Best monitoring and error tracking tools
APM, infrastructure metrics, logs, uptime checks, error tracking, on-call and status pages, from hosted platforms to self-hosted open-source tools.
50 apps, ordered by visits from AppBreakup and how often our research lists each one as an alternative. Open any app to see its alternatives.
All monitoring and error tracking tools
- Alternatives to Datadog

A broad SaaS observability platform covering infrastructure metrics, APM, logs, synthetics and security.
Free plan + paidWeb, iOS, Android - Alternatives to Better Stack

Uptime monitoring, status pages, on-call, logs and error tracking bundled in one hosted platform.
Free plan + paidWeb, iOS, Android - Alternatives to Grafana

Open-source dashboards for metrics, logs and traces, with a hosted Grafana Cloud stack.
Open sourceSelf-hostableWeb, Self-hosted - Alternatives to Sentry

Developer-focused error tracking and performance monitoring for web, mobile and backend apps.
Free plan + paidSelf-hostableWeb, Self-hosted - Alternatives to SigNoz

Open-source, OpenTelemetry-native observability for traces, metrics and logs in one app.
Open sourceSelf-hostableWeb, Self-hosted - Alternatives to UptimeRobot

Simple, inexpensive website and API uptime monitoring with a long-standing free plan.
Free plan + paidWeb, iOS, Android - Alternatives to New Relic

Full-stack observability platform with usage-based pricing and a large free data allowance.
Free plan + paidWeb, iOS, Android - Alternatives to OpenObserve

Open-source observability platform for logs, metrics, traces and RUM with low-cost object storage.
Open sourceSelf-hostableWeb, Self-hosted - Alternatives to Honeybadger

Error tracking, uptime and cron monitoring in one simple tool for web developers.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to Elastic Observability

Logs, metrics, APM and synthetics built on Elasticsearch, hosted or self-managed.
PaidSelf-hostableWeb, Self-hosted - Alternatives to Prometheus

Open-source metrics collection, time series database and alerting toolkit, the standard for Kubernetes.
Open sourceSelf-hostableSelf-hosted, Linux, macOS, Windows - Alternatives to Zabbix

Free, open-source enterprise monitoring for servers, networks, VMs and applications.
Open sourceSelf-hostableSelf-hosted, Linux, Web - Alternatives to Rollbar

Real-time error monitoring with smart grouping and deploy tracking for web and backend apps.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to Uptime Kuma

Free, self-hosted uptime monitor with status pages and dozens of notification channels.
Open sourceSelf-hostableSelf-hosted, Web - Alternatives to Checkmk

Infrastructure and application monitoring with auto-discovery, from a free edition to SaaS.
Free plan + paidOpen sourceSelf-hostableSelf-hosted, Linux, Web - Alternatives to Netdata

Per-second infrastructure monitoring with zero-configuration dashboards and built-in anomaly detection.
Open sourceSelf-hostableWeb, Self-hosted, Linux, macOS, Windows - Alternatives to Instatus

Fast, affordable status pages with built-in uptime monitors and on-call alerts.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to Atlassian Statuspage

Atlassian's hosted status page service for communicating incidents to customers and staff.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to Dynatrace

Enterprise observability platform known for automatic discovery and AI-assisted root cause analysis.
PaidWeb, iOS, Android - Alternatives to Pingdom

SolarWinds' website uptime, transaction and real user monitoring service.
PaidWeb, iOS, Android - Alternatives to Checkly

Synthetic monitoring for APIs and web apps using Playwright checks written as code.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to AppSignal

Developer-friendly APM with errors, performance, logs and uptime for Ruby, Elixir, Node.js and more.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to Sumo Logic

Cloud log analytics platform for operations and security teams, with SIEM features.
PaidWeb - Alternatives to Graylog

Centralised log management and SIEM with a free self-managed open edition.
Free plan + paidSelf-hostableSelf-hosted, Linux, Web - Alternatives to GlitchTip

Open-source error tracking that accepts Sentry SDKs and is easy to self-host.
Open sourceSelf-hostableWeb, Self-hosted - Alternatives to Site24x7

