Monitoring Software Pricing (2026)
What 35 monitoring tools actually charge, taken from their own pricing pages and re-checked as they change. Cheapest first.
Pricing verified Oct 05, 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 |
| Dynatrace | $1/mo | 8 | No | Yes |
| Cronitor | $2/mo | 3 | Yes | 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 | 5 | 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 |
| Better Stack | $34/mo | 3 | Yes | No |
| StatusGator | $79/mo | 5 | Yes | Yes |
| Honeycomb | $150/mo | 3 | Yes | No |
| SigNoz | $199/mo | 2 | No | Yes |
| Graylog | Custom | 3 | Yes | No |
| Instatus | Custom | 4 | Yes | Yes |
| LogRocket | Custom | 3 | No | 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.
Pricing metrics that low per unit (six cents for metrics, sixteen cents for traces) signals they're chasing cost-conscious teams burned by Datadog or Splunk bills, positioning as the value play for high-volume shops. The AI pricing at $1.50 suggests they're testing premium pricing on newer capabilities while keeping core telemetry cheap to win the initial deal.
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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Dynatrace
AI-powered observability platform with usage-based platform subscription pricing
Dynatrace plays premium — full-stack pricing at $58/mo per unit is well above what you'd pay for basic infra monitoring elsewhere, and the granular add-on structure (security, code-level monitoring) targets large enterprises with complex, hybrid environments rather than cost-sensitive startups. They're competing for the Datadog/New Relic enterprise budget, not the indie-hacker observability stack.
Plans: Kubernetes Platform Monitoring $1/mo · Code Monitoring $3/mo · Security Posture Management $5/mo · Foundation & Discovery $7/mo · Runtime Vulnerability Analytics $13/mo · Runtime Application Protection $13/mo · Infrastructure Monitoring $29/mo · Full-Stack Monitoring $58/mo
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Cronitor
Cron job and uptime monitoring.
Cronitor sits on the affordable end for small teams — $2 per monitor is cheap compared to bundled-tier competitors that force you into a $50-100/mo plan just to get past a low monitor cap. They're clearly courting devs and small startups who hate paying for headroom they don't use, while still leaving a real enterprise contract path for bigger fish.
Plans: Hacker $0/mo · Business $2/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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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).
Sitting in the mid-to-premium range for log management, especially once overage kicks in at a 30% markup — that's a real penalty for teams that underestimate their volume. This setup targets teams that want predictable, straightforward pricing over the complexity of feature-tiered competitors, but it can bite unpredictable or bursty workloads.
Plans: Log Observability $5/mo
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Uptime.com
Enterprise-grade uptime monitoring.
At $7/mo to start, Uptime.com is positioned as the accessible, no-frills entry point in a category where competitors often gate basic monitoring behind pricier flat plans. But without a free plan or trial, they're betting the 30-day money-back guarantee is enough to get price-sensitive teams to commit upfront rather than test-drive first.
Plans: Website Monitoring $7/mo
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Site24x7
Full-stack monitoring from Zoho.
Site24x7 plants its flag as the affordable entry point in infrastructure monitoring, undercutting big names like Datadog or New Relic at the low end while still offering an enterprise tier for bigger fish. They're clearly hunting budget-conscious startups first, then hoping to keep them as they scale into pricier tiers.
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 budget-to-mid-market lane — way cheaper than enterprise-grade observability players like Datadog or Pingdom, but more structured than pure hobbyist tools thanks to the Enterprise tier. They're clearly going after solo devs and small-to-mid teams who want reliable uptime checks without paying for a full monitoring suite.
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 sits mid-market — pricier than bare-bones alerting tools but noticeably cheaper than PagerDuty or Opsgenie's top tiers. They're clearly courting cost-conscious engineering teams who want incident management maturity without paying enterprise-grade prices.
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 tier of infrastructure monitoring — priced well above scrappy point solutions like Uptime Robot or even mid-market players, positioning itself against Datadog and SolarWinds for enterprise IT ops budgets. They're not chasing price-sensitive buyers; they're selling to orgs that'll pay for a single pane of glass across hybrid infrastructure.
