Monitoring Software Pricing (2026)
What 34 monitoring tools actually charge, taken from their own pricing pages and re-checked as they change. Cheapest first.
Pricing verified Aug 17, 2026
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Monitoring pricing at a glance
| Product | Entry price | Plans | Free plan | Free trial |
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| Coralogix | $0/mo | 4 | No | Yes |
| Logz.io | $0/mo | 4 | No | Yes |
| Healthchecks.io | $5/mo | 4 | Yes | No |
| Papertrail | $5/mo | 1 | No | Yes |
| Uptime.com | $7/mo | 1 | No | No |
| Site24x7 | $10/mo | 3 | Yes | Yes |
| UptimeRobot | $13/mo | 5 | Yes | No |
| Squadcast | $15/mo | 3 | No | Yes |
| LogicMonitor | $16/mo | 3 | No | Yes |
| Pingdom | $16/mo | 3 | No | Yes |
| Datadog | $18/mo | 3 | Yes | Yes |
| Grafana Cloud | $19/mo | 3 | Yes | No |
| incident.io | $19/mo | 4 | Yes | No |
| Bugsnag | $20/mo | 4 | Yes | Yes |
| Checkly | $24/mo | 4 | Yes | Yes |
| StatusCake | $24/mo | 4 | Yes | Yes |
| Axiom | $25/mo | 2 | Yes | No |
| FireHydrant | $25/mo | 3 | Yes | Yes |
| PagerDuty | $25/mo | 4 | Yes | Yes |
| Honeybadger | $26/mo | 3 | Yes | Yes |
| Sentry | $26/mo | 4 | Yes | Yes |
| IsDown | $27/mo | 6 | No | Yes |
| Statuspage | $29/mo | 5 | Yes | No |
| SigNoz | $49/mo | 2 | No | Yes |
| StatusGator | $79/mo | 5 | Yes | Yes |
| Honeycomb | $150/mo | 3 | Yes | No |
| LogRocket | $176/mo | 3 | No | Yes |
| Better Stack | Custom | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| Cronitor | Custom | 3 | Yes | Yes |
| Graylog | Custom | 3 | Yes | No |
| Instatus | Custom | 4 | Yes | Yes |
| New Relic | Custom | 4 | Yes | No |
| Rollbar | Custom | 4 | Yes | Yes |
| Sumo Logic | Custom | 2 | No | Yes |
Every monitoring tool we track, cheapest first
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Coralogix
Full-stack observability with streaming analytics.
Coralogix is positioning as a mid-market alternative to Datadog and Splunk — usage-based like Datadog but without the per-host seat tax, and cheaper at scale for teams that are disciplined about what they ingest. They're going after engineering teams that got burned by unpredictable observability bills.
Plans: Metrics $0/mo · Traces $0/mo · Logs $0/mo · AI $1/mo
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Logz.io
Open-source observability, managed.
At $0.92/GB/day for logs, they're not the cheapest option in the observability space — Datadog and New Relic can get expensive fast, but so can Logz.io at scale. They're positioning as a mid-market alternative to the big platforms, likely targeting teams that want OpenSearch/Jaeger-native tooling without building it themselves.
Plans: Infrastructure Monitoring $0/mo · Log Management $0/mo · Distributed Tracing $0/mo · Agentic Observability $10/mo
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Healthchecks.io
Cron job monitoring, simply.
This is the budget end of the uptime/cron monitoring category — tools like PagerDuty or Datadog operate in a totally different price universe. Healthchecks.io is clearly courting solo developers and small teams who want dead-simple monitoring without enterprise bloat or per-seat penalties.
Plans: Hobbyist $0/mo · Supporter $5/mo · Business $20/mo · Business Plus $80/mo
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Papertrail
Hosted log management (SolarWinds).
At $5/GB, Papertrail sits on the affordable end of log management — well below Datadog's log pricing and competitive with entry-level Loggly. They're clearly targeting smaller engineering teams and startups who need simple, no-frills log aggregation without the complexity tax of full observability platforms.
Plans: Log Observability $5/mo
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Uptime.com
Enterprise-grade uptime monitoring.
