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34 results in IT Operations & Sysadmin

Acronis

Acronis offers backup, recovery and cyber protection products for business workloads, with capabilities that vary by edition.

Backup & Disaster RecoverySelf-hostedWebOther license
Ansible

Ansible uses inventories and YAML playbooks to automate configuration and operational tasks.

Developer Tools & DevOpsSelf-hostedOpen source

Better Stack (formerly Better Uptime) combines uptime monitoring, on-call incident management and log/infrastructure observability, with a free tier and usage-based paid plans.

Monitoring & ObservabilityOther license
Checkmate

Checkmate tracks service availability, response times and server health from a self-hosted installation.

IT Operations & SysadminSelf-hostedWebOpen source

Chronosphere provides metrics, logs and traces observability for cloud-native and Kubernetes environments with cardinality/cost controls. Palo Alto Networks completed its acquisition of Chronosphere in 2026.

Monitoring & ObservabilityOther license
Dash0

Dash0 is an OpenTelemetry-native observability platform priced on ingestion and storage volume, with a 14-day full-featured free trial and no permanent free tier.

Monitoring & ObservabilityWebOther license
Datadog

Datadog collects infrastructure metrics, logs, traces, and other signals so teams can investigate services and configure alerts.

Monitoring & ObservabilityWebOther license
Dynatrace

Dynatrace brings application and infrastructure telemetry into an observability platform, with capabilities governed by the selected subscription.

Monitoring & ObservabilitySelf-hostedWebOther license
Grafana

Grafana is an open source visualization and dashboarding platform that queries metrics, logs, and traces from Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, and dozens of other backends, with Grafana Cloud offering a hosted option.

Monitoring & ObservabilitySelf-hostedWebOpen source

Grafana Labs develops Grafana and offers Grafana Cloud for hosted metrics, logs, traces and alerting. This company profile is distinct from the Grafana software listing.

Monitoring & ObservabilityOther license

Highlight.io was an open-source, full-stack monitoring platform (session replay, errors, logs, traces); its marketing site now redirects to LaunchDarkly, though the GitHub project remains active.

Monitoring & ObservabilitySelf-hostedWebOpen source
Honeycomb

Honeycomb is an observability platform built around wide structured events and high-cardinality querying, helping engineers debug novel production issues rather than only pre-built dashboards, with a free tier.

Monitoring & ObservabilityOther license
HVTools

HVTools is listed in Virtualization & VDI; review its current product scope, deployment model and fit before shortlisting.

Virtualization & VDIOpen source

Integraal IT is a Geneva-based MSP offering audits, network and cloud support, equipment, software and cybersecurity services across the Lake Geneva region.

Remote Management & RMMOther license
IntuneGet

IntuneGet helps administrators turn selected Winget packages into Microsoft Intune app deployments, with hosted and self-hosted options.

Endpoint & Patch ManagementSelf-hostedWebOpen source
Lightstep

Lightstep's distributed tracing and observability technology was acquired by ServiceNow in 2021 and is now sold as ServiceNow Cloud Observability; lightstep.com redirects to ServiceNow's product page.

Monitoring & ObservabilityOther license
Logtail

Logtail has been folded into Better Stack's unified observability suite; the product is now called Better Stack Logs, covering log collection, live tailing and alerting.

Monitoring & ObservabilityOther license
n8n

n8n connects APIs and applications in workflows using triggers and nodes, available through its cloud service or self-hosting.

Automation & ScriptingSelf-hostedWebOpen source
Netdata

Netdata collects system and service metrics and evaluates alerts near the monitored nodes.

Monitoring & ObservabilitySelf-hostedOpen source
New Relic

New Relic brings application, infrastructure and log signals into observability workflows.

Monitoring & ObservabilityOther license

OpenObserve natively unifies logs, metrics, distributed traces, and real-user monitoring in a single self-hostable platform. Written in Rust, it stores data at a fraction of the cost of Elasticsearch.

Monitoring & ObservabilitySelf-hostedWebOpen source
Prometheus

Prometheus scrapes time-series metrics from instrumented targets, stores them locally, and evaluates alerting rules with PromQL, forwarding alerts to Alertmanager. It has no built-in dashboarding or long-term storage layer of its own.

Monitoring & ObservabilitySelf-hostedOpen source
RoboSync

RoboSync is an open-source WPF desktop app that wraps Windows Robocopy in a GUI for copy, mirror, move and sync jobs, with live command preview and progress tracking.

IT Operations & SysadminOpen source
Sentry

Sentry provides error tracking, performance monitoring and session replay for web and mobile apps, open source and self-hostable or available as a hosted freemium service.

Monitoring & ObservabilitySelf-hostedWebOpen source
ServiceNow

ServiceNow ITSM organizes incidents, problems, changes, requests, and service workflows on its enterprise platform.

