Best Container Monitoring in 2026
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11free plans on this page
$0.01/molowest paid tier
11 Oct 2026last checked
Input list Container Monitoring 21 channels on this page · 72 of 168 spec lines stated by the makers
Ch Tool Free planPaid fromSupported platformsContainer metricsResource alertsImage monitoringRuntime eventsContainer log collection Spec sheet Score
26 Amazon CloudWatch Logs Free planNoPaid fromSupported platformsAmazon ECS; Amazon EKS; Red Hat OpenShift on AWS (ROSA); Kubernetes on Amazon EC2; AWS FargateContainer metricsYesResource alertsYesImage monitoringRuntime eventsYesContainer log collectionYes 6/8spec lines stated 7.0
27 Checkmate Free planYesPaid fromSupported platformsContainer metricsResource alertsImage monitoringRuntime eventsContainer log collection 1/8spec lines stated 7.0
28 ctop Free planYesPaid fromSupported platformsLinux, macOS, Windows, DockerContainer metricsYesResource alertsImage monitoringYesRuntime eventsYesContainer log collectionYes 6/8spec lines stated 7.0
29 Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring Free planYesPaid fromSupported platformsKubernetes, Amazon EKS, Google GKE, Azure AKS, GKE Autopilot, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, Red Hat OpenShift, and EKS on AWS FargateContainer metricsYesResource alertsYesImage monitoringYesRuntime eventsYesContainer log collectionYes 7/8spec lines stated 7.0
30 Prometheus Free planYesPaid fromSupported platformsContainer metricsResource alertsImage monitoringRuntime eventsContainer log collection 1/8spec lines stated 7.0
31 SolarWinds Observability Free planNoPaid from$5/moSupported platformsContainer metricsResource alertsImage monitoringRuntime eventsContainer log collection 2/8spec lines stated 7.0
32 Sumo Logic Free planYesPaid fromSupported platformsContainer metricsResource alertsImage monitoringRuntime eventsContainer log collection 1/8spec lines stated 7.0
33 Watchflare Free planYesPaid fromSupported platformsContainer metricsResource alertsImage monitoringRuntime eventsContainer log collection 1/8spec lines stated 7.0
34 DockMon Free planYesPaid fromSupported platformsDocker Engine, Docker Compose, unRAID, Synology DSM, QNAP Container Station, Proxmox LXCContainer metricsYesResource alertsYesImage monitoringYesRuntime eventsYesContainer log collectionYes 7/8spec lines stated 6.9
35 ManageEngine Applications Manager Free planYesPaid fromSupported platformsContainer metricsResource alertsImage monitoringRuntime eventsContainer log collection 1/8spec lines stated 6.9
36 LogicMonitor Free planNoPaid from$16/moSupported platformsContainer metricsResource alertsImage monitoringRuntime eventsContainer log collection 2/8spec lines stated 6.8
37 Sematext Container Monitoring Free planPaid from$2.8/moSupported platformsDocker Engine, Docker Data Center, Docker Enterprise, Kubernetes, AWS ECS, AWS EKS, AKS, GKE, Red Hat OpenShift, Nomad, Docker Swarm, Mesos, RancherContainer metricsYesResource alertsYesImage monitoringYesRuntime eventsYesContainer log collectionYes 7/8spec lines stated 6.8
38 Agrafa Free planPaid fromSupported platformsLinux, web dashboard, self-hosted Docker Compose deploymentContainer metricsNoResource alertsNoImage monitoringNoRuntime eventsNoContainer log collectionNo 6/8spec lines stated 6.7
39 Pixie Free planPaid fromSupported platformsContainer metricsResource alertsImage monitoringRuntime eventsContainer log collection 0/8spec lines stated 6.7
40 Atatus API Analytics Free planNoPaid fromSupported platformsDocker, Docker Swarm, Docker Compose, Amazon ECS, KubernetesContainer metricsYesResource alertsYesImage monitoringYesRuntime eventsYesContainer log collectionYes 7/8spec lines stated 6.6
