# Open-source alternatives to Datadog

> Datadog: A cloud monitoring platform for metrics, logs and traces. The best self-hosted, open-source alternatives are Grafana, Prometheus and Zabbix. All of them can run on your own server, so your data stays under your control. All 7 apps here are open source.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Commercial product | Datadog |
| Category | Monitoring & Status Pages |
| Alternatives listed | 7 |
| Top pick | Grafana (77,096 stars, AGPL-3.0) |
| Canonical URL | https://appsgit.com/alternatives/datadog |

## Alternatives, in recommended order

- [Grafana](https://appsgit.com/apps/grafana): Dashboards and visualization for metrics, logs and traces from Prometheus, Loki and dozens of other sources. (77,096 stars, AGPL-3.0, TypeScript, Docker)
- [Prometheus](https://appsgit.com/apps/prometheus): Metrics-based monitoring and alerting toolkit with a powerful query language, built for cloud-native systems. (66,381 stars, Apache-2.0, Go, Docker)
- [Zabbix](https://appsgit.com/apps/zabbix): Enterprise-class open-source monitoring for networks, servers, VMs and cloud services. (6,441 stars, AGPL-3.0, Go Template, Docker)
- [Netdata](https://appsgit.com/apps/netdata): Real-time infrastructure monitoring with per-second metrics and zero-config dashboards. (80,804 stars, GPL-3.0, Go, Docker)
- [SigNoz](https://appsgit.com/apps/signoz): Open-source observability platform for logs, metrics and traces built on OpenTelemetry. (32,287 stars, MIT, TypeScript, Docker)
- [Uptime Kuma](https://appsgit.com/apps/uptime-kuma): Easy-to-use self-hosted uptime monitor with status pages and 90+ notification channels. (92,149 stars, MIT, JavaScript, Docker)
- [Checkmk](https://appsgit.com/apps/checkmk): Scalable IT infrastructure and application monitoring for servers, networks and cloud. (2,386 stars, GPL-2.0, Python, Docker)

## Comparisons

- [Uptime Kuma vs Gatus](https://appsgit.com/compare/uptime-kuma-vs-gatus)
- [Grafana vs Metabase](https://appsgit.com/compare/grafana-vs-metabase)

More in this category: [Monitoring & Status Pages](https://appsgit.com/categories/monitoring)

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