Best Metrics Monitoring Tools in 2026
Updated
Metrics monitoring tools help teams collect and work with measurements from services and infrastructure. Compare data ingestion and retention with custom metrics, SLO tracking, and the query language each option lists. A self-hosted option can be an important deployment consideration, while free-plan availability and paid-from pricing provide cost points to assess. Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring, InfluxDB, and Netdata are among the entries, alongside Checkmk and VictoriaMetrics. Consider which measurements you need to collect, how long to retain them, and how you want to query them; then compare those requirements with the listed monitoring features and plan details.
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18free plans on this page
$0.03/molowest paid tier
11 Oct 2026last checked
Metrics Monitoring Tools, ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going.25 of 25 products with recorded free access can be tried for free.
- 1 Dynatrace Kubernetes MonitoringPaid from $1.40/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 2 InfluxDBFree plan
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 3 NetdataPaid from $4.50/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 4 CheckmkPaid from $275/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 5 Oracle Log AnalyticsFree plan
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 6 VictoriaMetricsPaid from $200/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 7 IcingaPaid from $166.67/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 8 SigNozPaid from $19/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 9 groundcoverPaid from $30/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 10 Nagios XIFree plan
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 11 Chronosphere Application Observability
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 12 Grafana Cloud Application ObservabilityPaid from $0.03/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 13 Zabbix
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 14 Google Cloud MonitoringPaid from $0.06/mo
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 15 Sematext APMPaid from $19/mo
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 16 Amazon CloudWatch LogsPaid from $0.03/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: no
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 17 collectdFree plan
- Free to practise on: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 18 Grafana k6Paid from $19/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 19 M3Free plan
- Free to practise on: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 20 PrometheusFree plan
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: no
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 21 SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud ObservabilityPaid from $8/mo
- Free to practise on: no
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 22 StatsDFree plan
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: no
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 23 ThanosFree plan
- Free to practise on: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 24 LogicMonitorPaid from $16/mo
- Free to practise on: no
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 25 OpenObserveFree plan
- Free to practise on: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
Compare all 25 in a table
| # | Platform | Score | Free plan | From | Free plan | Paid from | Data retention | Custom metrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring | 7.9 | $1.40/mo | No | 29 /mo | Yes | ||
| 2 | InfluxDB | 7.9 | Free plan | Yes | ||||
| 3 | Netdata | 7.9 | Free plan | $4.50/mo | Yes | 4.5 /mo | ||
| 4 | Checkmk | 7.8 | Free plan | $275/mo | Yes | |||
| 5 | Oracle Log Analytics | 7.8 | Free plan | Free | Yes | 90 days | Yes | |
| 6 | VictoriaMetrics | 7.8 | Free plan | $200/mo | Yes | |||
| 7 | Icinga | 7.7 | Free plan | $166.67/mo | Yes | |||
| 8 | SigNoz | 7.7 | Free plan | $19/mo | Yes | 49 /mo | ||
| 9 | groundcover | 7.6 | Free plan | $30/mo | Yes | 30 /mo | ||
| 10 | Nagios XI | 7.6 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 11 | Chronosphere Application Observability | 7.4 | ||||||
| 12 | Grafana Cloud Application Observability | 7.3 | Free plan | $0.03/mo | Yes | |||
| 13 | Zabbix | 7.1 | Yes | 50 /mo | ||||
| 14 | Google Cloud Monitoring | 7.0 | $0.06/mo | No | ||||
| 15 | Sematext APM | 7.0 | $19/mo | No | 2.8 /mo | 1 days | Yes | |
| 16 | Amazon CloudWatch Logs | 6.9 | Free plan | $0.03/mo | No | |||
| 17 | collectd | 6.9 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 18 | Grafana k6 | 6.9 | Free plan | $19/mo | Yes | |||
| 19 | M3 | 6.8 | Free plan | Free | ||||
| 20 | Prometheus | 6.8 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 21 | SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability | 6.8 | No | $8/mo | No | 8 /mo | ||
| 22 | StatsD | 6.8 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 23 | Thanos | 6.8 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 24 | LogicMonitor | 6.7 | No | $16/mo | No | 16 /mo | ||
| 25 | OpenObserve | 6.7 | Free plan | Free | Yes |
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