41 Chronosphere Observability Platform Free planPaid fromSupported platformsAmazon EKS, Azure AKS, Google GKE, Amazon ECSContainer metricsYesResource alertsYesImage monitoringRuntime eventsYesContainer log collectionYes 5/8spec lines stated 6.6
42 Coralogix Kubernetes Monitoring Free planNoPaid fromSupported platformsKubernetesContainer metricsYesResource alertsYesImage monitoringRuntime eventsYesContainer log collectionYes 6/8spec lines stated 6.6
43 OpenObserve Free planYesPaid fromSupported platformsContainer metricsResource alertsImage monitoringRuntime eventsContainer log collection 1/8spec lines stated 6.5
44 Sysdig Monitor Free planPaid fromSupported platformsContainer metricsResource alertsImage monitoringRuntime eventsContainer log collection 0/8spec lines stated 6.4
45 Google Cloud Observability Free planNoPaid fromSupported platformsContainer metricsResource alertsImage monitoringRuntime eventsContainer log collection 1/8spec lines stated 6.0
46 cAdvisor Free planYesPaid fromSupported platformsLinux, web UI, REST APIContainer metricsYesResource alertsImage monitoringRuntime eventsYesContainer log collection 4/8spec lines stated 5.8
Compare all 21 in a table
| # | Tool | Score | Free plan | From | Free plan | Paid from | Supported platforms | Container metrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Amazon CloudWatch Logs | 7.0 | Free plan | $0.03/mo | No | Amazon ECS; Amazon EKS; Red Hat OpenShift on AWS (ROSA); Kubernetes on Amazon EC2; AWS Fargate | Yes | |
| 27 | Checkmate | 7.0 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 28 | ctop | 7.0 | Free plan | Free | Yes | Linux, macOS, Windows, Docker | Yes | |
| 29 | Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring | 7.0 | Free plan | Free | Yes | Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Google GKE, Azure AKS, GKE Autopilot, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, Red Hat OpenShift, and EKS on AWS Fargate | Yes | |
| 30 | Prometheus | 7.0 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 31 | SolarWinds Observability | 7.0 | No | $5/mo | No | 5 /mo | ||
| 32 | Sumo Logic | 7.0 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 33 | Watchflare | 7.0 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 34 | DockMon | 6.9 | Free plan | Free | Yes | Docker Engine, Docker Compose, unRAID, Synology DSM, QNAP Container Station, Proxmox LXC | Yes | |
| 35 | ManageEngine Applications Manager | 6.9 | Free plan | $32.92/mo | Yes | |||
| 36 | LogicMonitor | 6.8 | No | $16/mo | No | 16 /mo | ||
| 37 | Sematext Container Monitoring | 6.8 | $2.80/mo | 2.8 /mo | Docker Engine, Docker Data Center, Docker Enterprise, Kubernetes, AWS ECS, AWS EKS, AKS, GKE, Red Hat OpenShift, Nomad, Docker Swarm, Mesos, Rancher | Yes | ||
| 38 | Agrafa | 6.7 | Linux, web dashboard, self-hosted Docker Compose deployment | No | ||||
| 39 | Pixie | 6.7 | Free plan | Free | ||||
| 40 | Atatus API Analytics | 6.6 | No | Docker, Docker Swarm, Docker Compose, Amazon ECS, Kubernetes | Yes | |||
| 41 | Chronosphere Observability Platform | 6.6 | Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, Google GKE, Amazon ECS | Yes | ||||
| 42 | Coralogix Kubernetes Monitoring | 6.6 | No | $0.06/mo | No | Kubernetes | Yes | |
| 43 | OpenObserve | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 44 | Sysdig Monitor | 6.4 | ||||||
| 45 | Google Cloud Observability | 6.0 | No | $0.01/mo | No | |||
| 46 | cAdvisor | 5.8 | Yes | Linux, web UI, REST API | Yes |
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