Best Cloud Monitoring in 2026
Updated
In short: Checkmk is ranked #1 of 18 as of 3 October 2026, ahead of Zabbix and Azure Monitor. The best-ranked option with a free plan is VictoriaMetrics. The lowest first paid tier on this page is Netdata at $4.50/mo.
18 cloud monitoring ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
| # | Platform | Score | Why | From | Free plan | Paid from | Cloud providers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Checkmk | 8.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $275/mo | Yes | — | — | View |
| 2 | Zabbix | 8.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | 50 /mo | — | View |
| 3 | Azure Monitor | 8.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | — | View |
| 4 | VictoriaMetrics | 8.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $200/mo | Yes | — | — | View |
| 5 | Nagios XI | 7.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | — | View |
| 6 |  Netdata | 7.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $4.50/mo | Yes | 4.5 /mo | — | View |
| 7 | Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Container Registry | 6.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | — | View |
| 8 | Prometheus | 6.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | — | View |
| 9 | Mackerel | 6.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 10 | Google Cloud Monitoring | 5.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | — | View |
| 11 |  MetricFire | 5.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | 19 /mo | AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, DigitalOcean, Oracle Cloud | View |
| 12 | Akamai Cloud Longview | 5.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Akamai Cloud | View |
| 13 |  HostedMetrics | 5.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | 79 /mo | Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform | View |
| 14 | Sysdig Monitor | 5.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure | View |
| 15 | Pixie | 5.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud | View |
| 16 | Robusta | 4.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | AWS, Azure, GCP | View |
| 17 |  Chronosphere Application Observability | 4.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
| 18 | Komodor | 4.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | — | View |
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Questions about this list
Which cloud monitoring is ranked first on Inferse?
Checkmk is ranked #1 of 18 with a score of 8.8. Zabbix is second and Azure Monitor third.
How many of these have a free plan?
6 of the 18 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, Netdata has the lowest first paid tier we found: $4.50/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it. Paid placements never change a rank.