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Best Shinken Alternatives in 2026

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20 platforms from network monitoring ranked against Shinken on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Centreon Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin €0.19/mo7.4
    Shinken vs Centreon
  2. 2
    Obkio Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac Free7.4
    Shinken vs Obkio
  3. 3
    ManageEngine OpManager Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxself-hosted $7.92/mo7.3
    Shinken vs ManageEngine OpManager
  4. 4
    NetXMS Free plan AndroidapiLinuxMacself-hosted Free7.3
    Shinken vs NetXMS
  5. 5
    ntopng Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.3
    Shinken vs ntopng
  6. 6
    Observium Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.3
    Shinken vs Observium
  7. 7
    OpenNMS Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $500/mo7.3
    Shinken vs OpenNMS
  8. 8
    Paessler PRTG Network Monitor Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $16.67/mo7.3
    Shinken vs Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
  9. 9
    WhatsUp Gold Free trial apiself-hostedWebWin $72.17/mo7.3
    Shinken vs WhatsUp Gold
  10. 10
    Checkmk Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $275/mo7.2
    Shinken vs Checkmk
  11. 11
    Fing Security Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $5.83/mo7.2
    Shinken vs Fing Security
  12. 12
    LibreNMS Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxself-hosted Free7.2
    Shinken vs LibreNMS
  13. 13
    WhatsUp Gold Free plan apiself-hostedWebWin Free7.2
    Shinken vs WhatsUp Gold
  14. 14
    Catchpoint Internet Performance Monitoring AndroidapiextensioniOSMac 6.9
    Shinken vs Catchpoint Internet Performance Monitoring
  15. 15
    Domotz Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $1.50/mo6.9
    Shinken vs Domotz
  16. 16
    FastNetMon Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $60/mo6.9
    Shinken vs FastNetMon
  17. 17
    Intermapper Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 6.8
    Shinken vs Intermapper
  18. 18
    Site24x7 Network Monitoring Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $42/mo6.8
    Shinken vs Site24x7 Network Monitoring
  19. 19
    Zabbix Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 6.8
    Shinken vs Zabbix
  20. 20
    Kentik Network Monitoring System Free trial apiWeb $166.67/mo6.7
    Shinken vs Kentik Network Monitoring System

Shinken alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Centreon7.4Free plan€0.19/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Obkio7.4Free planFreeAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
3ManageEngine OpManager7.3Free plan$7.92/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4NetXMS7.3Free planFreeAndroid, API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
5ntopng7.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6Observium7.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
7OpenNMS7.3Free plan$500/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
8Paessler PRTG Network Monitor7.3Free plan$16.67/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9WhatsUp Gold7.3$72.17/moAPI, self-hosted, Web, Windows
10Checkmk7.2Free plan$275/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
11Fing Security7.2Free plan$5.83/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
12LibreNMS7.2Free planFreeAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, self-hosted, Web
13WhatsUp Gold7.2Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web, Windows
14Catchpoint Internet Performance Monitoring6.9Android, API, Browser, iOS, Mac, Web, Windows
15Domotz6.9$1.50/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
16FastNetMon6.9$60/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
17Intermapper6.8API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
18Site24x7 Network Monitoring6.8$42/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
19Zabbix6.8API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
20Kentik Network Monitoring System6.7No$166.67/moAPI, Web
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Questions about Shinken alternatives

What is the best alternative to Shinken?

Centreon, number 1 in network monitoring with a score of 7.4 out of 10. The others here: Obkio, ManageEngine OpManager, NetXMS and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Shinken?

Centreon is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 12 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.