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Best collectd Alternatives in 2026

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20 tools from metrics monitoring tools ranked against collectd on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Netdata Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxMacself-hosted $4.50/mo8.0
    collectd vs Netdata
  2. 2
    InfluxDB Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 7.9
    collectd vs InfluxDB
  3. 3
    Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxself-hosted $1.40/mo7.8
    collectd vs Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring
  4. 4
    Checkmk Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $275/mo7.7
    collectd vs Checkmk
  5. 5
    VictoriaMetrics Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $200/mo7.6
    collectd vs VictoriaMetrics
  6. 6
    Icinga Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $166.67/mo7.5
    collectd vs Icinga
  7. 7
    SigNoz Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $19/mo7.5
    collectd vs SigNoz
  8. 8
    Grafana Cloud Application Observability Free plan LinuxMacWebWin $0.03/mo7.4
    collectd vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
  9. 9
    groundcover Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb $30/mo7.3
    collectd vs groundcover
  10. 10
    Nagios XI Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.3
    collectd vs Nagios XI
  11. 11
    Zabbix Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 7.3
    collectd vs Zabbix
  12. 12
    Amazon CloudWatch Logs Free plan apiWeb $0.03/mo7.0
    collectd vs Amazon CloudWatch Logs
  13. 13
    Prometheus Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free7.0
    collectd vs Prometheus
  14. 14
    Sematext APM Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $19/mo7.0
    collectd vs Sematext APM
  15. 16
    Grafana k6 Free plan Linux $19/mo6.8
    collectd vs Grafana k6
  16. 17
    LogicMonitor Free trial apiLinuxWebWin $16/mo6.8
    collectd vs LogicMonitor
  17. 18
    Thanos Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.7
    collectd vs Thanos
  18. 19
    OpenObserve Free plan Web Free6.5
    collectd vs OpenObserve
  19. 20
    Oracle Log Analytics Web 6.1
    collectd vs Oracle Log Analytics
  20. 21
    PulseBoard WebWinMacLinux 6.1
    collectd vs PulseBoard

collectd alternatives compared

#ToolScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Netdata8.0Free plan$4.50/moAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2InfluxDB7.9Free plan—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring7.8No$1.40/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, self-hosted, Web
4Checkmk7.7Free plan$275/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
5VictoriaMetrics7.6Free plan$200/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6Icinga7.5Free plan$166.67/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7SigNoz7.5Free plan$19/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
8Grafana Cloud Application Observability7.4Free plan$0.03/moLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
9groundcover7.3Free plan$30/moLinux, self-hosted, Web
10Nagios XI7.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
11Zabbix7.3No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
12Amazon CloudWatch Logs7.0Free plan$0.03/moAPI, Web
13Prometheus7.0Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
14Sematext APM7.0No$19/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
16Grafana k66.8Free plan$19/moLinux
17LogicMonitor6.8No$16/moAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
18Thanos6.7Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
19OpenObserve6.5Free planFreeWeb
20Oracle Log Analytics6.1No—Web
21PulseBoard6.1No—Web, Windows, Mac, Linux
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Questions about collectd alternatives

What is the best alternative to collectd?

Netdata, number 1 in metrics monitoring tools with a score of 8.0 out of 10. The others here: InfluxDB, Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring, Checkmk and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to collectd?

Netdata is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 14 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes, the fullest spec sheet first: how deeply the product is documented, the platforms it runs on, a free tier or trial to test it, and its standing.