Centreon
8.3#2 in network monitoringFrom €2.27 a yearFree planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
VisitCentreon vs Icinga
What both publish
| Fact | Centreon | Icinga |
|---|---|---|
| API | Centreon Cloud APIs use time-limited user-linked authentication tokens sent in an X-AUTH-TOKEN header. | The free edition supports automation via API and Git-based workflows, and the pricing FAQ describes a REST API for custom integrations. |
| Founded | 2005 | 2009 |
| Headquarters | Paris, France | Nuremberg, Germany |
| Integrations | Stream Connectors can export real-time metrics to systems such as Grafana, Kibana and Power BI. | The maker lists integrations including Grafana, InfluxDB, Elastic, Graylog, Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, AWS, Azure, Jira, PagerDuty, and ServiceNow. |
| Purpose | Centreon provides an AIOps-ready, business-aware IT monitoring platform for complex infrastructures from cloud to edge. | Icinga monitors infrastructure and applications, collecting and analyzing data to help teams identify and resolve errors. |
Centreon plans
- IT Edition€27.24 a year
- Business Edition€54.36 a year
- MSP Edition€54.36 a year
- IT-100Free
- IT 100 FreemiumFree
- IT Edition (Self-Hosted)€2.27 a year
Icinga plans
- Forever Free EditionFree
- Module Subscription$2,000 a year
- Repository Subscription$5,000 a year
- Support Subscription$15,000 a year
Pick Centreon if…
Centreon suits IT teams monitoring mixed infrastructure across servers, networks, cloud and applications. Its SaaS and self-hosted options give teams a choice of deployment model.
Pick Icinga if…
Icinga suits teams that need infrastructure and service monitoring, from small setups to distributed environments. It is intended for teams of any size and runs as self-hosted software.