history is limited to 7 days

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