IBM Cloud Monitoring pricing
3 plans read from ibm.com
LitePriced on request Free for 30 days Read 23 Sep 2026 · cloud.ibm.com
Graduated Tier — non-orchestrated agentPriced on request Additional usage charges may apply for time series, containers and API calls Read 23 Sep 2026 · cloud.ibm.com
Graduated Tier — orchestrated agentPriced on request 1K time series · 50 containers · 1M API calls Read 23 Sep 2026 · cloud.ibm.com
In short
- IBM Cloud Monitoring has a free plan (Lite).
- 3 plans are priced on request (Lite, Graduated Tier — non-orchestrated agent, Graduated Tier — orchestrated agent).
What the alternatives costAll alternatives →
| Tool | From | Free plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Checkmk | $275/mo | Yes | Yes |
| Akamai Cloud Longview | $20/mo | Yes | No |
| Grafana Cloud Application Observability | $0.03/mo | Yes | No |
| Chronosphere Application Observability | — | Yes | Yes |
| Nagios XI | — | Yes | Yes |
| Netdata | $4.50/mo | Yes | Yes |
| Azure Monitor | — | No | Yes |
| Google Cloud Monitoring | $0.06/mo | No | Yes |