10 of the 16 monitoring tools we list have a free plan, confirmed on their own website. Here they are side by side.
Listed alphabetically. A tool is ranked by its reviews once it has 3.
| Tool | Reviews | Lowest paid plan | Free plan | Free trial | Public API | Runs on | Main features |
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AxiomThe modern machine data platform | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Axiom | Lowest paid plan$25per month, platform fee + usageAxiom Cloud, as of October 23, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onNot confirmed | Main features
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Better StackAI SRE observability stack with logs, tracing, error tracking, incidents and status pages | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Better Stack | Lowest paid plan$34per responder per monthResponder, as of October 20, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs oniOS, Android | Main features
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ChecklyThe active reliability layer for developers and agents | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Checkly | Lowest paid plan$24per month, billed annuallyStarter, as of October 20, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onWeb, CLI | Main features
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CronitorStatus, uptime and performance monitoring for agents, cron jobs, websites, APIs, and everything in between. | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Cronitor | Lowest paid plan$2per monitor per month, plus $5 per user per monthBusiness, as of October 28, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trial14 days | Public APIYes | Runs onNot confirmed | Main features
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Grafana CloudMonitor metrics, logs, traces and profiles on a fully managed observability platform | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Grafana Cloud | Lowest paid plan$19per month, plus usagePro, as of October 19, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onNot confirmed | Main features
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| ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Honeycomb | Lowest paid plan$150per month for 50M events, scaling to 750MPro, as of October 19, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialYes | Public APIYes | Runs onNot confirmed | Main features
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New RelicIntelligent Observability resolves issues at scale, before they impact your bottom line | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for New Relic | Lowest paid plan$10per month for the first full platform user, then $99 per additional user, up to 5Standard, as of October 20, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onNot confirmed | Main features
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RollbarError tracking that ends in a fix | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Rollbar | Lowest paid plan$9per month at 10,000 occurrences, scaling with volumeEssentials, as of October 20, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trial14 days | Public APIYes | Runs onNot confirmed | Main features
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| ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Sentry | Lowest paid plan$26per month, billed annuallyTeam, as of October 19, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onWeb, CLI | Main features
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UptimeRobotCatch downtime before your users do | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for UptimeRobot | Lowest paid plan$9per month, billed annuallySolo, as of October 23, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onWeb, iOS, Android | Main features
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From each tool's own website. “Not confirmed” means we couldn't confirm it there, not that the tool doesn't have it. Each tool's page says when its facts were checked.
A tool is listed here only when we've confirmed on its own website that it has a free plan. Tools we couldn't confirm it for are left out, even if they may have it. Vendors can't pay for a place on this list. Add a tool we missed