Plans: Essentials $16/mo · Advanced $27/mo · Signature + Edwin AI $53/mo
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Pingdom
Website performance and uptime.
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 Cloud undercuts Datadog and New Relic on entry price by giving away a genuinely usable free tier, positioning itself as the open-source-friendly, cost-conscious alternative for teams that already know Grafana's dashboards. It's not chasing the premium observability buyer out of the gate — it's winning teams at the free-to-Pro stage before they're locked into a pricier incumbent.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Pro $19/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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incident.io
Incident management in Slack.
This sits mid-market — pricier than bare-bones status page tools but way cheaper than PagerDuty or Opsgenie's enterprise-heavy pricing. They're clearly courting fast-growing eng teams who've outgrown spreadsheets and Slack threads but aren't ready for a six-figure incident management contract.
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 mid-market compared to heavier APM players like Datadog or New Relic, but it's pricier than bare-bones uptime checkers like UptimeRobot or Better Uptime. They're clearly targeting engineering teams who want code-based, CI/CD-native monitoring (Playwright-powered checks) rather than teams just wanting a ping-and-alert tool.
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 firmly in the budget-to-mid-range bracket compared to Pingdom or Datadog Synthetics, undercutting enterprise monitoring tools while still offering a real feature set beyond a basic pinger. They're clearly courting cost-conscious startups and agencies who need credible uptime monitoring without enterprise pricing.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Superior $24/mo · Business $79/mo · Custom Contact Sales
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Axiom
Serverless log management at scale.
Axiom sits in the lean/self-serve middle of the observability pricing pack — not a loss-leader like some free-forever tools, but far cheaper to start than enterprise-gated competitors that force you into a sales call for basic controls. They're clearly going after teams that want enterprise features without the enterprise sales cycle.
Plans: Personal $0/mo · Axiom Cloud $25/mo
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FireHydrant
Incident management and status pages.
At $25/responder/month billed annually, FireHydrant sits mid-pack — pricier than scrappy status-page-plus-alerts tools but cheaper than PagerDuty or Opsgenie once you factor in add-ons. They're going after mid-market engineering teams who've outgrown ad-hoc Slack incident response but aren't ready for enterprise-grade contract pricing.
Plans: Free $0/mo per seat · Pro $25/mo per seat · Enterprise Contact Sales
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PagerDuty
Incident response and on-call management.
PagerDuty plays premium in the incident management space — Professional's $25/seat undercuts nothing, and the enterprise tiers with custom/annual pricing signal they're chasing large orgs with complex reliability needs, not scrappy startups. They're competing with Opsgenie and FireHydrant for the 'we need enterprise-grade incident response' budget line, not the cheap-alerting-tool budget line.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Professional $25/mo · Starter Contact Sales · Essential Contact Sales · Ultimate 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 loggers but way cheaper than full observability suites like Datadog once you factor in their usage-based sprawl. They're chasing engineering teams who want deep error/performance monitoring without paying APM-vendor prices.
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.
Sitting in the $27-$200 range (before Enterprise) puts IsDown squarely mid-market — not racing to the bottom like free-tier competitors, but not playing premium-enterprise games either. The dedicated MSP tier is the tell: they're chasing agencies and resellers who need multi-client monitoring, not just solo founders watching one app.
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.
This sits toward the premium end for status page tools — plenty of alternatives (or even a DIY page on your existing infra) exist for free or cheap. Statuspage is leaning on Atlassian's brand trust and polish to justify charging $399-1499/mo for something conceptually simple, targeting mid-market and enterprise buyers who want a known, reliable name over a scrappy competitor.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Hobby $29/mo · Startup $99/mo · Business $399/mo · Enterprise $1499/mo
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Better Stack
Uptime, logs, and incident response.
