Best Cloud Monitoring in 2026
Updated
Cloud monitoring helps you track services and infrastructure across the environments your team operates. Compare cloud-provider coverage and Kubernetes monitoring, then consider serverless and synthetic monitoring for additional areas of visibility. Metrics and log retention are important points to weigh when deciding what telemetry to keep. Free-plan availability and paid-from pricing add cost context. The entries include Checkmk, Nagios XI, and VictoriaMetrics. Use the listed capabilities to compare monitoring coverage and retention against your stack's needs.
Cloud Monitoring, one module each.A lit port is something its maker publishes; 14 of 14 with a known API signal have a public API.
- 01 Checkmk API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.4$275/mo
- 02 Nagios XI API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.4Free
- 03 VictoriaMetrics API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.4$200/mo
- 04 Akamai Cloud Longview API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.3Free
- 05 Chronosphere Application Observability API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.3
- 06 Mackerel API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.3Free
- 07 Google Cloud Monitoring API yesDOCS 7.0$0.06/mo
- 08 Zabbix API yesDOCS 7.0
- 09 Robusta API yesDOCS 6.9
- 10 Sysdig Monitor API yesDOCS 6.9
- 11 Atatus API Analytics API yesDOCS 6.8
- 12 HostedMetrics API yesFREE noDOCS 6.8$79/mo
- 13 MetricFire API yesFREE noDOCS 6.8$16/mo
- 14 Komodor API yesDOCS 6.7
- 15 Grafana Cloud Application Observability FREE yesDOCS 6.0$0.03/mo
- 16 Netdata FREE yesDOCS 6.0$4.50/mo
- 17 Pixie FREE yesDOCS 5.9Free
- 18 Prometheus FREE yesDOCS 5.8Free
- 19 Alibaba CloudMonitor DOCS 5.2
- 20 DigitalOcean Monitoring DOCS 5.2
- 21 Tencent Cloud Monitor DOCS 5.0
Compare all 21 in a table
| # | Platform | Score | Free plan | From | Free plan | Paid from | Cloud providers | Metrics retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Checkmk | 7.4 | Free plan | $275/mo | Yes | |||
| 2 | Nagios XI | 7.4 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 3 | VictoriaMetrics | 7.4 | Free plan | $200/mo | Yes | |||
| 4 | Akamai Cloud Longview | 7.3 | Free plan | Free | Yes | Akamai Cloud | ||
| 5 | Chronosphere Application Observability | 7.3 | ||||||
| 6 | Mackerel | 7.3 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 7 | Google Cloud Monitoring | 7.0 | $0.06/mo | No | ||||
| 8 | Zabbix | 7.0 | Yes | 50 /mo | ||||
| 9 | Robusta | 6.9 | AWS, Azure, GCP | |||||
| 10 | Sysdig Monitor | 6.9 | AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure | |||||
| 11 | Atatus API Analytics | 6.8 | No | AWS, Azure, GCP | ||||
| 12 | HostedMetrics | 6.8 | No | $79/mo | No | 79 /mo | Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform | 730 days |
| 13 | MetricFire | 6.8 | No | $16/mo | No | 19 /mo | AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, DigitalOcean, Oracle Cloud | |
| 14 | Komodor | 6.7 | No | |||||
| 15 | Grafana Cloud Application Observability | 6.0 | Free plan | $0.03/mo | Yes | |||
| 16 | Netdata | 6.0 | Free plan | $4.50/mo | Yes | 4.5 /mo | ||
| 17 | Pixie | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud | |||
| 18 | Prometheus | 5.8 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 19 | Alibaba CloudMonitor | 5.2 | Yes | Alibaba Cloud; other cloud providers supported through Hybrid Cloud Monitoring (providers not individually specified on the cited page) | 15 days | |||
| 20 | DigitalOcean Monitoring | 5.2 | Yes | DigitalOcean | 14 days | |||
| 21 | Tencent Cloud Monitor | 5.0 | Yes | Tencent Cloud |
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