Centreon

About

Centreon is ranked #15 of 107 in log management software on Inferse, made by Centreon (Paris, France). It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at €0.19/mo.

Compared on log management software

Free plan

Yescentreon.com

Monitored device limit

125 devicescentreon.com

Alert channels

emailcentreon.com

Facts

Purpose

Centreon provides an AIOps-ready, business-aware IT monitoring platform for complex infrastructures from cloud to edge.centreon.com · 30 Sept 2026

Monitoring scope

The platform monitors servers, networks, cloud environments and applications in one platform.download.centreon.com · 30 Sept 2026

Connectors

Centreon offers more than 700 monitoring connectors for cloud, legacy, infrastructure, security, databases, middleware, cloud and OT systems.temp-website.centreon.com · 30 Sept 2026

Deployment

Centreon supports SaaS delivery and self-hosted deployment.temp-website.centreon.com · 30 Sept 2026

Integrations

Centreon integrates with ServiceNow, JIRA, GLPi, EasyVista, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Telegram, PagerDuty and OpsGenie.temp-website.centreon.com · 30 Sept 2026

Observability exports

Stream connectors can send metrics and events to Elastic, Kafka and Splunk, while integrations support Grafana, Kibana and Power BI.temp-website.centreon.com · 30 Sept 2026

Access control

The platform provides fine-grained permissions, access control groups, SAMLv2 identity-provider integration, Active Directory synchronization and LDAP synchronization.temp-website.centreon.com · 30 Sept 2026

Security controls

Centreon uses TLS-encrypted communications, SNMP v3 and secure collection through the Centreon Monitoring Agent or Centreon Poller.temp-website.centreon.com · 30 Sept 2026

Security testing

Centreon runs static analysis and quality checks in continuous integration and performs manual penetration tests yearly.docs.centreon.com · 30 Sept 2026

Vulnerability management

Centreon is a CVE Numbering Authority and publishes security bulletins for vulnerability fixes.docs.centreon.com · 30 Sept 2026

Monitoring agent

The Centreon Monitoring Agent natively monitors Linux and Windows hosts, streams metrics over encrypted gRPC and requires no plugin on the host.download.centreon.com · 30 Sept 2026

Free trials

Centreon Cloud offers a 7-day trial for up to 125 hosts, while Centreon Experience Monitoring offers a 30-day trial.docs.centreon.com · 30 Sept 2026

Open source

Centreon distributes its core platform under the Apache open-source license, with GPLv2 applying to some files.docs.centreon.com · 30 Sept 2026

Community

Centreon says its open-source community includes more than 250,000 IT professionals.centreon.com · 30 Sept 2026

Company

Founded

2005centreon.com · 28 Sept 2026

Headquarters

Paris, Francecentreon.com · 28 Sept 2026

Where it ranks on Inferse

• Best Log Management Software in 2026#15 of 107
• Best Hardware Monitoring Software in 2026#1 of 58
• Best Network Monitoring in 2026#1 of 56

Sources

• centreon.com/about-centreon/· checked 30 Sept 2026
• download.centreon.com· checked 30 Sept 2026
• temp-website.centreon.com/features· checked 30 Sept 2026
• temp-website.centreon.com/pricing· checked 30 Sept 2026
• docs.centreon.com/docs/security/· checked 30 Sept 2026
• docs.centreon.com/cloud/getting-started/centreon-cloud-tr· checked 30 Sept 2026
• centreon.com· checked 28 Sept 2026
• centreon.com/pricing-centreon-infra-monitoring/· checked 23 Sept 2026