Audience
MSPs, IT service providers, system administrators, network engineers, homelab and self-hosting enthusiasts, small to medium businesses with on-premise infrastructure
About ACS Monitor
ACS Monitor is self-hosted network monitoring built for MSPs, IT teams and homelab users who want full control of their data.
Features include SNMP polling (v1/v2c/v3 with custom OIDs), 11 service monitor types (HTTP, ping, DNS, SSH, SMTP, TCP, FTP, POP3, IMAP, MySQL, HTTPS), website monitoring with SSL expiry and content change detection, network auto-discovery, and consecutive-failure alert thresholds via email, SMS, Slack and webhooks.
25 drag-and-drop dashboard widget types, link-shareable. Browser-based diagnostics including ping, traceroute, port scan, DNS lookup, SSL check, WHOIS and HTTP headers with live output. Full REST API.
Two install options: a single-command installer for AlmaLinux, Ubuntu, Debian, Rocky, RHEL, Fedora and Raspberry Pi OS, or a bootable ISO for dedicated VM or bare metal deployments. Both deploy in well under half an hour.
Free tier covers 100 devices with no time limit.
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Pricing
Starting Price:
£0 free forever, 100 devices
Pricing Details:
£0 /forever 100 devices and monitors
£240 /year 500 devices and monitors
£590 /year 1000 devices and monitors
Custom device and monitor count available on request
£240 /year 500 devices and monitors
£590 /year 1000 devices and monitors
Custom device and monitor count available on request
Free Version:
Free Version available.
Company Information
Anglia Computer Solutions Business Limited
Founded: 2015
United Kingdom
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Platforms Supported
Cloud
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On-Premises
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ACS Monitor Product Features
Network Monitoring
Bandwidth Monitoring
Diagnostic Tools
Real Time Analytics
Resource Management
Server Monitoring
Uptime Monitoring
Baseline Manager
IP Address Monitoring
Internet Usage Monitoring
SLA Monitoring
Web Traffic Reporting