Zoho's all-in-one hosted monitoring for websites, servers, networks, cloud and applications.
PaidWeb, iOS, Android - Alternatives to Hyperping

- Alternatives to openstatus

Open-source status pages and uptime monitoring with checks from many global regions.
Free plan + paidOpen sourceSelf-hostableWeb, Self-hosted - Alternatives to Icinga

Open-source infrastructure monitoring that grew from Nagios, with a modern web UI and API.
Open sourceSelf-hostableSelf-hosted, Linux, Web - Alternatives to Nagios

The classic open-source server and network monitoring engine with a vast plugin ecosystem.
Open sourceSelf-hostableSelf-hosted, Linux - Alternatives to BugSnag

SmartBear's error and crash monitoring, strong on mobile apps and release stability.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to Uptrace

Open-source APM on OpenTelemetry and ClickHouse for traces, metrics and logs.
Open sourceSelf-hostableWeb, Self-hosted - Alternatives to Papertrail

- Alternatives to HyperDX

Open-source observability on ClickHouse unifying logs, traces, metrics, errors and session replay.
Open sourceSelf-hostableWeb, Self-hosted - Alternatives to Splunk Observability Cloud

Cisco-owned Splunk's hosted suite for infrastructure monitoring, APM and real user monitoring.
PaidWeb - Alternatives to Honeycomb

Observability tool built for exploring high-cardinality trace and event data when debugging.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to PagerDuty

On-call scheduling, alert routing and incident response platform for engineering and ops teams.
Free plan + paidWeb, iOS, Android - Alternatives to Healthchecks.io

Cron job and background task monitoring that alerts you when a scheduled job doesn't check in.
Free plan + paidOpen sourceSelf-hostableWeb, Self-hosted - Alternatives to VictoriaMetrics

Fast, resource-efficient open-source time series database and monitoring stack compatible with Prometheus.
Open sourceSelf-hostableSelf-hosted, Linux, macOS, Windows - Alternatives to incident.io

Slack- and Teams-native incident management with on-call, status pages and post-incident reviews.
Free plan + paidWeb, iOS, Android - Alternatives to Jaeger

Open-source distributed tracing platform, a graduated CNCF project originally built at Uber.
Open sourceSelf-hostableSelf-hosted, Linux, macOS, Windows - Alternatives to Cronitor

Monitoring for cron jobs, background workers, websites and APIs, with status pages.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to Raygun

- Alternatives to Axiom

Hosted log and event data platform built for storing large volumes cheaply and querying them fast.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to StatusCake

UK-based website monitoring for uptime, page speed, SSL, domains and servers.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to Scout Monitoring

Lightweight APM for Ruby, Python, PHP and Elixir apps with errors and logs included.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to Loggly

SolarWinds' hosted log management and analytics service with dashboards and alerts.
Free plan + paidWeb - Alternatives to Coralogix

Observability platform for logs, metrics and traces that stores data in your own cloud bucket.
PaidWeb - Alternatives to IBM Instana

IBM's automated APM and observability platform for microservices, SaaS or self-hosted.
PaidSelf-hostableWeb, Self-hosted - Alternatives to Airbrake

Our picks by need
Best for most people
DatadogBest for a free option
GrafanaBest for open source
SigNozBest for self-hosting
SentryBest for Mac
PrometheusBest for Windows
NetdataBest for Linux
ZabbixBest for iPhone and Android
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Common questions
What are the best monitoring and error tracking tools?
Based on how often our research lists them as alternatives and visits from AppBreakup, the leading monitoring and error tracking tools right now are Datadog, Better Stack, Grafana, Sentry and SigNoz.
Are there free monitoring and error tracking tools?
Yes. Datadog (free plan + paid), Better Stack (free plan + paid), Grafana (open source), Sentry (free plan + paid) and SigNoz (open source) have a free option, out of 39 free or freemium apps we track.
Which monitoring and error tracking tools are open source?
Grafana, SigNoz, OpenObserve, Prometheus, Zabbix and Uptime Kuma, and 11 more.