Best Kubernetes Monitoring in 2026
Updated
50ranked
13free plans on this page
$0.02/molowest paid tier
9 Oct 2026last checked
Kubernetes Monitoring, one module each.A lit port is something its maker publishes; 3 of 3 with a known API signal have a public API.
- 26 Dash0 API yesFREE noDOCS 6.7$0.02/mo
- 27 LogicMonitor API yesFREE noDOCS 6.7$16/mo
- 28 Observe API yesFREE noDOCS 6.7
- 29 Botkube FREE yesDOCS 6.0$10/mo
- 30 Grafana Cloud Application Observability FREE yesDOCS 6.0$0.03/mo
- 31 groundcover FREE yesDOCS 6.0$30/mo
- 32 New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring FREE yesDOCS 6.0$29.08/mo
- 33 Grafana k6 FREE yesDOCS 5.9$19/mo
- 34 Netdata FREE yesDOCS 5.9$4.50/mo
- 35 smartctl_exporter FREE yesDOCS 5.9Free
- 36 Sumo Logic FREE yesDOCS 5.9Free
- 37 OpenObserve FREE yesDOCS 5.8Free
- 38 Pixie FREE yesDOCS 5.8Free
- 39 Prometheus FREE yesDOCS 5.8Free
- 40 Skooner FREE yesDOCS 5.8Free
- 41 ManageEngine Applications Manager FREE yesDOCS 5.6$32.92/mo
- 42 Observatorium DOCS 5.4
- 43 Sematext Monitoring DOCS 5.4$2.80/mo
- 44 eG Enterprise FREE noDOCS 5.3$100/mo
- 45 SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability FREE noDOCS 5.3$8/mo
- 46 Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights FREE noDOCS 5.1$0.08/mo
- 47 Dynatrace Infrastructure Monitoring FREE noDOCS 5.1$7/mo
- 48 KuboVisor DOCS 5.1
- 49 ServiceNow Event Management DOCS 4.9
- 50 Grafana Mimir DOCS 4.6
Compare all 25 in a table
| # | Platform | Score | Free plan | From | Free plan | Paid from | Control-plane monitoring | Kubernetes logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Dash0 | 6.7 | No | $0.02/mo | No | |||
| 27 | LogicMonitor | 6.7 | No | $16/mo | No | |||
| 28 | Observe | 6.7 | No | No | ||||
| 29 | Botkube | 6.0 | Free plan | $10/mo | Yes | 10 /mo | Yes | |
| 30 | Grafana Cloud Application Observability | 6.0 | Free plan | $0.03/mo | Yes | |||
| 31 | groundcover | 6.0 | Free plan | $30/mo | Yes | 30 /mo | ||
| 32 | New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring | 6.0 | Free plan | $29.08/mo | Yes | |||
| 33 | Grafana k6 | 5.9 | Free plan | $19/mo | Yes | |||
| 34 | Netdata | 5.9 | Free plan | $4.50/mo | Yes | 4.5 /mo | ||
| 35 | smartctl_exporter | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | Yes | Yes | ||
| 36 | Sumo Logic | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 37 | OpenObserve | 5.8 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 38 | Pixie | 5.8 | Free plan | Free | ||||
| 39 | Prometheus | 5.8 | Free plan | Free | ||||
| 40 | Skooner | 5.8 | Free plan | Free | ||||
| 41 | ManageEngine Applications Manager | 5.6 | Free plan | $32.92/mo | Yes | |||
| 42 | Observatorium | 5.4 | Yes | |||||
| 43 | Sematext Monitoring | 5.4 | $2.80/mo | Yes | 2.8 /mo | |||
| 44 | eG Enterprise | 5.3 | No | $100/mo | No | 100 /mo | ||
| 45 | SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability | 5.3 | No | $8/mo | No | 8 /mo | ||
| 46 | Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights | 5.1 | No | $0.08/mo | No | |||
| 47 | Dynatrace Infrastructure Monitoring | 5.1 | No | $7/mo | No | |||
| 48 | KuboVisor | 5.1 | No | Yes | ||||
| 49 | ServiceNow Event Management | 4.9 | ||||||
| 50 | Grafana Mimir | 4.6 |
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