Alternatives

Best Glances Monitor alternatives in 2026

Data compiled by Toolradar Updated October 15, 2026 How we rate

Cite this list: Toolradar, best Glances Monitor alternatives 2026, toolradar.com/alternatives/glances-monitor

3 direct alternatives to Glances Monitor and 5 more tools in the same category, compared on pricing, features, and best-for use cases. Pick the right replacement without the marketing fluff.

Quick answer

Netdata is the top alternative to Glances Monitor on our list, followed by Cockpit and htop.
6 of the 8 alternatives have a free plan, starting with Netdata.
Highest rated: Cockpit, 5.0 out of 5 from 21 ratings, Sep 2026.

Publications that cover the tools tracked here

8 alternatives
3 direct
6 with a free plan

Netdata
#1 Top pick
Autonomous monitoring and troubleshooting with self-learning AI across your entire stack.
Pricing
Free plan
4.8 /5 across SourceForge, G2 and Capterra · 82 ratings, Sep 2026
Our take
Best overall
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Cockpit
#2
Build anything, your way, with a self-hosted, API-first headless content platform.
Pricing
Free
5.0 /5 on G2 · 21 ratings, Sep 2026
Our take
Highest rated
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htop
#3
An interactive, cross-platform process viewer for console and X terminals.
Pricing
Free
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Glances Monitor vs 8 alternatives

Glances Monitor and its alternatives compared on starting price (cheapest paid plan, monthly, as of October 2026), free plan and average user rating, and how directly each replaces it.
Tool	Starting price (Oct 2026)	Free plan	Rating	Fit
Glances Monitor Compared tool	Price: Free	Free plan: Yes	4.5 out of 5, from 24 ratings on G2 (24)
Netdata	Price: Free + paid	Free plan: Yes	4.8 out of 5, from 82 ratings across SourceForge, G2 and Capterra (82)	Direct alternative
Cockpit	Price: Free	Free plan: Yes	5.0 out of 5, from 21 ratings on G2 (21)	Direct alternative
htop	Price: Free	Free plan: Yes	n/a	Direct alternative
SolarWinds	Price: $15/mo	Free plan: No	4.3 out of 5, from 934 ratings across SourceForge and G2 (934)	Same category as Glances Monitor
Hookdeck	Price: $39/mo	Free plan: Yes	4.5 out of 5, from 2,271 ratings across G2 and Capterra (2,271)	Same category as Glances Monitor
UptimeRobot	Price: $9/mo	Free plan: Yes	4.6 out of 5, from 1,535 ratings across SourceForge, Trustpilot, G2 and more (1,535)	Same category as Glances Monitor
New Relic	Price: $10/mo	Free plan: Yes	4.4 out of 5, from 783 ratings across G2 and Capterra (783)	Same category as Glances Monitor
Monte Carlo	Price: Contact sales	Free plan: No	4.4 out of 5, from 488 ratings across G2 and SourceForge (488)	Same category as Glances Monitor

Why people consider alternatives to Glances Monitor

Glances is a cross-platform system monitoring tool that provides a comprehensive overview of your system's resources in real-time.

Teams most often switch away when one of these starts to bite:

A feature or quota ceiling that a paid specialist covers and this free tool does not.
Missing integrations with the rest of your stack.
Performance or scale limits as your needs grow.
A specific feature gap you have hit in monitoring.

The 3 direct alternatives below cover the same core job (monitoring) with different trade-offs. The 5 tools marked "Same category as Glances Monitor" fit the category but replace Glances Monitor less directly.

See full Glances Monitor review Best monitoring tools How we rank

Glances Monitor by the numbers

Glances Monitor compared with 161 Terminal Tools tools on Toolradar, as of Oct 2026
Metric	Glances Monitor	Peer median	Position (1 is best)
Free plan	Yes	88% have one	n/a
Listed as an alternative to	2 tools	1	#53 of 161 (joint)
User rating	4.5/5 (across the web, 24 ratings)	4.4/5	#6 of 17 (joint) tools with 20+ reviews

Each position is counted among the tools that have data for that row, as noted under it. All Terminal Tools data · How we compute this. Advertising and placement fees are not inputs to any position.

Cite this: Toolradar, “Glances Monitor by the numbers”, Oct 2026.

Monitoring leaderboards from Toolradar data

Toolradar ranks Monitoring tools on one measure at a time, only where at least 8 tools have data. As of Oct 2026.

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Lowest entry price, plans with no stated unit

Cheapest standard paid plan per month (annual prices divided by 12), read on vendor pages and compared only with tools priced on the same basis.

Counted among 73 tools with no stated price unit, verified price.

Lowest entry price, plans with no stated unit, Monitoring tools on Toolradar, as of Oct 2026
#	Tool	Entry plan
1	Coroot	$1/mo, billed monthly
2	LogDNA	$1.50/mo, billed monthly
3	PeakHour 6	$1.67/mo, billed yearly
4	Sematext	$1.68/mo, billed monthly
5	Level	$2/mo, billed monthly

Lowest entry price, per-user plans

Cheapest standard paid plan per month (annual prices divided by 12), read on vendor pages and compared only with tools priced on the same basis.

Counted among 12 tools priced per user, verified price.

Lowest entry price, per-user plans, Monitoring tools on Toolradar, as of Oct 2026
#	Tool	Entry plan
1	traceAI	$4/user/mo, billed monthly
2	VictorOps	$5/user/mo, billed monthly
3	Spiceworks	$6/user/mo, billed monthly
4	Spike.sh	$8/user/mo, billed monthly
5	Opsgenie	$9.45/user/mo, billed monthly

Most media coverage, last 30 days

Number of distinct articles published in the last 30 days by independent press, blogs and newsletters that mention the tool. A story carried by several outlets counts once; the vendor's own blog, review sites, forums and republishing sites do not count.

Counted among 8 tools mentioned in the last 30 days.

Most media coverage, last 30 days, Monitoring tools on Toolradar, as of Oct 2026
#	Tool	Articles
1	OpenTelemetry	13 articles
2	SolarWinds	7 articles
3	ManageEngine	3 articles
3	Monte Carlo	3 articles
5	Dash0	1 article

A position exists only when at least 8 tools have data for that metric. 85 of 210 Monitoring tools have a verified price; the others publish none we could read (often "contact sales"). Advertising and placement fees are not inputs to any position. Visit counts include visits from every source. How we compute this. Cite this: Toolradar, “Monitoring leaderboards”, Oct 2026. Data licensed CC BY 4.0. All Monitoring statistics.

8 alternatives to Glances Monitor

Direct alternatives come first, ranked by G2 and Capterra ratings, media mentions, and editor review. Tools marked "Same category as Glances Monitor" follow, ranked the same way.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best alternative to Glances Monitor?

Based on real-signal scoring (G2 and Capterra ratings, media mentions, and editorial review), the top alternatives to Glances Monitor are Netdata, Cockpit, htop. Each solves the same core job with different trade-offs on pricing, features, and integrations.

Is there a free alternative to Glances Monitor?

Glances Monitor is already 100% free (no paid upgrade path). Cockpit is another fully free option listed here (Build anything, your way, with a self-hosted, API-first headless content platform). Freemium tools on this list have a free tier plus paid plans; they are not the same as 100% free.

Why do people look for Glances Monitor alternatives?

Common reasons teams switch away from Glances Monitor even though it is free: missing integrations with the rest of their stack, performance or scale limits, or a specific feature gap in monitoring. The alternatives on this page solve the same core problem with a different feature set.

Side-by-side comparisons

In-depth comparison pages for Glances Monitor versus each alternative.

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Top 3 alternatives to Glances Monitor

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