--- description: Discover the benefits and disadvantages of Icinga. Learn the software price, see the description, and read the most helpful reviews for UK business users. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Icinga Pricing, Cost & Reviews - Capterra UK 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Network Monitoring Tools](/directory/30019/network-monitoring/software) > [Icinga](/software/163153/icinga) # Icinga Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/163153/icinga Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/163153/icinga?page=2) > Icinga monitoring is enterprise-ready, easily integrable and unbeatable in configuration possibilities, automation, and scaling. > > Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 45 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Icinga? Icinga is used on premise or in the cloud by global enterprises, many government institutions, and numerous mid-sized companies all over the world and in all verticals. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 45 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Icinga - **Location**: Nuremberg, Germany ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Other (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Icinga Monitoring is open source and free to use. Annual subscriptions are available for official Icinga support plans and certain operating system specific packages (AL, RHEL, SLES). Contact Icinga for pricing details. - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: Catalan, English, European Portuguese, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 208 more ## Features - Alerts/Escalation - Alerts/Notifications - Bandwidth Monitoring - Capacity Management - Dashboard - Data Visualisation - Diagnostic Tools - Event Logs - Network Analysis - Performance Metrics - Performance Monitoring - Real-Time Data - Reporting & Statistics - Reporting/Analytics - Server Monitoring - Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) - Third-Party Integrations - Uptime Reporting ## Integrations (22 total) - AlertOps - Ansible Automation Platform - Azure Application Gateway - Azure Virtual Machines - BigPanda - Elastic Observability - Elastic Stack - Grafana - Graylog - Hosted Graphite - InfluxDB - Jira - NetBox Cloud - OpsGenie - PagerDuty ... and 7 more integrations ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Network Monitoring Tools](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/30019/network-monitoring/software) ## Related Categories - [Network Monitoring Tools](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/30019/network-monitoring/software) - [Application Performance Management Tools](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/30208/application-performance-management-software/software) - [Server Monitoring Tools](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/32713/server-monitoring/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Icinga live dashboards provide us with a real-time view of the current status and conditions of our infrastructure making it easy to detect any issues in the early stages. It has an alert system that always sends notifications any time an incident is detected in our infrastructure giving us ample time to respond abd rectify the issue. > > **Cons**: We have not had any problems with Icinga. Nothing about it has made us complain. > > Icinga has made it easy for us to gain a deeper and clearer view of the real-time status of our network infrastructure at any given time. The experience of monitoring our network infrastructure with Icinga has been very lucid. ----- ### "Icinga is a transformative tool that help embrace smart technology in infrastructure monitoring." — 5.0/5 > **Nancy** | *23 April 2025* | Computer Games | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Icinga is a flexible tool and it give us an easy time customizing it to match our needs. It has very advanced infrastructure analytics which offers precise insights to help us understand our infrastructure better. Icinga reporting tools allow us to create detailed yet easy to read reports about the status of our infrastructure. It is equipped with automations which help speed up the routine monitoring tasks like data collection. Icinga offers very powerful data safety and privacy features that allow us to securely monitor our infrastructure without putting our data at risk of cyber attacks. > > **Cons**: Even after using it for years, I have not noticed anything wrong with Icinga. It has everything streamlined and operating perfectly. > > Since i started using Icinga, my work life as a infrastructure monitoring supervisor has become so much easier. I have had a great experience using Icinga to monitor our infrastructure. It provides us with a clear view of the entire infrastructure making it easy for us to ensure all systems are healthy and functioning properly. Icinga makes it easy to identify and solve any incidents that might affect the performance of our infrastructure. ----- ### "Reliable Monitoring Tool with Strong Customization" — 5.0/5 > **Mahesh** | *7 April 2026* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: What I like most about Icinga is its flexibility and strong monitoring capabilities. It allows deep visibility into infrastructure, including servers, network devices, and services. The alerting system is reliable, and customization options are quite powerful, which helps in adapting it to different environments. It works well for both on-prem and cloud setups. > > **Cons**: The initial setup and configuration can be time-consuming, especially for someone new to the platform. The user interface could be more modern and intuitive. Also, advanced configurations sometimes require strong technical knowledge and manual effort. > > Overall, my experience with Icinga has been good. It is a stable and dependable monitoring solution that provides accurate insights and helps in proactive issue detection. Once properly configured, it runs efficiently and supports day-to-day operations without major issues. It’s a solid choice for teams looking for a customizable monitoring tool. ----- ### "Excellent monitoring toolbox with room to grow" — 4.0/5 > **Dennis** | *30 October 2024* | Hospital & Health Care | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: Simple and infinite extensibility, powerful configuration language that lends itself well to automation, scalability. > > **Cons**: Overcomplicated and underdocumented clustering setup, often no clear best practices, fragmented landscape > > Having used Icinga 1 and now Icinga 2 for many years managing hundreds of hosts with thousands of services, there is just nothing like it. The development team has continued to shed past technical debt and continues to provide an excellent monitoring system. ----- ### "I'm happy with it and I'm not thinking about switching at the moment." — 5.0/5 > **Miquel** | *21 March 2025* | Government Administration | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I used to use Nagios. Compared to Nagios, I really like the configuration method. Now I have many templates and variables, and defining new hosts and services is very fast. Is all free. > > **Cons**: I have no complaints about the product icinga. > > I've been using Icinga for five years, and I haven't considered switching for a moment. 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