At $7/mo they're undercutting tools like Pingdom (which starts around $15/mo) and positioning as the accessible entry point in the uptime monitoring space — but they're not the cheapest overall given no free tier. They're going after teams that have outgrown free tools like UptimeRobot but aren't ready to pay enterprise prices.
Plans: Website Monitoring $7/mo
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Site24x7
Full-stack monitoring from Zoho.
They're positioned as a mid-market value play — cheaper than Datadog or New Relic for comparable all-in-one monitoring, but more full-featured than lightweight uptime tools like Better Uptime or UptimeRobot. They're going after cost-conscious DevOps teams who want breadth without enterprise-tier pricing.
Plans: Lite $10/mo · Professional $49/mo · Enterprise $625/mo
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UptimeRobot
Free uptime monitoring for everyone.
UptimeRobot sits firmly in the affordable-to-mid-range bracket — $13 for a paid entry point is cheap compared to enterprise-grade observability platforms, but it's not trying to compete with barebones free-tier-only tools either. They're going after teams who've outgrown DIY monitoring scripts but aren't ready to shell out for a Datadog-style platform.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Solo $13/mo · Team $46/mo · Scale $98/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Squadcast
Incident response and SRE automation.
At $15–$24/seat, Squadcast is positioned below PagerDuty and Opsgenie's mid-tier plans, actively targeting cost-conscious engineering teams who find the incumbents overpriced for what they actually use. They're not the cheapest option in the space, but they're pitching value-for-features against the big names rather than racing to the bottom.
Plans: Pro $15/mo per seat · Premium $24/mo per seat · Enterprise Contact Sales
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LogicMonitor
AI-powered hybrid observability and infrastructure monitoring platform
LogicMonitor sits in the premium-mid tier of infrastructure monitoring, priced above scrappier tools like Zabbix or open-source Prometheus setups but below full-blown enterprise observability suites like Datadog at scale. They're courting mid-market and enterprise IT ops teams who want SaaS simplicity without building their own stack, and who'll tolerate a steeper price for less integration overhead.
Plans: Essentials $16/mo · Advanced $27/mo · Signature + Edwin AI $53/mo
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Pingdom
Website performance and uptime.
Pingdom plays in the mid-market lane — cheaper and simpler than full observability suites like Datadog or New Relic, but pricier than bare-bones uptime checkers like UptimeRobot. It's aimed at teams that want SolarWinds-backed reliability monitoring without buying into a full APM platform.
Plans: Synthetic Monitoring $16/mo · Real User Monitoring $16/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Datadog
Observability platform for cloud applications.
At $18-27/host, Datadog sits firmly in the premium tier of observability — more expensive than open-source stacks like Grafana + Prometheus, and pricier than New Relic's per-user model for many team sizes. They're not chasing budget buyers; they're targeting mid-market and enterprise engineering orgs that want a single pane of glass and are willing to pay for it.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Pro $18/mo · Enterprise $27/mo
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Grafana Cloud
Observability stack built on open source.
Grafana positions itself as the accessible middle ground between DIY self-hosted Grafana (cheap but painful) and Datadog or New Relic (powerful but eye-watering). They're going after cost-conscious engineering teams who want managed infrastructure without the sticker shock of the legacy APM players.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Pro $19/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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incident.io
Incident management in Slack.
Sitting in the mid-market lane — pricier than scrappy free tools but nowhere near PagerDuty or Opsgenie enterprise contracts. They're clearly chasing teams who've outgrown spreadsheets-and-Slack incident management but aren't ready for a heavyweight, enterprise-only on-call platform.
Plans: Basic $0/mo per seat · Team $19/mo per seat · Pro $25/mo per seat · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Bugsnag
Error monitoring and crash reporting.
Bugsnag sits in the mid-market lane — not the free-forever open-source alternative, not the enterprise-only observability giant charging six figures. The low sticker prices ($20, $33) are a hook to look affordable next to Sentry or Datadog, but usage-based scaling means they're really competing for teams that'll grow into bigger spend over time.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Select $20/mo · Preferred $33/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Checkly
Synthetic monitoring as code.
