Best Prometheus Alternatives with Free Tiers (2026)
24 free alternatives in Monitoring. Sorted by pricing stability.
Current Prometheus Situation
Risk Level:source unconfirmed
Why: The page we cite for Prometheus states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02. We are not publishing a stability judgement for it until that is fixed.
20 of these carry no recorded demerit and are indistinguishable under every signal we hold; their order rotates daily. 4 are demoted with the reason named, and 0 are listed last because they are not generally available or are not a free offer. How we rank.
Left out of this list: UptimeRobot (shares no subtype with this product), Pulsetic (shares no subtype with this product), Healthchecks.io (shares no subtype with this product), StatusCake (shares no subtype with this product), PagerDuty (shares no subtype with this product), Cronitor (shares no subtype with this product), Uptimia (shares no subtype with this product), OnlineOrNot (shares no subtype with this product), incident.io (shares no subtype with this product), StatusPile (shares no subtype with this product), assertible.com (shares no subtype with this product), Core Web Vitals History (none of this category's subtypes apply), deadmanssnitch.com (shares no subtype with this product), downtimemonkey.com (shares no subtype with this product), economize.cloud (none of this category's subtypes apply), incidenthub.cloud (shares no subtype with this product), linkok.com (none of this category's subtypes apply), loader.io (none of this category's subtypes apply), MonitorMonk (shares no subtype with this product), OntarioNet.ca CN Test (none of this category's subtypes apply), pagecrawl.io (shares no subtype with this product), pagertree.com (shares no subtype with this product), phare.io (shares no subtype with this product), pingbreak.com (shares no subtype with this product), Pingmeter.com (shares no subtype with this product), pingpong.one (shares no subtype with this product), robusta.dev (none of this category's subtypes apply), Servervana (shares no subtype with this product), sitesure.net (shares no subtype with this product), statusgator.com (shares no subtype with this product), SweetUptime (shares no subtype with this product), UptimeObserver.com (shares no subtype with this product), uptimetoolbox.com (shares no subtype with this product), Wachete (shares no subtype with this product). Each is still listed in its category, with the vendor's own words we read that from on its page. How we decide this.
−3 free_tier_withdrawn Recorded free tier removal on 2026-08-28: The page now highlights a 14-day free trial and a starting plan at €19/month. Source: https://fivenines.io/
−3 free_tier_withdrawn Recorded free tier removal on 2026-08-28: Retracted — this record was our error (2026-09-09). Pricing starts at $3/month. Retracted 2026-09-09: simpleobservability.com/pricing publishes "Free. Free plan for one server. Ideal for testing, development, or low-traffic workloads." and prices it "Free. for 1 server." with 50 metrics per server. Our withheld terms read "Free for one server." The "$3/month" this record quotes is the paid rung above that plan and is still on the same page. Source: https://simpleobservability.com
−3 free_tier_withdrawn Recorded free tier removal on 2026-08-28: Retracted — this record was our error (2026-09-09). The free tier now offers a 14-day free trial with unlimited data ingestion, instead of a 'free forever' plan with specific limits. Previously 100 GB/month data, 1,000 RUM sessions/month, 20,000 synthetic checks/month, and 14-day data retention. Retracted 2026-09-09: middleware.io/pricing/, the page this record cites, opens its plan ladder with "Free Forever. $0. Free access to all features with monthly limits." and lists "Up to 100GB Data. Up to 1k RUM Sessions. Up to 20k Synthetic Checks. 10 Browser Test Runs. Unlimited Users." Those are the terms this record withheld, figure for figure. The sentence this record read - "We provide 14 days free trial with unlimited data ingestion" - is an answer about trial retention further down the same page, and it is still there today beside the free plan. The page did not change; the reading did. Source: https://middleware.io/pricing/
−3 free_tier_withdrawn Recorded free tier removal on 2026-08-28: The page highlights a 14-day free trial, and then lists paid plans starting at $4.99/mo. Source: https://xitoring.com/
Recompute today's order yourself. The order above is a permutation seeded only on the UTC date and the query key — no vendor name, slug, id or offer field is an input. The algorithm is published, so anyone can reproduce this page's order without asking us.
What are the best free alternatives to Prometheus?
We publish no ranking of these. Nothing we record measures popularity or generosity, so naming a best or a top few would be our preference rather than our data. We hold 24 free alternatives to Prometheus, each listed below with its tier, category and the date we last verified it. Of those, 20 carry no recorded demerit and are indistinguishable under every signal we hold, so they are listed in an order that rotates daily, 4 are demoted with the reason named. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.
Is Prometheus's free tier still available?
We cannot confirm that today. The page we cite for Prometheus states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02. Our stored record says Prometheus offers a free tier (Free OSS), but we have not confirmed those terms against the source we cite.
How many free alternatives to Prometheus exist?
There are 24 free alternatives to Prometheus tracked on AgentDeals across the Monitoring category.
Has Prometheus changed their pricing?
We hold no recorded pricing changes for Prometheus, but the page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so that is a statement about our records rather than a positive signal.
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