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Infrastructure monitoring tools — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for infrastructure monitoring tools, date by date. Every ranking we publish is frozen the day it publishes, so this is a record of what was said — not a re-computation of what today's data would say about the past.

Record: 26 dated snapshots · Aug 14, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026

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What changed

Computed by comparing each dated snapshot with the one before it. Share moves smaller than 1pp are treated as noise and left out — the same threshold that suppresses trend arrows on the ranking.

Sep 8, 2026vs Sep 7, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 5, 2026vs Sep 4, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 4, 2026vs Sep 3, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 3, 2026vs Sep 2, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 2, 2026vs Sep 1, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-7 → 7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲ INOpenObserve entered the top 10 (#15 → #10)
▼ OUTLoki left the top 10 (#9 → #11)
▲OpenObserve moved #15 → #10
▲Grafana moved #7 → #3
▼Dynatrace moved #3 → #6
▼New Relic moved #4 → #7
▼Loki moved #9 → #11
▲Prometheus moved #2 → #1
▼Datadog moved #1 → #2
▲Zabbix moved #5 → #4
▲OpenTelemetry moved #6 → #5
▲Checkmk moved #10 → #9
▲Grafana +21pp (39.7% → 60.7%)
▼Dynatrace -19.4pp (58.7% → 39.3%)
▼New Relic -15.1pp (50.8% → 35.7%)
▼Loki -13.8pp (31.7% → 17.9%)
▼Datadog -11.9pp (76.2% → 64.3%)
▼Prometheus -10.3pp (74.6% → 64.3%)
▼Netdata -4.4pp (36.5% → 32.1%)
▼Zabbix -2.8pp (49.2% → 46.4%)
▼Checkmk -2.4pp (23.8% → 21.4%)
▲OpenObserve +2pp (15.9% → 17.9%)
▼OpenTelemetry -1.5pp (44.4% → 42.9%)

Aug 31, 2026vs Aug 30, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 30, 2026vs Aug 29, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 2026

▲Datadog moved #2 → #1
▼Prometheus moved #1 → #2
▼New Relic -4.6pp (55.4% → 50.8%)
▼Prometheus -4pp (78.6% → 74.6%)
▼OpenTelemetry -3.8pp (48.2% → 44.4%)
▼Zabbix -2.6pp (51.8% → 49.2%)
▼Dynatrace -2pp (60.7% → 58.7%)
▼Checkmk -1.2pp (25% → 23.8%)
▼Netdata -1pp (37.5% → 36.5%)

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4 → 4-7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲ INGrafana entered the top 10 (#16 → #7)
▲ INCheckmk entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTNagios left the top 10 (#9 → #13)
▼ OUTJaeger left the top 10 (#10 → #12)
▲Grafana moved #16 → #7
▼Nagios moved #9 → #13
▼Jaeger moved #10 → #12
▼Netdata moved #7 → #8
▼Loki moved #8 → #9
▲Checkmk moved #11 → #10
▲Grafana +23pp (16.3% → 39.3%)
▲OpenTelemetry +7.4pp (40.8% → 48.2%)
▼Dynatrace -6.6pp (67.3% → 60.7%)
▼Nagios -5.1pp (26.5% → 21.4%)
▼New Relic -3.8pp (59.2% → 55.4%)
▼Jaeger -3.3pp (26.5% → 23.2%)
▼Prometheus -3pp (81.6% → 78.6%)
▼Netdata -1.3pp (38.8% → 37.5%)

Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 25, 2026vs Aug 24, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 24, 2026vs Aug 23, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 23, 2026vs Aug 22, 2026

▲ INNagios entered the top 10 (#11 → #9)
▼ OUTCheckmk left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Nagios moved #11 → #9
▼Jaeger moved #9 → #10
▼Checkmk moved #10 → #11
▲Loki +5.7pp (27% → 32.7%)
▲Prometheus +5.4pp (76.2% → 81.6%)
▲Dynatrace +5.4pp (61.9% → 67.3%)
▲Zabbix +5pp (46% → 51%)
▲Datadog +4.6pp (73% → 77.6%)
▲Nagios +4.3pp (22.2% → 26.5%)
▲Netdata +3.9pp (34.9% → 38.8%)
▲New Relic +3.6pp (55.6% → 59.2%)
▲Jaeger +2.7pp (23.8% → 26.5%)
▲Checkmk +2.3pp (22.2% → 24.5%)
▲OpenTelemetry +1.1pp (39.7% → 40.8%)

