Alternatives

Best Procs alternatives in 2026

Data compiled by Toolradar Updated October 17, 2026 How we rate

Cite this list: Toolradar, best Procs alternatives 2026, toolradar.com/alternatives/procs

8 tools in the same category as Procs, compared on pricing, features, and best-for use cases. Pick the right replacement without the marketing fluff.

Quick answer

SolarWinds is the top alternative to Procs on our list, followed by Hookdeck and UptimeRobot.
5 of the 8 alternatives have a free plan, starting with Hookdeck.
Highest rated: UptimeRobot, 4.6 out of 5 from 1,535 ratings, Sep 2026.

Publications that cover the tools tracked here

8 alternatives
5 with a free plan

SolarWinds
#1 Top pick
Drive operational resilience with unified visibility and AI-powered insights across your IT environment.
Starting price
From $15 /mo
Cheapest paid plan, monthly, as of October 2026
4.3 /5 across SourceForge and G2 · 934 ratings, Sep 2026
Our take
Best overall
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Hookdeck
#2
Reliable event infrastructure for webhooks and external event streams.
Starting price
From $39 /mo
Cheapest paid plan, monthly, as of October 2026
4.5 /5 across G2 and Capterra · 2,271 ratings, Oct 2026
Our take
Best free tier
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UptimeRobot
#3
Monitor your websites, APIs, and servers from multiple locations
Starting price
From $9 /mo
Cheapest paid plan, monthly, as of October 2026
4.6 /5 across SourceForge, Trustpilot, G2 and more · 1,535 ratings, Sep 2026
Our take
Highest rated
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Procs vs 8 alternatives

Procs and its alternatives compared on starting price (cheapest paid plan, monthly, as of October 2026), free plan and average user rating.
Tool	Starting price (Oct 2026)	Free plan	Rating
Procs Compared tool	Price: Free	Free plan: Yes	n/a
SolarWinds	Price: $15/mo	Free plan: No	4.3 out of 5, from 934 ratings across SourceForge and G2 (934)
Hookdeck	Price: $39/mo	Free plan: Yes	4.5 out of 5, from 2,271 ratings across G2 and Capterra (2,271)
UptimeRobot	Price: $9/mo	Free plan: Yes	4.6 out of 5, from 1,535 ratings across SourceForge, Trustpilot, G2 and more (1,535)
New Relic	Price: $10/mo	Free plan: Yes	4.4 out of 5, from 783 ratings across G2 and Capterra (783)
Monte Carlo	Price: Contact sales	Free plan: No	4.4 out of 5, from 488 ratings across G2 and SourceForge (488)
Dynatrace	Price: $7/mo	Free plan: No	4.5 out of 5, from 1,455 ratings across G2 and Capterra (1,455)
Datadog	Price: $18/mo	Free plan: Yes	4.4 out of 5, from 726 ratings on G2 (726)
Freshping	Price: $11/mo	Free plan: Yes	4.6 out of 5, from 993 ratings on G2 (993)

Why people consider alternatives to Procs

Procs is a command-line utility written in Rust that serves as a modern and feature-rich alternative to the traditional 'ps' command for process management.

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 8 tools below share Procs's category (monitoring) but are not curated as direct replacements.

See full Procs review Best monitoring tools How we rank

Procs by the numbers

Procs compared with 161 Terminal Tools tools on Toolradar, as of Oct 2026
Metric	Procs	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)

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, “Procs 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 Procs

Tools in the same category as Procs, ranked by G2 and Capterra ratings, media mentions, and editor review.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best alternative to Procs?

Based on real-signal scoring (G2 and Capterra ratings, media mentions, and editorial review), the top alternatives to Procs are SolarWinds, Hookdeck, UptimeRobot. Each solves the same core job with different trade-offs on pricing, features, and integrations.

Is there a free alternative to Procs?

Procs is already 100% free. There is no other fully free alternative in this list. Hookdeck is freemium (free tier plus paid plans), not 100% free.

Why do people look for Procs alternatives?

Common reasons teams switch away from Procs 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.

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Top 3 alternatives to Procs

SolarWinds

Hookdeck

UptimeRobot