Akamai Cloud Longview

7.1easy start · #10of 21
in Cloud Monitoring

Free to practise onyes
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workno

Runs on api, Linux, Web.

Akamai Cloud Longview is ranked #10 of 21 in cloud monitoring on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Linux, Web. There is a free plan.

Akamai Cloud Longview plans and pricing

All plans

Longview Free Free Up to 10 clients · 5-minute data resolution · 12 hours of data history techdocs.akamai.com · 5 Oct 2026

Longview Pro Added cost; price not stated on the opened page 60-second data resolution · Unlimited data retention techdocs.akamai.com · 5 Oct 2026

Compared on cloud monitoring

Free plan: Yes
Cloud providers: Akamai Cloud

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The record

Purpose: Longview graphs system data and tracks aggregate and per-process CPU, memory, and network bandwidth metrics.
Real-time graphs: Longview provides real-time graphs that can help expose performance problems.
Open-source agent: The Longview client is open source and its agent can be installed on Linux systems hosted outside Akamai Cloud.
Supported distributions: Akamai lists CentOS, Debian, and Ubuntu as officially supported; most Linux systems are compatible.
Region availability: Longview is available on Linodes in core compute regions and is not supported in distributed compute regions.
Dashboard: Clients can view Overview, Processes, Network, and Disks metrics in Cloud Manager.
Integrations: Optional metric tabs are available for Apache, NGINX, and MySQL when the software and Longview Agent are configured.
Disk limit: Longview does not gather data on swap disks.
History limit: Graphs show only data captured after the Longview Agent was installed.
Plan restriction: Longview Free and Longview Pro clients cannot be used at the same time; switching to Pro counts active free clients toward the Pro client count.
Installation: Getting started requires creating a Longview client and installing its agent on a Linux server.
Security: Manual installation instructions specify downloading and importing a GPG key for the Longview package repository.
Support: Akamai's documentation links to Akamai Support and Compute Support.
Pro retention: Longview Pro provides unlimited data retention, compared with 12 hours for Longview Free.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Cloud Monitoring in 2026#10 of 21

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Sources

techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/longview· checked 5 Oct 2026
techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/understanding-long· checked 5 Oct 2026
techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/change-longview-pl· checked 5 Oct 2026
techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/getting-started-wi· checked 5 Oct 2026
linode.com/products/longview/· checked 28 Sept 2026