Nagios alternatives
As of 4 November 2026, 33 metrics monitoring are named by companies instead of Nagios: Grafana by 5,645 companies, Prometheus by 4,675, Amazon CloudWatch by 2,291.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Nagios, companies in postings
- 633
- Most used alternative
- Grafana · 5,645
- Fastest hiring, 90 days
- Grafana
- Alternatives ranked
- 33
- Catalogue
- T-1.0.1-prov
metrics monitoring companies choose instead of Nagios
Companies naming each tool in their own postings, and postings in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the category leader.
| # | Alternative | Companies | companies | vs Nagios | postings, 90 d | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GrafanaGrafana Labs | 5,645 | 892% | 17,071 | Nagios vs Grafana → | |
| 2 | PrometheusCloud Native Computing Foundation | 4,675 | 739% | 12,746 | Nagios vs Prometheus → | |
| 3 | Amazon CloudWatchAmazon | 2,291 | 362% | 5,835 | Nagios vs Amazon CloudWatch → | |
| 4 | Azure MonitorMicrosoft | 982 | 155% | 2,635 | Nagios vs Azure Monitor → | |
| 5 | ZabbixZabbix | 776 | 123% | 1,664 | Nagios vs Zabbix → | |
| 6 | PRTG Network MonitorPaessler | 325 | 51% | 580 | Nagios vs PRTG Network Monitor → | |
| 7 | Google Cloud MonitoringGoogle | 224 | 35% | 568 | Nagios vs Google Cloud Monitoring → | |
| 8 | System Center Operations ManagerMicrosoft | 160 | 25% | 348 | Nagios vs System Center Operations Manager → | |
| 9 | Grafana MimirGrafana Labs | 141 | 22% | 269 | soon | |
| 10 | CheckmkCheckmk GmbH | 133 | 21% | 193 | Nagios vs Checkmk → | |
| 11 | 120 | 19% | 304 | soon | ||
| 12 | LogicMonitorLogicMonitor | 91 | 14% | 247 | soon | |
| 13 | ThanosCNCF | 79 | 12% | 150 | soon | |
| 14 | IcingaIcinga | 78 | 12% | 114 | soon | |
| 15 | IBM TivoliIBM | 77 | 12% | 187 | soon | |
| 16 | CentreonCentreon | 73 | 12% | 186 | soon | |
| 17 | NVIDIA DCGMNVIDIA | 71 | 11% | 255 | soon | |
| 18 | Grafana LGTMGrafana Labs | 65 | 10% | 100 | soon | |
| 19 | GraphiteGraphite project | 62 | 10% | 103 | soon | |
| 20 | Performance MonitorMicrosoft | 58 | 9% | 93 | soon | |
| 21 | Grafana CloudGrafana Labs | 46 | 7% | 415 | soon | |
| 22 | CactiThe Cacti Group | 42 | 7% | 68 | soon | |
| 23 | VMware vRealize OperationsVMware | 42 | 7% | 78 | soon | |
| 24 | TelegrafInfluxData | 38 | 6% | 60 | soon | |
| 25 | HP OpenViewOpenText | 31 | 5% | 69 | soon | |
| 26 | SiteScopeOpenText | 23 | 4% | 20 | soon | |
| 27 | SensuSensu | 21 | 3% | 27 | soon | |
| 28 | ZenossZenoss | 19 | 3% | 35 | soon | |
| 29 | FoglightQuest Software | 17 | 3% | 17 | soon | |
| 30 | VMware Aria OperationsBroadcom | 16 | 3% | 94 | soon | |
| 31 | WhatsUp GoldProgress Software | 13 | 2% | 33 | soon | |
| 32 | ChronospherePalo Alto Networks | 11 | 2% | 54 | soon | |
| 33 | WavefrontVMware | 11 | 2% | 19 | soon |
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33 metrics monitoring are named by companies instead of Nagios: Grafana by 5,645 companies, Prometheus by 4,675, Amazon CloudWatch by 2,291, measured from their own job postings. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/nagios/alternatives)
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- RankingCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov. Editions are folded into their parent product.
- 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
- Not includedRatings, prices, feature claims, sponsored positions.
Nagios alternatives: questions
What is the most used alternative to Nagios?
Grafana: 5,645 companies name it in their own job postings, against 633 for Nagios.
How is this list ranked?
By the number of companies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system (Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov), then by postings in the last 90 days. No ratings, no vendor input, no sponsored positions.
Does this say which is better?
No. It says who uses what, by company size, industry and country, so you can see which tools companies like yours choose. For features and prices, read the vendors.
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