This sits mid-market — not a bargain-bin uptime checker, not an enterprise incident command platform like PagerDuty. The free tier and modular pricing are clearly aimed at scrappy engineering teams who don't want to pay for seats they don't need but will happily pay for the specific features they do.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Team member $0/mo · Responder $34/mo
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StatusGator
Aggregated status page notifications.
This sits mid-market — not a cheap indie tool, not an enterprise observability suite like Statuspage or Better Uptime's top tiers. The $79-299 spread targets ops and DevRel teams at growing companies who need white-labeled reliability signals but don't want a six-figure observability contract.
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.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Pro $150/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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SigNoz
Open-source APM and observability.
SigNoz is positioning itself as the affordable, open-source-rooted alternative to Datadog and New Relic, especially with that $49/month discounted entry point and $19/month startup deal aggressively undercutting incumbents. They're chasing cost-conscious engineering teams who've been burned by unpredictable observability bills elsewhere, not enterprises who already have Datadog budgets locked in.
Plans: Teams $199/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Graylog
Log management and threat detection.
Graylog sits in the middle of the SIEM/log management pack — cheaper to start than Splunk or Datadog thanks to the free open-source tier, but the jump to Enterprise or Security (starting at $15K-$18K/year) puts it in the same conversation as mid-market security tooling. They're clearly hunting teams priced out of Splunk who still want enterprise-grade features without the eye-watering bill.
Plans: Graylog Open $0/mo · Graylog Enterprise Contact Sales · Graylog Security Contact Sales
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Instatus
Beautiful status pages, fast.
Sitting in the middle of the status page market — not fighting Atlassian Statuspage on enterprise polish, but not racing Freshstatus to the bottom on price either. The free tier is the wedge to pull in teams who'd otherwise default to a spreadsheet or a Notion page, then convert them once they need real customization.
Plans: Starter $0/mo · Pro Contact Sales · Business Contact Sales · Enterprise Contact Sales
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LogRocket
Frontend monitoring and session replay.
Hiding every price behind 'Custom' while dangling a $176/mo anchor signals they're playing a mid-to-upmarket game, not competing on sticker shock like cheaper session-replay tools. They're clearly chasing funded startups and larger product teams who can stomach usage-based scaling and want unlimited analytics thrown in rather than nickel-and-diming on features.
Plans: Core Contact Sales · Pro Contact Sales · Enterprise Contact Sales
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New Relic
Full-stack observability platform.
New Relic sits mid-to-premium in the observability space — pricier to reason about than flat-fee competitors like Better Stack, but positioned to compete with Datadog and Dynatrace on breadth of telemetry coverage. The all-custom pricing past Free signals they're chasing mid-market and enterprise deals where sales-assisted, negotiated pricing is the norm, not self-serve shoppers comparing sticker prices.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Standard Contact Sales · Pro Contact Sales · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Rollbar
Error tracking for developers.
Sitting in the middle of the error-monitoring pack — cheaper and more flexible than Datadog's bundled APM pricing, but less transparent than Sentry, which at least publishes numbers for its lower tiers. They're chasing teams that want negotiating room rather than a rigid rate card.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Essentials Contact Sales · Advanced Contact Sales · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Sumo Logic
Cloud log analytics and SIEM.
Sumo Logic plays in the mid-to-premium tier of the observability/SIEM space, sitting above cost-focused tools like Better Stack but competing directly with Datadog and Splunk for enterprise budgets. They're not chasing the budget-conscious startup crowd — they're fighting for teams that already have complex, multi-source data pipelines and need unified log/metrics/security tooling.
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 $199/mo (SigNoz), with a median entry price of $19/mo across the 29 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 Dynatrace ($1/mo) are next. Cronitor and Healthchecks.io are free to start on.
- Is there free monitoring software?
- Yes — Cronitor, Healthchecks.io, Site24x7 and 20 more offer a free plan.
- How is monitoring software usually priced?
- 18 of the 35 monitoring tools we track use usage based pricing, against 11 on hybrid and 3 on flat rate.