alternatives to
The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database.
VictoriaMetrics, Thanos, Cortex and more. 4 alternatives to Prometheus, in Go. Compare fit, licence, stars and the latest signed release.
| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VictoriaMetrics | Full replacement | 18k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | v1.156.0 | 2026-11-12 |
| Thanos | Partial | 14k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | v0.42.5 | 2026-11-04 |
| Cortex | Partial | 5.9k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | v1.21.1 | 2026-11-11 |
| Grafana Mimir | Partial | 5.3k | AGPL-3.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | mimir-3.2.4 | 2026-11-12 |
4 alternatives
VictoriaMetrics: fast, cost-effective monitoring solution and time series database
Accepts Prometheus remote write and scrape configs, queried with PromQL-compatible MetricsQL.
Highly available Prometheus setup with long term storage capabilities. A CNCF Incubating project.
Adds long-term storage in object storage and a global query view on top of Prometheus.
A horizontally scalable, highly available, multi-tenant, long term Prometheus.
Horizontally scaled, multi-tenant long-term storage for Prometheus metrics, fed by remote write.
Grafana Mimir provides horizontally scalable, highly available, multi-tenant, long-term storage for Prometheus.
Horizontally scalable, multi-tenant long-term storage for Prometheus metrics.