Best Metrics Monitoring Tools in 2026

Updated 11 October 2026

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0free plans on this page

$0.50/molowest paid tier

11 Oct 2026last checked

Metrics Monitoring Tools, ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going.3 of 3 products with recorded free access can be tried for free.

26 Google Cloud Managed Service for PrometheusPaid from $0.50/mo
- Free to practise on: no
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
6.6easy start
27 Hosted Graphite
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
6.6easy start
28 PulseBoard
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
6.6easy start
29 ScienceLogic SL1Paid from $5/mo
- Free to practise on: no
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
6.5easy start
30 Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
6.2easy start
31 Graphite
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
6.2easy start
32 Dynatrace Infrastructure MonitoringPaid from $7/mo
- Free to practise on: no
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
6.0easy start
33 Anodot
- Well documented: no
- Runs where you work: no
5.4easy start
34 Grafana Mimir
- Well documented: no
4.9easy start

Compare all 9 in a table

#	Platform	Score	Free plan	Paid from	Data retention	Custom metrics
26	Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus	6.6	No		730 days	Yes
27	Hosted Graphite	6.6	No			Yes
28	PulseBoard	6.6	No			Yes
29	ScienceLogic SL1	6.5	No	5 /mo
30	Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus	6.2	No		1,095 days	Yes
31	Graphite	6.2
32	Dynatrace Infrastructure Monitoring	6.0	No	29 /mo		Yes
33	Anodot	5.4
34	Grafana Mimir	4.9

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