Quick Answer

Network Monitoring software pricing ranges from $0 to $20.0k per user per month in 2026. The category average is $4.2k/user/month. 5 of 5 tools offer free tiers.

Quick Picks

Best Value

Datadog Infrastructure

From $0/month

Best Free Tier

Datadog Infrastructure

Free plan available

Most Feature-Rich

Nagios XI

Up to $20.0k/month

Full Comparison Matrix

Product Starting Price Popular Tier Enterprise Free Tier Best For
Datadog Infrastructure $0 /month $11.5 /month $23 /month Yes Small projects
Zabbix $0 /month $375 /month $750 /month Yes Organizations with internal expertise
PRTG Network Monitor $0 /month $746 /month $1.5k /month Yes Small networks and evaluation
SolarWinds NPM $3.0k /month $9.0k /month $15.0k /month Yes General users
Nagios XI $2.0k /month $11.0k /month $20.0k /month Yes General users

Category Summary

5

Products

$998

Avg Starting

$4.2k

Avg Popular

5

Free Tiers

Network Monitoring Pricing FAQ

01 What is network monitoring software?

Network monitoring software tracks network devices, servers, and infrastructure health, alerting IT teams to outages, performance issues, and security threats.

02 How much does network monitoring cost?

Network monitoring ranges from free (Zabbix) to $27/host/month (Datadog) for cloud, or $1,899-15,499 one-time for perpetual licenses (PRTG, SolarWinds).

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