# Azure Monitor alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 246 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Azure Monitor holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/azure-monitor/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Datadog: 65
- Site24x7: 24
- Zabbix: 22
- Dynatrace: 20
- Grafana: 14
- New Relic: 14

## Infrastructure monitoring

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Azure Monitor.

- Site24x7: first choice in 18 of those 82
- Datadog: first choice in 11 of those 82
- Zabbix: first choice in 10 of those 82
- Grafana: first choice in 9 of those 82
- New Relic: first choice in 8 of those 82
- Better Stack: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Prometheus + Grafana: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Paessler PRTG: first choice in 4 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Azure Monitor (Azure Monitor is #14 of 16 at 0%).

- Datadog: first choice in 20 of those 82
- Zabbix: first choice in 12 of those 82
- Site24x7: first choice in 6 of those 82
- LogicMonitor: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Grafana: first choice in 4 of those 82
- New Relic: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Prometheus: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Prometheus + Grafana: first choice in 3 of those 82

**Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Azure Monitor.

- Datadog: first choice in 34 of those 82
- Dynatrace: first choice in 20 of those 82
- Netdata: first choice in 6 of those 82
- New Relic: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Checkmk: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Grafana: first choice in 1 of those 82
- LogicMonitor: first choice in 1 of those 82
- ManageEngine OpManager: first choice in 1 of those 82

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