Checkly sits in the mid-market sweet spot — cheaper than Datadog Synthetics or New Relic's monitoring suite, but more developer-focused and purpose-built than generic uptime tools like Pingdom. They're clearly going after DevOps-native teams who want code-driven monitoring (Playwright, Terraform) without paying enterprise APM prices.
Plans: Hobby $0/mo · Starter $24/mo · Team $64/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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StatusCake
Website uptime and performance monitoring.
StatusCake sits in the budget-to-mid tier of the uptime monitoring space — undercutting tools like Pingdom while offering a comparable feature set. They're clearly going after cost-conscious SMBs and developers who find Pingdom or Datadog overkill.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Superior $24/mo · Business $79/mo · Custom Contact Sales
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Axiom
Serverless log management at scale.
They're positioning as a cost-efficient alternative to Datadog and Splunk — usage-based with no seat tax is a deliberate shot at log management incumbents that charge per user on top of ingestion. They're going after cost-conscious engineering teams burned by unpredictable observability bills.
Plans: Personal $0/mo · Axiom Cloud $25/mo
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FireHydrant
Incident management and status pages.
Sitting at $25/responder puts them mid-pack — pricier than scrappy alternatives but nowhere near PagerDuty or Opsgenie territory once you factor in seat count. They're clearly courting mid-market engineering teams who've outgrown ad-hoc Slack channels but aren't ready for enterprise-grade incident platforms yet.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Pro $25/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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PagerDuty
Incident response and on-call management.
PagerDuty sits in the premium tier of incident management — this isn't the cheap alternative, it's the category-defining name you pay up for. The 'Join 5,000+ companies' badge on Business is a not-so-subtle nudge that says 'this is where serious teams land,' aimed at squeezing Professional users into a bigger commitment before they even consider Opsgenie or Better Stack.
Plans: Free $0/mo per seat · Professional $25/mo per seat · Business $49/mo per seat · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Honeybadger
Exception, uptime, and cron monitoring.
This sits firmly in the affordable-but-serious-tooling bracket — cheaper than Sentry's higher tiers but not a bargain-bin option like some open-source-hosted alternatives. They're clearly courting small-to-mid dev teams who want reliable error tracking without enterprise-style contracts or per-seat pricing shock.
Plans: Developer $0/mo · Team $26/mo · Business $80/mo
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Sentry
Application monitoring and error tracking.
Sentry sits mid-market — pricier than bare-bones error trackers but way cheaper than enterprise observability suites like Datadog or New Relic that bolt on APM pricing. They're clearly courting teams who want deep error/performance monitoring without paying full observability-platform rates.
Plans: Developer $0/mo · Team $26/mo · Business $80/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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IsDown
Monitor cloud services and get status alerts.
At $27-99 for the core tiers, IsDown undercuts big-name uptime monitoring tools that often start higher, positioning itself as the budget-to-mid option for teams that don't need enterprise bells and whistles. The MSP tier at $200 flat (monthly-only, no annual discount) signals they're chasing agencies who need predictable per-client economics, not locking them into long-term contracts.
Plans: Starter $27/mo · Pro $49/mo · Premium $99/mo · Business $179/mo · MSP $200/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Statuspage
Status pages from Atlassian.
Statuspage sits in the mid-to-premium range for incident communication tools — they're not the cheapest (Instatus undercuts them significantly) but they carry the Atlassian brand trust that enterprise buyers lean on. They're clearly targeting teams already in the Atlassian ecosystem who want a low-friction, credible status page without building their own.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Hobby $29/mo · Startup $99/mo · Business $399/mo · Enterprise $1499/mo
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SigNoz
Open-source APM and observability.
They're explicitly gunning for the 'Datadog is too expensive' crowd — the $49 promotional entry point (down from $199) is a direct shot at mid-market teams priced out of incumbents. In the open-source observability space alongside Grafana and OpenTelemetry-native tools, they're positioning as the managed, lower-friction alternative.
Plans: Teams $49/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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StatusGator
Aggregated status page notifications.
This sits mid-market — not a scrappy freemium alert bot, but nowhere near the enterprise-grade status-page-plus-monitoring suites that charge four figures. Splitting out Enterprise and Education tabs suggests they're chasing bigger orgs and schools separately rather than trying to force everyone through one funnel.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Starter $79/mo · Team $149/mo · Corporate $299/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Honeycomb
Observability for distributed systems.
