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windows_exporterMetricbeat
Free

The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…

 Free

Free to download; Elastic Cloud hosting is a paid option.

Windows, Command line Windows, Linux, Command line
  • Provides collectors for hardware and Windows services.
  • Ready-made modules for common services like Apache, Redis and NGINX
  • Packages for apt, yum, Docker and Kubernetes
  • Requires a Prometheus-compatible system to store and view the metrics.
  • Most useful alongside Elasticsearch and Kibana
  • Default build is under the source-available Elastic License
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: Apache-2.0 (OSS build); Elastic License (default build)
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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