Tech riderRev. 5 Oct 2026
- 1Runs onAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
- 2CostsFree plan · free trial
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Overview
Mackerel is ranked #11 of 28 in infrastructure monitoring on Specifiction. It runs on API, Linux, Web, Windows. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered.
Mackerel plans and pricing
All plansFree Free 5 standard and micro hosts total · 500 metrics · 1 day data retention · 10 monitoring rules · 1 custom dashboard · up to 5M trace spans en.mackerel.io · 5 Oct 2026
Standard Not published 2,180 yen (tax included) per standard host month; 660 yen (tax included) per micro host month; 11 yen (tax included) per metric; 330 yen (tax included) per 1M spans 460 days data retention · 100 monitoring rules · 100 custom dashboards · unlimited users · minimum usage fee of 2,180 JPY when billable features are used en.mackerel.io · 5 Oct 2026
Compared on infrastructure monitoring
- Free plan
- Yesmackerel.io
Facts
- Product
- Mackerel is a SaaS server monitoring service designed for cloud-era infrastructure and team-based monitoring.en.mackerel.io · 5 Oct 2026
- Setup
- Installing the monitoring agent on a server starts monitoring, and Mackerel groups hosts into services and roles.en.mackerel.io · 5 Oct 2026
- Metrics
- The service can visualize host metrics and user-defined service metrics, including response time, sales, and page views.en.mackerel.io · 5 Oct 2026
- Monitoring
- Mackerel supports combining metrics, monitoring predicted values, and machine-learning anomaly detection.en.mackerel.io · 5 Oct 2026
- Clouds
- Cloud integrations include Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.en.mackerel.io · 5 Oct 2026
- Containers
- The container agent monitors workloads on Amazon ECS and Kubernetes by treating a task or pod as a host.en.mackerel.io · 5 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- Users can extend monitoring with open-source plugins, APIs, and the mkr command-line tool.en.mackerel.io · 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- Customer Reliability Engineers provide technical support and can guide customers through implementation and use.en.mackerel.io · 5 Oct 2026
- Support limits
- The pricing page describes standard-plan technical support as email-only and says support contact is free during business-day operating hours of 10:00–19:00.en.mackerel.io · 5 Oct 2026
- Trial
- The two-week free trial provides Standard-plan functions, with a trial trace-span allowance of 100M spans.en.mackerel.io · 5 Oct 2026
- Company
- Mackerel is provided by Hatena Co., Ltd.en.mackerel.io · 5 Oct 2026
Company
- Founded
- 2001mackerel.io · 28 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- Kyoto, Japanmackerel.io · 28 Sept 2026
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Where it ranks on Specifiction
- Best Infrastructure Monitoring in 2026#11 of 28
- Best Cloud Monitoring in 2026#9 of 21
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Sources
- en.mackerel.io· checked 5 Oct 2026
- en.mackerel.io/product/features/model· checked 5 Oct 2026
- en.mackerel.io/product/features/multicloud· checked 5 Oct 2026
- en.mackerel.io/product/features/extensibility· checked 5 Oct 2026
- en.mackerel.io/services-support/cre· checked 5 Oct 2026
- en.mackerel.io/pricing· checked 5 Oct 2026
- mackerel.io· checked 28 Sept 2026