# Paessler PRTG alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 214 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Paessler PRTG holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/paessler-prtg/alternatives/

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

- Datadog: 47
- Zabbix: 17
- New Relic: 16
- Dynatrace: 14
- Netdata: 12
- Site24x7: 12

## Infrastructure monitoring

**Small business**: 62 of 84 answers did not name Paessler PRTG (Paessler PRTG is #2 of 14 at 14%).

- Zabbix: first choice in 9 of those 62
- Site24x7: first choice in 8 of those 62
- Grafana: first choice in 7 of those 62
- UptimeRobot: first choice in 6 of those 62
- Better Stack: first choice in 5 of those 62
- Datadog: first choice in 5 of those 62
- Netdata: first choice in 5 of those 62
- New Relic: first choice in 5 of those 62

**Mid-market**: 70 of 84 answers did not name Paessler PRTG (Paessler PRTG is #7 of 13 at 4%).

- Datadog: first choice in 14 of those 70
- New Relic: first choice in 8 of those 70
- Zabbix: first choice in 8 of those 70
- Site24x7: first choice in 4 of those 70
- ManageEngine OpManager: first choice in 3 of those 70
- Grafana: first choice in 2 of those 70
- Checkmk Community: first choice in 1 of those 70
- Datadog Infrastructure Monitoring Pro: first choice in 1 of those 70

**Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Paessler PRTG (Paessler PRTG is #13 of 14 at 0%).

- Datadog: first choice in 28 of those 82
- Dynatrace: first choice in 14 of those 82
- Netdata: first choice in 7 of those 82
- New Relic: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Grafana: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Prometheus: first choice in 2 of those 82
- SigNoz: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Splunk Observability Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 82

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