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What is Centreon Infra Monitoring
Centreon Infra Monitoring is an IT infrastructure monitoring platform used to supervise networks, servers, applications, and cloud resources from a central console. It targets IT operations and NOC teams that need availability and performance monitoring, alerting, and reporting across heterogeneous environments. The product commonly uses agent-based and agentless checks, supports plugin-based extensibility, and integrates with ITSM and notification channels for incident workflows.
Broad infrastructure coverage
The platform monitors common infrastructure layers including network devices, servers, and services using standard protocols and checks. It supports both on-premises and cloud environments, which helps teams consolidate monitoring across mixed estates. Its scope aligns with enterprise monitoring use cases where availability and capacity signals matter more than deep code-level tracing.
Plugin-based extensibility
Centreon relies on a large ecosystem of plugins/connectors to add monitoring for specific technologies and vendors. This approach allows teams to extend coverage without waiting for core product releases. It also supports custom checks, which is useful for bespoke services and legacy systems.
Alerting and operational workflows
The product provides threshold-based alerting, escalation concepts, and integrations for notifications and ticketing workflows. Dashboards and reporting help operations teams track SLA-style availability and recurring incidents. These capabilities fit NOC-style operations where actionable alerts and status views are primary outputs.
Less APM depth
Compared with platforms centered on application performance monitoring, Centreon’s core value is infrastructure and service availability rather than distributed tracing and code-level diagnostics. Teams that need end-to-end transaction tracing and automatic root-cause analysis may require additional tooling. This can increase operational complexity when troubleshooting modern microservices.
Connector setup and tuning effort
Plugin-driven monitoring typically requires configuration, credential management, and ongoing threshold tuning to reduce noise. Large environments can demand significant effort to standardize templates and maintain checks as systems change. Without governance, alert fatigue and inconsistent coverage can occur.
Container visibility varies by stack
While Centreon can monitor container platforms via connectors and metrics sources, the depth of Kubernetes/container insights depends on the specific integration used. Some container-native workflows (e.g., rapid ephemeral workloads, label-based service mapping) may require extra configuration to model correctly. Teams heavily focused on container observability may find the experience less turnkey than container-first tools.
Plan & Pricing
SaaS (Centreon Cloud)
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| IT Edition | 3.40€ / host or 425€ per month for 125 Hosts (billed annually) | Cloud SaaS delivery; 700+ connectors, alerting & event management, flexible dashboards; "Try it for free" (SaaS trial available). |
| Pro Edition | 4.50€ / host or 1,125€ per month for 250 Hosts (billed annually) | All IT Edition features plus SLA & business-impact monitoring, graphical & geographical views; get a quote for larger/enterprise needs. |
Self‑Hosted (Centreon On‑Premises)
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| IT-100 Freemium | 0€ up to 100 Hosts (no time limit) | Fully-featured IT Edition for up to 100 hosts free "as long as you want" (freemium). |
| IT Edition | 2.27€ / host or 283€ per month for 125 Hosts (billed annually) | On‑prem deployment; same core monitoring features as SaaS IT Edition. |
| Business Edition | 4.53€ / host or 1,133€ per month for 250 Hosts (billed annually) | Adds advanced reporting and business-aligned ops features; self-hosted distributed/remote monitoring, pay-as-you-grow billing in MSP scenarios. |
| MSP Edition | 4.53€ / host or 1,133€ per month for 250 Hosts (billed annually) | Dedicated for Managed Service Providers: distributed monitoring, consumption-based billing options; contact sales for enterprise/scale details. |
Notes: Prices and billing cadence are stated on Centreon’s official pricing page (billed annually where monthly-equivalent is shown). For larger/enterprise deployments Centreon requests contacting sales/getting a quote.
Seller details
Centreon
Paris, France
2005
Private
https://www.centreon.com/
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https://www.linkedin.com/company/centreon/