IT Operations & SysadminWebOther license
CompareTool and summaryCategoryDeploymentSource model
AcronisAcronis offers backup, recovery and cyber protection products for business workloads, with capabilities that vary by edition.Backup & Disaster RecoverySelf-hostedWebOther license
AnsibleAnsible uses inventories and YAML playbooks to automate configuration and operational tasks.Developer Tools & DevOpsSelf-hostedOpen source
Better StackBetter Stack (formerly Better Uptime) combines uptime monitoring, on-call incident management and log/infrastructure observability, with a free tier and usage-based paid plans.Monitoring & ObservabilityOther license
CheckmateCheckmate tracks service availability, response times and server health from a self-hosted installation.IT Operations & SysadminSelf-hostedWebOpen source
ChronosphereChronosphere provides metrics, logs and traces observability for cloud-native and Kubernetes environments with cardinality/cost controls. Palo Alto Networks completed its acquisition of Chronosphere in 2026.Monitoring & ObservabilityOther license
Dash0Dash0 is an OpenTelemetry-native observability platform priced on ingestion and storage volume, with a 14-day full-featured free trial and no permanent free tier.Monitoring & ObservabilityWebOther license
DatadogDatadog collects infrastructure metrics, logs, traces, and other signals so teams can investigate services and configure alerts.Monitoring & ObservabilityWebOther license
DynatraceDynatrace brings application and infrastructure telemetry into an observability platform, with capabilities governed by the selected subscription.Monitoring & ObservabilitySelf-hostedWebOther license
GrafanaGrafana is an open source visualization and dashboarding platform that queries metrics, logs, and traces from Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, and dozens of other backends, with Grafana Cloud offering a hosted option.Monitoring & ObservabilitySelf-hostedWebOpen source
Grafana LabsGrafana Labs develops Grafana and offers Grafana Cloud for hosted metrics, logs, traces and alerting. This company profile is distinct from the Grafana software listing.Monitoring & ObservabilityOther license
Highlight.ioHighlight.io was an open-source, full-stack monitoring platform (session replay, errors, logs, traces); its marketing site now redirects to LaunchDarkly, though the GitHub project remains active.Monitoring & ObservabilitySelf-hostedWebOpen source
HoneycombHoneycomb is an observability platform built around wide structured events and high-cardinality querying, helping engineers debug novel production issues rather than only pre-built dashboards, with a free tier.Monitoring & ObservabilityOther license
HVToolsHVTools is listed in Virtualization & VDI; review its current product scope, deployment model and fit before shortlisting.Virtualization & VDIOpen source
Integraal ITIntegraal IT is a Geneva-based MSP offering audits, network and cloud support, equipment, software and cybersecurity services across the Lake Geneva region.Remote Management & RMMOther license
IntuneGetIntuneGet helps administrators turn selected Winget packages into Microsoft Intune app deployments, with hosted and self-hosted options.Endpoint & Patch ManagementSelf-hostedWebOpen source
LightstepLightstep's distributed tracing and observability technology was acquired by ServiceNow in 2021 and is now sold as ServiceNow Cloud Observability; lightstep.com redirects to ServiceNow's product page.Monitoring & ObservabilityOther license
LogtailLogtail has been folded into Better Stack's unified observability suite; the product is now called Better Stack Logs, covering log collection, live tailing and alerting.Monitoring & ObservabilityOther license
n8nn8n connects APIs and applications in workflows using triggers and nodes, available through its cloud service or self-hosting.Automation & ScriptingSelf-hostedWebOpen source
NetdataNetdata collects system and service metrics and evaluates alerts near the monitored nodes.Monitoring & ObservabilitySelf-hostedOpen source
New RelicNew Relic brings application, infrastructure and log signals into observability workflows.Monitoring & ObservabilityOther license
OpenObserveOpenObserve natively unifies logs, metrics, distributed traces, and real-user monitoring in a single self-hostable platform. Written in Rust, it stores data at a fraction of the cost of Elasticsearch.Monitoring & ObservabilitySelf-hostedWebOpen source
PrometheusPrometheus scrapes time-series metrics from instrumented targets, stores them locally, and evaluates alerting rules with PromQL, forwarding alerts to Alertmanager. It has no built-in dashboarding or long-term storage layer of its own.Monitoring & ObservabilitySelf-hostedOpen source
RoboSyncRoboSync is an open-source WPF desktop app that wraps Windows Robocopy in a GUI for copy, mirror, move and sync jobs, with live command preview and progress tracking.IT Operations & SysadminOpen source
SentrySentry provides error tracking, performance monitoring and session replay for web and mobile apps, open source and self-hostable or available as a hosted freemium service.Monitoring & ObservabilitySelf-hostedWebOpen source
ServiceNowServiceNow ITSM organizes incidents, problems, changes, requests, and service workflows on its enterprise platform.IT Operations & SysadminWebOther license