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Best Thanos Alternatives in 2026

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20 platforms from Kubernetes monitoring ranked against Thanos on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Middleware Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $0.30/mo8.1
    Thanos vs Middleware
  2. 2
    Netdata Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxMacself-hosted $4.50/mo8.1
    Thanos vs Netdata
  3. 3
    Datadog Kubernetes Monitoring Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $1/mo8.0
    Thanos vs Datadog Kubernetes Monitoring
  4. 4
    Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxself-hosted $1.40/mo8.0
    Thanos vs Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring
  5. 5
    Radar Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $149/mo8.0
    Thanos vs Radar
  6. 6
    Checkmk Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $275/mo7.9
    Thanos vs Checkmk
  7. 7
    VictoriaMetrics Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $200/mo7.9
    Thanos vs VictoriaMetrics
  8. 8
    Coroot Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $1/mo7.8
    Thanos vs Coroot
  9. 9
    Honeycomb Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $150/mo7.8
    Thanos vs Honeycomb
  10. 10
    Icinga Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $166.67/mo7.8
    Thanos vs Icinga
  11. 11
    SigNoz Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $19/mo7.8
    Thanos vs SigNoz
  12. 12
    Watchlog Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $4.99/mo7.8
    Thanos vs Watchlog
  13. 13
    groundcover Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb $30/mo7.7
    Thanos vs groundcover
  14. 14
    Sumo Logic Free plan Web Free7.6
    Thanos vs Sumo Logic
  15. 15
    Botkube Free plan self-hosted $10/mo7.5
    Thanos vs Botkube
  16. 16
    Grafana Cloud Application Observability Free plan LinuxMacWebWin $0.03/mo7.4
    Thanos vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
  17. 17
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring Free plan Linuxself-hostedWebWin $29.08/mo7.4
    Thanos vs New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring
  18. 18
    Site24x7 Kubernetes Monitoring Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 7.4
    Thanos vs Site24x7 Kubernetes Monitoring
  19. 19
    Elastic Observability Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 7.3
    Thanos vs Elastic Observability
  20. 20
    Zabbix Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 7.3
    Thanos vs Zabbix

Thanos alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Middleware8.1Free plan$0.30/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
2Netdata8.1Free plan$4.50/moAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3Datadog Kubernetes Monitoring8.0Free plan$1/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring8.0No$1.40/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, self-hosted, Web
5Radar8.0Free plan$149/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6Checkmk7.9Free plan$275/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7VictoriaMetrics7.9Free plan$200/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8Coroot7.8Free plan$1/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9Honeycomb7.8Free plan$150/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
10Icinga7.8Free plan$166.67/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
11SigNoz7.8Free plan$19/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
12Watchlog7.8Free plan$4.99/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
13groundcover7.7Free plan$30/moLinux, self-hosted, Web
14Sumo Logic7.6Free planFreeWeb
15Botkube7.5Free plan$10/moself-hosted
16Grafana Cloud Application Observability7.4Free plan$0.03/moLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
17New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring7.4Free plan$29.08/moLinux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
18Site24x7 Kubernetes Monitoring7.4No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
19Elastic Observability7.3No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
20Zabbix7.3No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
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Questions about Thanos alternatives

What is the best alternative to Thanos?

Middleware, number 1 in Kubernetes monitoring with a score of 8.1 out of 10. The others here: Netdata, Datadog Kubernetes Monitoring, Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Thanos?

Middleware is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 16 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going: documentation depth, a free tier or trial, and the platforms it runs on.