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Best New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring Alternatives in 2026

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20 tools from Kubernetes monitoring ranked against New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Netdata Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxMacself-hosted $4.50/mo8.2
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring vs Netdata
  2. 2
    Middleware Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $0.30/mo8.1
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring vs Middleware
  3. 3
    Datadog Kubernetes Monitoring Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $1/mo7.9
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring vs Datadog Kubernetes Monitoring
  4. 4
    Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxself-hosted $1.40/mo7.9
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring vs Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring
  5. 5
    Radar Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $149/mo7.9
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring vs Radar
  6. 6
    Checkmk Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $275/mo7.8
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring vs Checkmk
  7. 7
    VictoriaMetrics Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $200/mo7.8
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring vs VictoriaMetrics
  8. 8
    Honeycomb Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $150/mo7.7
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring vs Honeycomb
  9. 9
    SigNoz Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $19/mo7.7
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring vs SigNoz
  10. 10
    Site24x7 Kubernetes Monitoring Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 7.7
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring vs Site24x7 Kubernetes Monitoring
  11. 11
    Watchlog Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $4.99/mo7.7
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring vs Watchlog
  12. 12
    Coroot Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $1/mo7.6
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring vs Coroot
  13. 13
    Grafana Cloud Application Observability Free plan LinuxMacWebWin $0.03/mo7.6
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
  14. 14
    Icinga Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $166.67/mo7.6
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring vs Icinga
  15. 15
    Elastic Observability Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 7.5
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring vs Elastic Observability
  16. 16
    groundcover Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb $30/mo7.5
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring vs groundcover
  17. 18
    Zabbix Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 7.4
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring vs Zabbix
  18. 19
    Chronosphere Application Observability Free trial apiWeb 7.2
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring vs Chronosphere Application Observability
  19. 20
    Google Cloud Monitoring Free trial apiLinuxWebWin $0.06/mo7.2
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring vs Google Cloud Monitoring
  20. 21
    Observe Free trial apiLinuxMacWebWin 7.2
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring vs Observe

New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring alternatives compared

#ToolScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Netdata8.2Free plan$4.50/moAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Middleware8.1Free plan$0.30/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
3Datadog Kubernetes Monitoring7.9Free plan$1/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring7.9$1.40/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, self-hosted, Web
5Radar7.9Free plan$149/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6Checkmk7.8Free plan$275/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7VictoriaMetrics7.8Free plan$200/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8Honeycomb7.7Free plan$150/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
9SigNoz7.7Free plan$19/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
10Site24x7 Kubernetes Monitoring7.7Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
11Watchlog7.7Free plan$4.99/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
12Coroot7.6Free plan$1/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
13Grafana Cloud Application Observability7.6Free plan$0.03/moLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
14Icinga7.6Free plan$166.67/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
15Elastic Observability7.5API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
16groundcover7.5Free plan$30/moLinux, self-hosted, Web
18Zabbix7.4API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
19Chronosphere Application Observability7.2API, Web
20Google Cloud Monitoring7.2$0.06/moAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
21Observe7.2NoAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
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Questions about New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring alternatives

What is the best alternative to New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring?

Netdata, number 1 in Kubernetes monitoring with a score of 8.2 out of 10. The others here: Middleware, Datadog Kubernetes Monitoring, Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring?

Netdata is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 13 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.