Best Network Monitoring Software 2026: 13 Tools Compared
Best Network Monitoring Software 2026: 13 Tools Compared
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Network Monitoring software pricing ranges from Free to $20K per user per month in 2026. The category average is $2.1K/user/month. 7 of 13 tools offer free tiers.

Quick Picks

Best Value

Auvik

From Free/month

Best Free Tier

Datadog Infrastructure

Free plan available

Most Feature-Rich

Nagios XI

Up to $20K/month

Full Comparison Matrix

Product Starting Price Popular Tier Enterprise Free Tier Best For
Auvik Custom Custom Custom No -
ThousandEyes (Cisco) Custom Custom Custom No -
Catchpoint (already in NTA) Free /month Free /month Free /month Yes -
Datadog Infrastructure Free /month $13.50 /month $27 /month Yes Small projects
LogicMonitor $16 /per hybrid unit $27 /per hybrid unit $53 /per hybrid unit No -
Uptime Robot Free /monitors $33 /monitors $69 /monitors Yes -
Statuspage (Atlassian) Free /month $300 /month $1.5K /month Yes -
Zabbix Free /month $375 /month $750 /month Yes Organizations with internal expertise
PRTG Network Monitor $200 /month $742 /month $1.6K /month No Small businesses monitoring up to ~50 devices
Kentik (already covered as traffic) $2K /month $2K /month $2K /month No -
Progress WhatsUp Gold $866 /devices, per year $3.3K /devices, per year $14.4K /devices, per year No -
SolarWinds NPM Free /month $9K /month $15K /month Yes General users
Nagios XI Free /month $11K /month $20K /month Yes General users

Category Summary

13

Products

$237

Avg Starting

$2.1K

Avg Popular

7

Free Tiers

Network Monitoring Pricing FAQ

01 What is network monitoring software?

Network monitoring software tracks network devices, servers, and infrastructure health, alerting IT teams to outages, performance issues, and security threats.

02 How much does network monitoring cost?

Network monitoring ranges from free (Zabbix) to $27/host/month (Datadog) for cloud, or $1,899-15,499 one-time for perpetual licenses (PRTG, SolarWinds).