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Best ctop Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 platforms from container monitoring ranked against ctop on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Amazon CloudWatch Logs Free plan apiWeb $0.03/mo7.4
    ctop vs Amazon CloudWatch Logs
  2. 2
    Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxself-hosted $1.40/mo7.3
    ctop vs Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring
  3. 3
    Guance Container Monitoring Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac Free7.3
    ctop vs Guance Container Monitoring
  4. 4
    OneUptime Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $0.10/mo7.3
    ctop vs OneUptime
  5. 5
    Checkmk Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $275/mo7.2
    ctop vs Checkmk
  6. 6
    Coroot Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $1/mo7.2
    ctop vs Coroot
  7. 7
    DockMon Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.2
    ctop vs DockMon
  8. 8
    Icinga Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $166.67/mo7.2
    ctop vs Icinga
  9. 9
    Maintenant Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb €29/mo7.2
    ctop vs Maintenant
  10. 10
    Middleware Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $0.30/mo7.2
    ctop vs Middleware
  11. 11
    Nagios XI Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.2
    ctop vs Nagios XI
  12. 12
    Paessler PRTG Network Monitor Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $16.67/mo7.2
    ctop vs Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
  13. 13
    Portainer Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $12.92/mo7.2
    ctop vs Portainer
  14. 14
    Pulse Intelligence Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.2
    ctop vs Pulse Intelligence
  15. 15
    Sensu Go Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $3/mo7.2
    ctop vs Sensu Go
  16. 16
    SigNoz Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $19/mo7.2
    ctop vs SigNoz
  17. 17
    Uptrace Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $39/mo7.2
    ctop vs Uptrace
  18. 18
    VictoriaMetrics Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $200/mo7.2
    ctop vs VictoriaMetrics
  19. 19
    Checkmate Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.1
    ctop vs Checkmate
  20. 20
    Glances Free plan AndroidapiLinuxMacself-hosted Free7.1
    ctop vs Glances

ctop alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Amazon CloudWatch Logs7.4Free plan$0.03/moAPI, Web
2Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring7.3$1.40/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, self-hosted, Web
3Guance Container Monitoring7.3Free planFreeAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4OneUptime7.3Free plan$0.10/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
5Checkmk7.2Free plan$275/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6Coroot7.2Free plan$1/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7DockMon7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
8Icinga7.2Free plan$166.67/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9Maintenant7.2Free plan€29/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
10Middleware7.2Free plan$0.30/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
11Nagios XI7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
12Paessler PRTG Network Monitor7.2Free plan$16.67/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
13Portainer7.2Free plan$12.92/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
14Pulse Intelligence7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
15Sensu Go7.2Free plan$3/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
16SigNoz7.2Free plan$19/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
17Uptrace7.2Free plan$39/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
18VictoriaMetrics7.2Free plan$200/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
19Checkmate7.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
20Glances7.1Free planFreeAndroid, API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
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Questions about ctop alternatives

What is the best alternative to ctop?

Amazon CloudWatch Logs, number 1 in container monitoring with a score of 7.4 out of 10. The others here: Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring, Guance Container Monitoring, OneUptime and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to ctop?

Amazon CloudWatch Logs is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 19 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives 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.