Best Hardware Monitoring Software in 2026

LibreNMS

LibreNMS suits teams or administrators seeking self-hosted network monitoring with device discovery, alerting, and scaling options.

smartmontools suits users who want SMART health information, device self-tests, or ongoing drive monitoring and warnings.

SuperDoctor 5 suits administrators monitoring Supermicro servers in data centers who need hardware status, alerts, and remote management on Linux or Windows.

NetXMS

NetXMS suits teams monitoring networks, infrastructure, applications, servers, service-provider environments, payment systems, or industrial equipment.

Observium

Community suits home use, evaluation, labs, and small non-critical deployments.

It suits IT and DevOps teams that need to monitor hardware across network equipment and servers, including VMware or HPE and Dell systems.

It suits operators monitoring Linux or other supported *NIX hosts with Prometheus.