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Best Thanos Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from Kubernetes monitoring ranked against Thanos on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Middleware Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $0.30/mo7.5
    Thanos vs Middleware
  2. 2
    Netdata Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxMacself-hosted $4.50/mo7.5
    Thanos vs Netdata
  3. 3
    Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxself-hosted $1.40/mo7.4
    Thanos vs Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring
  4. 4
    Grafana Cloud Application Observability Free plan LinuxMacWebWin $0.03/mo7.4
    Thanos vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
  5. 5
    Radar Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $149/mo7.4
    Thanos vs Radar
  6. 6
    Checkmk Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $275/mo7.3
    Thanos vs Checkmk
  7. 7
    Datadog Kubernetes Monitoring Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $1/mo7.3
    Thanos vs Datadog Kubernetes Monitoring
  8. 8
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring Free plan Linuxself-hostedWebWin $29.08/mo7.3
    Thanos vs New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring
  9. 9
    VictoriaMetrics Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $200/mo7.3
    Thanos vs VictoriaMetrics
  10. 10
    Watchlog Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $4.99/mo7.2
    Thanos vs Watchlog
  11. 11
    Coroot Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $1/mo7.1
    Thanos vs Coroot
  12. 12
    Honeycomb Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $150/mo7.1
    Thanos vs Honeycomb
  13. 13
    Icinga Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $166.67/mo7.1
    Thanos vs Icinga
  14. 14
    Prometheus Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free7.1
    Thanos vs Prometheus
  15. 15
    SigNoz Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $19/mo7.1
    Thanos vs SigNoz
  16. 16
    groundcover Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb $30/mo7.0
    Thanos vs groundcover
  17. 17
    ManageEngine Applications Manager Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxWebWin $32.92/mo7.0
    Thanos vs ManageEngine Applications Manager
  18. 18
    Perses Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.0
    Thanos vs Perses
  19. 19
    avuru obs Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.9
    Thanos vs avuru obs
  20. 20
    Grafana k6 Free plan Linux $19/mo6.9
    Thanos vs Grafana k6

Thanos alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Middleware7.5Free plan$0.30/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
2Netdata7.5Free plan$4.50/moAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring7.4No$1.40/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, self-hosted, Web
4Grafana Cloud Application Observability7.4Free plan$0.03/moLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
5Radar7.4Free plan$149/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6Checkmk7.3Free plan$275/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7Datadog Kubernetes Monitoring7.3Free plan$1/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring7.3Free plan$29.08/moLinux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9VictoriaMetrics7.3Free plan$200/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
10Watchlog7.2Free plan$4.99/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
11Coroot7.1Free plan$1/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
12Honeycomb7.1Free plan$150/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
13Icinga7.1Free plan$166.67/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
14Prometheus7.1Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
15SigNoz7.1Free plan$19/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
16groundcover7.0Free plan$30/moLinux, self-hosted, Web
17ManageEngine Applications Manager7.0Free plan$32.92/moAndroid, iOS, Linux, Web, Windows
18Perses7.0Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
19avuru obs6.9Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
20Grafana k66.9Free plan$19/moLinux
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Questions about Thanos alternatives

What is the best alternative to Thanos?

Middleware, number 1 in Kubernetes monitoring with a score of 7.5 out of 10. The others here: Netdata, Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring, Grafana Cloud Application Observability and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Thanos?

Middleware is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 19 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: documentation depth, a free tier and the platforms it runs on.