Server Monitoring Tools

Users recommend and compare various server monitoring tools and services such as Nagios, Prometheus, Netdata, Datadog, Pingdom, and Uptime Kuma for uptime, performance, and alerting.

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lazylizard Mar 31, 2016 View on HN

how about amon.cx or mmonit? or if there's no need to self host, newrelic?

nickb May 11, 2009 View on HN

Give this a try: http://mon.itor.us/

yanokwa Jul 14, 2025 View on HN

https://mmonit.com is what I use for stuff like this.

mobilio May 24, 2021 View on HN

I'm using ArgusMonitor for this: https://www.argusmonitor.com

dprotaso Nov 26, 2024 View on HN

What free monitoring tool do you use?

jess-zhang Sep 5, 2024 View on HN

curious how's this different from pingdom, datadog etc?

arkadiyt Jul 17, 2019 View on HN

I use letsmonitor.org for this - it's a free managed service.

jaryd Jan 31, 2014 View on HN

Don't forget ServerDensity :)

AishwaryaVenkat Sep 26, 2022 View on HN

For server monitoring, Have a look at Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix

drkmtr999 Jan 23, 2013 View on HN

There are already monitoring solutions out there. get wet wired.