MRTG AlternativesNetwork Monitors and other similar apps like MRTG

MRTG is described as '(or Multi Router Traffic Grapher) is an open-source network monitoring tool' and is a Network Monitor in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to MRTG for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Web-based, Windows, Self-Hosted and SaaS apps. The best MRTG alternative is Zabbix, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MRTG are Netdata, PS-MRTG, Nagios and Paessler PRTG Network Monitor.

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  1. Zabbix icon
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    Gather and analyze accurate statistics and performance metrics, visualize it, get notified about current and potential issues without delay, and take advantage of our time-tested professional development and support.

    134 Zabbix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
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  2. Netdata icon
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    Netdata collects metrics per second and presents them in beautiful low-latency dashboards. It is designed to run on all of your physical and virtual servers, cloud deployments, Kubernetes clusters, and edge/IoT devices, to monitor your systems, containers, and applications.

    67 Netdata alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • C (programming language)
    • Python
    • GNU Bourne Again SHell
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  3. PS-MRTG icon
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    PS-MRTG is a PowerShell script that monitors Windows network bandwidth in real time and displays it in your browser, in the style of the classic MRTG. It reads the network counters via Get-NetAdapterStatistics and plots incoming (IN) and outgoing (OUT) throughput for each...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Nagios icon
     92 likes

    Nagios is a powerful monitoring system licensed under Nagios Enterprises that helps organizations identify and resolve IT infrastructure issues.

    152 Nagios alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  5. Comprehensive monitoring solution with over 200 sensor types, user-friendly interface, and powerful capabilities such as traffic analysis, failover clustering, and remote probes. Offers email and SMS alerts, supports SNMP and WMI, provides high-availability features and detailed reporting.

    117 Paessler PRTG Network Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  6. LibreNMS icon
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    LibreNMS is an autodiscovering PHP/MySQL based network monitoring system forked from Observium. LibreNMS aims to be easy to use, painless to deploy, and support monitoring of a wide range of devices. Observium's license changed to a modified QPL license in May 2012, and...

    39 LibreNMS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • MySQL Community Edition
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • JavaScript
    • PHP
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  7. Track network performance with real-time monitoring for routers, switches, servers, and more. Supports Hyper-V, VMware, IP-based devices, offering visualization tools and fault management.

    56 ManageEngine OpManager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  8. Netler icon
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    Netler is a network monitor for menu bar and Notification Center.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. NIXStats icon
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    SaaS monitoring tool for linux servers and websites. Think up-time robot but with more features. You can monitor your linux hosts, windows hosts under development.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. NEXOG icon
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    NEXOG multi-vendor management solution manages any network and every node over multiple-protocols, including SNMP and NETCONF. Quick to implement and simple to use, NEXOG solutions are available as SaaS, Virtualized or On-premises to fit any size network.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    NEXOG screenshot 1
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