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Open-source IT infrastructure monitoring & alerting solution

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Nagios Core - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: January 2026

Nagios Core overview

What is Nagios Core?

Nagios Core is an open-source IT infrastructure monitoring and alerting solution designed to help businesses monitor mission-critical infrastructure components such as network protocols, operating systems, applications, systems metrics, and network infrastructure via a unified platform. It enables IT professionals to receive alerts when critical components fail and recover via email, custom script, or text messages.

It provides a host of features such as FTP monitoring, infrastructure management, data visualization, analytics, mail server monitoring, user management, and more. Nagios Core offers an API, which lets businesses integrate the system with several third-party platforms, enabling businesses to push and pull data across systems.

Starting price

Free

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Nagios Core pros, cons and reviews insights

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What do users say about Nagios Core?

Its complexity for integration with other monitoring tools, either as a hub or as a data source. When more advanced monitoring is required or for a specific technology, you have to resort to third-party tools.

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Who uses Nagios Core?

Based on 34 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Midsize Businesses

Enterprises

Top industries

Information Technology and Services
Internet
Retail
Individual & Family Services
Others

Use cases

Website Monitoring

Nagios Core's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Nagios Core users:

Alerts/Notifications
API
Data visualization
FTP Monitoring
Mail Server Monitoring
Server monitoring
User management

All Nagios Core features

Features rating:

Alerts/Notifications
API
Data visualization
FTP Monitoring
Mail Server Monitoring
Server monitoring
User management

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Nagios Core pricing

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Starting from

Free

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Free trial
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User opinions about Nagios Core price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of Nagios Core's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“Its complexity for integration with other monitoring tools, either as a hub or as a data source. When more advanced monitoring is required or for a specific technology, you have to resort to third-party tools.”
CH

Carlos H.

Consultor

“Vibrant community contributing to the core project, as well as plugins. ”
SK

Seth K.

IT Manager

Nagios Core support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Chat
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base

Training options

Documentation
Webinars
Videos

Nagios Core FAQs

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