Cacti Alternatives

Cacti is described as 'Complete frontend to RRDTool, it stores all of the necessary information to create graphs and populate them with data in a MySQL database. The frontend is completely PHP driven. Along with being able to maintain graphs, data sources, and Round Robin archives in a' and is a Network Monitor in the network & admin category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Cacti for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Web-based, Self-Hosted and Mac apps. The best Cacti alternative is Zabbix, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Cacti are Netdata, Nagios, Datadog and HyperDX.

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  1. CloudView NMS icon
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    CloudView is a standards-based network management and monitoring system (NMS). It can auto-discover, monitor and perform many functions with any vendor SNMP or TCP/IP devices. It provides consistent geographical view of your whole network (thousands of IP nodes and hundreds...

    26 CloudView NMS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Open Source (GPLv3) Network Monitoring for Windows, Linux & Android. Simple setup, auto-detects running services, runs checks concurrently, open port scanning and alerting. Written in C++ & Qt 5.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  3. Pinguzo icon
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    Website Monitoring and Linux Server Monitoring.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
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  4. Network Monitor is a commercial-grade network forensics and traffic analytics solution that provides deep network visibility, powering threat detection and efficient incident response.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    darkstat is a packet sniffer which runs as a background process, captures network traffic, calculates statistics and serves them to a web browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  6. ATSD is purpose-built for analyzing and reporting on massive volumes of time-series data collected at high frequency. Features include data analytics, visualization, data forecasting, reporting, alerting. All in one product built for big data.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  7. Server and application performance monitoring has never been easier or more affordable. With agentless monitoring for hundreds of applications and hardware types, Server & Application Monitor delivers the management, alerting, and reporting you need to keep your servers and...

    68 SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. Trafikito icon
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    Trafikito is free Linux servers monitoring solution which by default checks RAM, disk space, CPU and sends you an email if something is wrong.

    98 Trafikito alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
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  9. amon icon
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    Amon is an all-in-one server monitoring tool. Amon monitors you cloud, system, process and applications metrics with zero configuration.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. WildcoreDMS icon
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    Network equipment monitoring and management system.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Docker
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  11. MindArray icon
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    MindArray is an IT performance management suite for businesses and organizations to monitor and analyze performance across multiple applications and network resources via a single pane of glass. MindArray helps you gain visibility and lets you take control on your dynamic...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Bleemeo icon
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    Infrastructure monitoring that works from minute one. One open-source agent auto-discovers 100+ services with instant dashboards and smart alerts — zero configuration. Simple per-host pricing, no surprise bills. EU data residency, PromQL and OpenTelemetry compatible. Free plan available.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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