Honeycomb sits in the premium tier of the observability space, competing with Datadog and New Relic but positioning itself as the serious tool for teams that actually care about distributed tracing and high-cardinality data. They're not trying to win on price — they're targeting engineering-led orgs willing to pay for depth over breadth.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Pro $150/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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LogRocket
Frontend monitoring and session replay.
At $176/mo for a modest 25K sessions, this lands mid-to-premium rather than budget — especially once retention and Conditional Recording (roughly $765/mo for a quarter of sessions) get factored in. They're clearly chasing funded startups and mid-market teams who'll pay for deep session replay fidelity, not bootstrappers counting every dollar.
Plans: Core $176/mo · Pro Contact Sales · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Better Stack
Uptime, logs, and incident response.
At $29/responder, they're undercutting PagerDuty and Opsgenie on incident management while bundling observability that Datadog charges a premium for separately. They're going after mid-market engineering teams who are tired of stitching together three tools and paying enterprise prices for the privilege.
Plans: Free for personal projects $0/mo
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Cronitor
Cron job and uptime monitoring.
They're threading the needle between cheap open-source alternatives and pricier observability platforms like Datadog or Checkly. The $2/monitor entry point is approachable, but a mid-sized team with 50 monitors and 5 users is already at $125/mo — not dirt cheap, but still well below enterprise APM pricing.
Plans: Hacker $0/mo · Business Contact Sales · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Graylog
Log management and threat detection.
They're positioning as a mid-market alternative to Splunk and Elastic — cheaper than Splunk's eye-watering enterprise contracts, but not trying to compete with free-tier-first tools like Grafana Loki. The $15-18K floor targets security and ops teams with real budgets but sticker shock from the big players.
Plans: Graylog Open $0/mo · Graylog Enterprise Contact Sales · Graylog Security Contact Sales
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Instatus
Beautiful status pages, fast.
Sitting well below Statuspage (Atlassian) and Better Uptime on price perception, Instatus plays the scrappy, indie-friendly alternative — free tier that actually works, not just a trial gate. They're clearly going after teams priced out of Atlassian's enterprise-first approach or annoyed by clunky legacy status page tools.
Plans: Starter $0/mo · Pro Contact Sales · Business Contact Sales · Enterprise Contact Sales
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New Relic
Full-stack observability platform.
New Relic plays in the premium-but-negotiable tier of observability — pricier per-GB than upstarts like Better Stack or open-source-based stacks (Grafana), but positioned to compete with Datadog on breadth without Datadog's reputation for surprise bills. The generous 100GB free tier and free plan overall is a land-grab move aimed at developers who'll later drag their whole org in.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Standard Contact Sales · Pro Contact Sales · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Rollbar
Error tracking for developers.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Essentials Contact Sales · Advanced Contact Sales · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Sumo Logic
Cloud log analytics and SIEM.
They're not competing on price transparency — no public rates, no free tier, and a $25K self-serve ceiling signals they're chasing mid-to-large enterprise deals where Splunk and Datadog are the real competition. The Flex estimator is a nod toward accessibility, but this is fundamentally a 'talk to sales' product positioned as a premium observability and security platform.
Plans: Essentials Contact Sales · Enterprise Suite Contact Sales
Monitoring Software Pricing FAQ
- How much does monitoring software cost?
- Entry prices run from $0/mo (Coralogix) to $176/mo (LogRocket), with a median entry price of $20/mo across the 27 priced products we track.
- What is the cheapest monitoring software?
- Coralogix has the lowest entry price of the monitoring software we track, at $0/mo. Logz.io ($0/mo) and Healthchecks.io ($5/mo) are next. Healthchecks.io and Site24x7 are free to start on.
- Is there free monitoring software?
- Yes — Healthchecks.io, Site24x7, UptimeRobot and 20 more offer a free plan.
- How is monitoring software usually priced?
- 18 of the 34 monitoring tools we track use usage based pricing, against 9 on hybrid and 4 on flat rate.