# Icinga: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 12 judge labels across 2 categories by 9 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/icinga

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Network monitoring and management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/network-monitoring-and-management/index.md) | 0% | 27 | 14% | 7 |
| [Infrastructure monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/infrastructure-monitoring/index.md) | 0% | 23 | 0% | 5 |

## What the models said for it

- "Legacy host‑service checks, minimal cloud features | Nagios Core or Icinga." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Infra monitoring)
- "Icinga (Nagios fork with better usability)" (Grok 4.20, Infra monitoring)

## And against it

- "Icinga is a popular fork that adds modern web UI and plugins... Setup is notoriously difficult" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Network monitoring)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Icinga, from 19 of the 20 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- pathsolutions.com: 10
- softwareadvice.com: 9
- checkmk.com: 8
- netdata.cloud: 7
- datamation.com: 5
- dotcom-monitor.com: 5
- hyperping.com: 5
- capterra.com: 4
- flypix.ai: 4
- motadata.com: 4

### Pages cited

- https://pathsolutions.com/blog/best-network-monitoring-tools: 10
- https://softwareadvice.com/network-monitoring: 9
- https://checkmk.com/blog/best-network-monitoring-tools: 6
- https://datamation.com/networks/network-monitoring-software: 5
- https://dotcom-monitor.com/blog/best-network-monitoring-software: 4
- https://flypix.ai/infrastructure-monitoring-tools: 4
- https://capterra.com/network-monitoring-software: 3
- https://hackmd.io/@davidwenham/infrastructure-monitoring-tools: 3

## In its own words

What Icinga's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Open-source infrastructure monitoring you own. Flexible and vendor-neutral, built for hybrid environments. (https://icinga.com/)
- For: Enterprises (https://icinga.com/)
- Price stated: Forever Free Edition: Free & Open / No subscription needed; Repository Subscription: 5.000 €/year, 5.000 $/year, 3.500 $/year, 4.000 $/year, 5.000 $/year, 4.000 $/year; Module Subscription: 2.000 €/year, 2.000 $/year, 1.400 $/year, 1.600 $/year, 2.000 $/year, 1.600 $/year; Support Subscription: starts at 15.000 €/year, 15.000 $/year, 10.500 $/year, 12.000 $/year, 15.000 $/year, 12.000 $/year (https://icinga.com/pricing)
- Starting price: Free & Open (https://icinga.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: No subscription needed; Incl. 60-day free trial (https://icinga.com/pricing)
- Hosting: Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Australia, Africa
- Customers named: GoldNet, Telekom IT, Telekom Security, Clear Channel, RTLZWEI, ING, Mutua Madrileña, Worldline

## What it publishes

Every page icinga.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 8311 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 346 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 33 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 19 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-11
- conference or event: 25 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-05-22
- report or ebook: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-02-18
- comparison: 36 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-09-15
- template or tool: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 53 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2022-07-12
- news or press: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-11 webinar or virtual event: 15576 https://community.icinga.com/t/webinar-security-in-icinga-web-features-and-configuration-september-23/15576
- Recent: 2026-06-03 webinar or virtual event: 15492 https://community.icinga.com/t/webinar-icinga-in-your-observability-stack-metrics-via-opentelemetry/15492
- Recent: 2026-05-07 webinar or virtual event: 15431 https://community.icinga.com/t/webinar-infrastructure-as-code-for-icinga-with-terraform-may-21st/15431
- Recent: 2026-04-16 webinar or virtual event: 15417 https://community.icinga.com/t/webinar-how-to-monitor-windows-with-icinga-april-23/15417
- Recent: 2026-02-09 webinar or virtual event: 15336 https://community.icinga.com/t/webinar-on-icinga-notifications-february-17/15336
- Recent: 2025-05-22 conference or event: 14860 https://community.icinga.com/t/cannot-create-user-group-error-invalide-property-assign-filter/14860

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.