The Alerta homepage
Score6.5
Rank#13 of 30
Free planNo
Runs onAPI, Linux, Self-hosted, Web

Summary

Alerta is ranked #13 of 30 in alert management software on Everything Xiaomi. It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web.

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Facts

Purpose
Alerta receives monitoring alerts, correlates, de-duplicates or suppresses them, and makes them available through a RESTful JSON API.docs.alerta.io · 2 Oct 2026
Web console
The web console displays alerts and is optimized for desktop, tablet and mobile.alerta.io · 2 Oct 2026
Alert format
Alerts are submitted in JSON format to an HTTP API, and alerts can also be queried from the command line.alerta.io · 2 Oct 2026
Alert customization
Alerts can include multiple services, tags in any format, and custom attributes.alerta.io · 2 Oct 2026
De-duplication
Alerts with the same environment, resource and event are de-duplicated when received with the same severity.docs.alerta.io · 2 Oct 2026
Integrations
Built-in webhooks include AWS CloudWatch, Grafana, Graylog, New Relic, PagerDuty, Pingdom, Prometheus Alertmanager, Slack, Google Stackdriver and Telegram.docs.alerta.io · 2 Oct 2026
Monitoring sources
The homepage lists integrations for Prometheus, Riemann, Nagios, Zabbix, netdata, Sensu, Pingdom and CloudWatch.alerta.io · 2 Oct 2026
Extensibility
Python plugins can extend Alerta without modifying its core source code.docs.alerta.io · 2 Oct 2026
Authentication
Alerta supports Basic Auth, LDAP, OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0, OAuth2, CAS, API keys and HMAC authentication.docs.alerta.io · 2 Oct 2026
Security configuration
Authentication is disabled by default, and the documentation advises enabling it and using HTTPS/SSL when the web UI is publicly accessible.docs.alerta.io · 2 Oct 2026
Customer views
A single Alerta instance can separate alerts by customer so customers can only see and action their own alerts while administrators can see all customers’ alerts.alerta.io · 2 Oct 2026
Deployment
The homepage lists deployment options including AWS EC2, Vagrant, Kubernetes, Packer, Docker and Heroku.alerta.io · 2 Oct 2026
Docker
The official Docker image includes the API server, web UI, housekeeping, plugins, webhooks and authentication providers.docs.alerta.io · 2 Oct 2026
Support
The documentation directs users needing tutorial help to post a question on Slack.docs.alerta.io · 2 Oct 2026
Maker
The homepage copyright line names Nick Satterly.alerta.io · 2 Oct 2026
Components
Alerta combines a JSON API server with a web UI and command-line tool.docs.alerta.io · 3 Oct 2026
Alert processing
The API can correlate, de-duplicate, or suppress alerts from multiple sources.docs.alerta.io · 3 Oct 2026
Flexible alert data
An alert can have multiple services, tags in any format, and custom attributes.alerta.io · 3 Oct 2026
Security guidance
The deployment documentation advises enforcing authentication and HTTPS/SSL when the web UI is publicly accessible.docs.alerta.io · 3 Oct 2026

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