Alternatives to Performance Co-Pilot

A toolkit for collecting, archiving and analysing performance metrics across many systems. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Performance Co-Pilot.

  • sysstat

    Collection of Linux command-line performance tools including sar, iostat, mpstat and pidstat.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    sysstat records historical activity with sar and related tools on a single Linux machine, with simpler text output and no multi-host collection.

  • Netdata

    Per-second metrics for a machine with no configuration, and charts that appear the moment you install it.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxWebSelf-hosted

    Netdata gives per-second metrics with dashboards that work immediately, but long retention across many machines pushes toward its paid cloud.

  • Prometheus

    Metrics database that scrapes targets and evaluates alerting rules.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxSelf-hosted

    Prometheus is a scraping metrics database with PromQL and alerting rules, needing exporters on each host and extra tools for long retention.

  • atop

    A full-screen Linux performance monitor that reports and logs system and per-process resource usage.

    FreeProprietaryLinuxCommand line

    atop logs system and per-process usage daily for long-term analysis on one Linux host, rather than across a fleet.

  • nmon

    A terminal performance monitor for Linux and AIX showing CPU, memory, disks, network and processes.

    FreeProprietaryLinuxCommand line

    nmon is a terminal monitor for Linux and AIX that records to CSV for later analysis, without multi-host collection or APIs for custom metrics.

  • Glances

    A cross-platform system monitor that runs in a terminal, in a browser, or as an API feeding a dashboard.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand lineWeb

    Glances watches several servers through a web interface and APIs and exports to InfluxDB, but needs a Python installation.

  • below

    A Linux resource monitor that records system, cgroup and process statistics and replays them later.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    below is Apache-2.0 and records system, cgroup and process statistics for replay on Linux servers, one machine at a time.

  • Monitorix

    Lightweight self-hosted tool that graphs Linux and BSD server resources and services in a browser.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxWebSelf-hosted

    Monitorix graphs Linux and BSD server resource history in a browser with a built-in web server, designed for single small servers rather than many systems.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Performance Co-Pilot as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • dool

    A Linux command-line tool that reports CPU, memory, network, disk and load statistics in real time.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    Performance Co-Pilot collects and archives metrics across many hosts for live and historical analysis, with a steeper learning curve than a single script.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.