11 self-hosted SolarWinds alternatives

SolarWinds is an enterprise IT-management software vendor known for network monitoring and observability. These open-source apps let you replace SolarWinds with software you host and control yourself.

Best self-hosted SolarWinds alternatives

Icinga 2

Monitoring & Status

Scalable monitoring system that watches hosts and networks

Replaces SolarWinds, PRTG

★ 2.2k Hard setup GPL-2.0

SNMP Exporter

Monitoring & Status

Prometheus exporter for SNMP-enabled network devices

Replaces SolarWinds

★ 2.2k Medium setup Apache-2.0

Nagios Core

Monitoring & Status

Industry classic host and service monitoring engine

Replaces SolarWinds, PRTG

★ 2k Hard setup GPL-2.0

Cacti

Monitoring & Status

RRDtool-based network graphing and monitoring solution

Replaces PRTG, SolarWinds

★ 1.9k Medium setup GPL-2.0

OpenNMS Horizon

Monitoring & Status

Enterprise network management and monitoring platform

Replaces SolarWinds, PRTG

★ 1.2k Hard setup AGPL-3.0

Shinken

Monitoring & Status

Python monitoring framework compatible with Nagios

Replaces SolarWinds

★ 1.1k Hard setup AGPL-3.0

Pandora FMS Community

Monitoring & Status

Flexible enterprise-grade monitoring system

Replaces SolarWinds, PRTG

★ 472 Hard setup GPL-2.0

Thruk

Monitoring & Status

Multi-backend monitoring web interface for Nagios family

Replaces SolarWinds

★ 439 Medium setup GPL-1.0

NetXMS

Monitoring & Status

Enterprise-grade network and infrastructure monitoring

Replaces SolarWinds, PRTG

★ 391 Hard setup GPL-2.0

Naemon

Monitoring & Status

Network monitoring core based on the Nagios codebase

Replaces SolarWinds, PRTG

★ 170 Hard setup GPL-2.0

Observium

Monitoring & Status

Auto-discovering network monitoring platform

Replaces SolarWinds, PRTG

★ 1 Medium setup GPL-3.0

Compare SolarWinds alternatives

Switching from SolarWinds

Moving off SolarWinds means trading a managed subscription for a service you run yourself. The payoff is ownership: no per-seat pricing, no vendor lock-in, and full control of your data. Start with the option above that matches your setup-difficulty comfort level — every app links to a detailed specs page and head-to-head comparisons.