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beszel vs Pulse: catalog facts
beszel	Pulse
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free Free to download and run on your own server.
Self-hosted, Web	Web, Self-hosted
Keeps metric history and can monitor Docker containers.	One dashboard for Proxmox, Docker, Kubernetes, TrueNAS and vSphere Built-in alerting for infrastructure problems
Requires a monitoring hub and agents on monitored systems.	AI features may not suit people who want a plain metrics dashboard Needs a server to run on
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Closed source
License: MIT	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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