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Monitoring & Observability

Infrastructure, network, and application monitoring platforms.

Grafana

Open-source dashboards and visualization for metrics, logs, and traces.

Best for: Teams building custom dashboards over many data sources

Pricing: Free cloud tier; paid Pro (usage-based) and Enterprise plans

Datadog

SaaS monitoring and observability for infrastructure, apps, and logs.

Best for: Cloud and hybrid environments wanting one SaaS platform

LogicMonitor

SaaS-based infrastructure and network monitoring with automated discovery.

Best for: Mid-size to enterprise hybrid infrastructure

Zabbix

Open-source monitoring for networks, servers, VMs, and applications.

Best for: Teams wanting self-hosted monitoring

Pricing: Free and open source (AGPLv3)

PRTG Network Monitor

Network and infrastructure monitoring using sensors.

Best for: SMB and mid-size network monitoring

New Relic

Observability platform for application performance, infrastructure, and logs.

Best for: Application-heavy teams needing APM

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