Icinga
An open-source system for monitoring infrastructure and collecting performance metrics
- Vendor
- Icinga GmbH
- Also known as
- icinga
Available worldwide
What is Icinga?
Icinga is a free, open-source monitoring solution that provides visibility into infrastructure performance and metrics. It offers a powerful configuration engine with REST API capabilities, a web-based interface, and integrated incident management and notification features.
Icinga pricing
We don't have Icinga's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Icinga does
The capabilities that matter for network monitoring, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Snmp polling
- -
- Netflow sflow ipfix
- -
- Auto discovery topology
- -
- Wifi monitoring
- -
- Sdwan monitoring
- -
- Synthetic active monitoring
- -
- Config backup change mgmt
- -
- Cloud VPC monitoring
- -
- Multi tenant msp
- -
- Anomaly detection
- -
- Open source
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Self-hosted
Integrations (3)
Independently observed- Prometheus•
- VictoriaMetrics•
- OpenTelemetry•
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Icinga FAQ
Common questions about Icinga, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Icinga?
Icinga is a free, open-source monitoring solution that provides visibility into infrastructure performance and metrics. It offers a powerful configuration engine with REST API capabilities, a web-based interface, and integrated incident management and notification features. It is indexed under Network Monitoring.
Source: https://icinga.com
Is Icinga free to use?
Icinga is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the GPL-3.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://icinga.com
What platforms does Icinga support?
Icinga supports the web and Linux. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://icinga.com
Can Icinga be self-hosted?
Yes. Icinga can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://icinga.com
What does Icinga integrate with?
We have confirmed 3 integrations for Icinga, including Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics and OpenTelemetry. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://icinga.com
Is Icinga open source?
Yes. Icinga is published under the GPL-3.0 licence, a copyleft licence, so check its terms before embedding it in a closed-source product. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
Where is Icinga available?
Icinga is available worldwide. Its primary markets are Germany and the United Kingdom. The vendor is headquartered in Germany.
Source: https://icinga.com
Icinga alternatives
Other network monitoring we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Checkmkmedium · 50%
- SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorMonitor network availability, performance, and health across multi-vendor devices with automatic discovery and centralized visibility.low · 21%
- LibreNMSA lightweight, extensible network device configuration backup tool that modernizes configuration management across 130+ device typeslow · 33%
- Kentiklow · 7%
- PRTG Network Monitorlow · 25%
Compare Icinga
Side by side against other network monitoring, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Icinga, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development activity | 48 | 0.09 | 4.5 | ✓ |
| Security score | 54 | 0.04 | 2.3 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 29 | 0.06 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| Stars | 63 | 0.03 | 1.6 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 17 | 0.07 | 1.3 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.12 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 32 | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 7 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 67% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Open source | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 3 | mediumsource · 2026-09-02 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | C++ | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | GPL-3.0 | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 95% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| History | 20 items | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 70% |
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-02 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-02 · 60% |
| Scorecard | 5.4 | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 90% |
| Vulnerabilities | Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Ficinga%2Ficinga2&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 90% |
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