Sematext Container Monitoring provides visibility into the health and performance of distributed infrastructure. Its lightweight Sematext Agent collects host and container metrics, logs, and events. The agent can run as a Kubernetes DaemonSet, Docker Swarm service, with Rancher, Nomad, Portainer, Mesos, or DC/OS, or through a docker run command. Sematext can discover applications in containers and start monitoring agents when it finds them. Dashboards and alert rules are available out of the box, and a shared dashboard can display and filter metrics, logs, and events together. For troubleshooting, users can view hot containers, top processes, and Kubernetes details such as replica counts and pod restarts. Supported platforms include Docker Engine, Kubernetes, AWS ECS, AWS EKS, AKS, GKE, OpenShift, Nomad, Docker Swarm, Mesos, and Rancher. Sematext lists 100+ integrations overall. A 14-day free trial is available without a credit card. Infra Monitoring Basic starts at 2.80 USD per month; monitoring charges depend on hosts, containers, plan, and data retention.

Who it is for

This may suit teams monitoring containerized applications and infrastructure across supported container platforms. It is also relevant to teams that want metrics, logs, events, and alerts available together.

What is good

Collects host and container metrics, logs, and events.
Can discover container applications and start monitoring agents.
Combines metrics, logs, and events in dashboards.
Offers a 14-day trial without a credit card.
Support is available by email, live chat, or phone.

What to know first

Charges depend on hosts, containers, plan, and retention.
Basic plan retention is one day.
Docker monitoring may add per-container charges above the included amount.

Verdict

Sematext brings container signals and troubleshooting views into a shared monitoring workflow. Review usage and retention requirements because pricing depends on monitored infrastructure and plan details.

Sematext Container Monitoring plans and pricing

All plans

Infra Monitoring — Basic $2.80/mo Starts at $2.8 / month; metered pricing depends on hosts, containers, plan, and data retention. 1-day retention on Basic · monitoring price depends on host and container usage · no limits on monitored containers for paid apps sematext.com · 7 Oct 2026

Compared on container monitoring

Paid from: $2.80/mo
Supported platforms: Docker Engine, Docker Data Center, Docker Enterprise, Kubernetes, AWS ECS, AWS EKS, AKS, GKE, Red Hat OpenShift, Nomad, Docker Swarm, Mesos, Rancher
Container metrics: Yes
Resource alerts: Yes
Image monitoring: Yes
Runtime events: Yes
Container log collection: Yes

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The record

Purpose

Container Monitoring provides visibility into the health and performance of distributed infrastructure.

Agent

Sematext Agent runs as a lightweight container and collects host and container metrics.

Deployment

The agent can run as a Kubernetes DaemonSet, Docker Swarm service, with Rancher, Nomad, Portainer, Mesos or DC/OS, or through a docker run command.

Collected data

The product collects container and host metrics, logs, and events, with dashboards and alert rules available out of the box.

Auto-discovery

Sematext automatically discovers applications running in containers and can start monitoring agents when applications are found.

Troubleshooting

The product offers real-time views of hot containers, top processes, and Kubernetes details such as replica counts and pod restarts.

Log correlation

Container metrics, logs, and events can be viewed together and filtered using the same criteria in a single dashboard.

Integrations

Sematext lists 100+ integrations and includes a servers, containers and orchestration category with six integrations.

Trial

The product page offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card required.

Pricing limits

Docker monitoring uses a base price that includes a plan-dependent number of containers, with per-container charges applying above that amount.

Support

The product page says support is available by email, live chat, or phone.

Security

Sematext’s monitoring FAQ says agents ship data via HTTPS and that hostnames can be obfuscated or aliased.

Company history

Sematext’s company history says it launched as Sematext International in Spring 2010.

Headquarters

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Price from

$2.80/mo