Grafana vs Nagios Core
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted monitoring & status options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Grafana with
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Compare Nagios Core with
choose an app… Uptime Kuma Netdata Prometheus Glances InfluxDB Grafana k6 Grafana Loki Apache SkyWalking Beszel Icinga 2 SNMP Exporter Smokeping Cacti OpenNMS Horizon Shinken Pandora FMS Community Thruk NetXMS Naemon Observium
Feature Grafana Nagios Core Category Monitoring & Status Monitoring & Status License AGPL-3.0 GPL-2.0 Language TypeScript C Setup difficulty Medium Hard Min. RAM 512 MB 512 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal, helm bare-metal, docker, source GitHub stars ★ 76,153 ★ 2,037 First released 2014 1999 Replaces Datadog SolarWinds, PRTG
Why pick each one
Choose Grafana if… Beautiful flexible dashboards Broad data source support Strong community Grafana details
Frequently asked questions Is Grafana or Nagios Core better? Grafana is the stronger all-round pick: it has both the larger community and the simpler medium setup. Consider Nagios Core if its specific feature set fits your needs better.
Are Grafana and Nagios Core free and open-source? Yes. Grafana is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Nagios Core under GPL-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Grafana and Nagios Core with Docker? Grafana: yes. Nagios Core: yes.