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026

▲ INCheckmk entered the top 10 (#12 → #10)
▼ OUTGrafana left the top 10 (#9 → #12)
▼Grafana moved #9 → #12
▲Checkmk moved #12 → #10
▲Prometheus moved #2 → #1
▼Datadog moved #1 → #2
▲Jaeger moved #10 → #9
▲Dynatrace +4.8pp (57.1% → 61.9%)
▲Prometheus +3.3pp (72.9% → 76.2%)
▼Grafana -2.3pp (22.9% → 20.6%)
▲Checkmk +2.2pp (20% → 22.2%)
▲Netdata +2pp (32.9% → 34.9%)
▲Zabbix +1.7pp (44.3% → 46%)
▼Datadog -1.3pp (74.3% → 73%)
▲New Relic +1.3pp (54.3% → 55.6%)

Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026

▲ INGrafana entered the top 10 (#16 → #9)
▼ OUTNagios left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Grafana moved #16 → #9
▲Datadog moved #2 → #1
▼Prometheus moved #1 → #2
▼Jaeger moved #9 → #10
▼Nagios moved #10 → #11
▲Grafana +5.3pp (17.6% → 22.9%)
▼Loki -4.8pp (31.9% → 27.1%)
▼New Relic -3.9pp (58.2% → 54.3%)
▼Prometheus -2.9pp (75.8% → 72.9%)
▼OpenTelemetry -2.9pp (42.9% → 40%)
▼Dynatrace -2.2pp (59.3% → 57.1%)
▲Datadog +1.8pp (72.5% → 74.3%)
▲Netdata +1pp (31.9% → 32.9%)

Aug 18, 2026vs Aug 17, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 17, 2026vs Aug 16, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 16, 2026vs Aug 15, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 15, 2026vs Aug 14, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

The ranking, date by date

Top 10 on each archived date, exactly as published. Cite a date and it stays true: snapshots are append-only, and a correction appends a new revision rather than overwriting the original.

Sep 8, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v7

#1Prometheus64.3%
#2Datadog64.3%
#3Grafana60.7%
#4Zabbix46.4%
#5OpenTelemetry42.9%
#6Dynatrace39.3%
#7New Relic35.7%
#8Netdata32.1%
#9Checkmk21.4%
#10OpenObserve17.9%

Sep 7, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v7

#1Prometheus64.3%
#2Datadog64.3%
#3Grafana60.7%
#4Zabbix46.4%
#5OpenTelemetry42.9%
#6Dynatrace39.3%
#7New Relic35.7%
#8Netdata32.1%
#9Checkmk21.4%
#10OpenObserve17.9%

Sep 6, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v7

#1Prometheus64.3%
#2Datadog64.3%
#3Grafana60.7%
#4Zabbix46.4%
#5OpenTelemetry42.9%
#6Dynatrace39.3%
#7New Relic35.7%
#8Netdata32.1%
#9Checkmk21.4%
#10OpenObserve17.9%

Sep 5, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v7

#1Prometheus64.3%
#2Datadog64.3%
#3Grafana60.7%
#4Zabbix46.4%
#5OpenTelemetry42.9%
#6Dynatrace39.3%
#7New Relic35.7%
#8Netdata32.1%
#9Checkmk21.4%
#10OpenObserve17.9%

Sep 4, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v7

#1Prometheus64.3%
#2Datadog64.3%
#3Grafana60.7%
#4Zabbix46.4%
#5OpenTelemetry42.9%
#6Dynatrace39.3%
#7New Relic35.7%
#8Netdata32.1%
#9Checkmk21.4%
#10OpenObserve17.9%

Sep 3, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v7

#1Prometheus64.3%
#2Datadog64.3%
#3Grafana60.7%
#4Zabbix46.4%
#5OpenTelemetry42.9%
#6Dynatrace39.3%
#7New Relic35.7%
#8Netdata32.1%
#9Checkmk21.4%
#10OpenObserve17.9%

Sep 2, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v7

#1Prometheus64.3%
#2Datadog64.3%
#3Grafana60.7%
#4Zabbix46.4%
#5OpenTelemetry42.9%
#6Dynatrace39.3%
#7New Relic35.7%
#8Netdata32.1%
#9Checkmk21.4%
#10OpenObserve17.9%

Sep 1, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v7

#1Prometheus64.3%
#2Datadog64.3%
#3Grafana60.7%
#4Zabbix46.4%
#5OpenTelemetry42.9%
#6Dynatrace39.3%
#7New Relic35.7%
#8Netdata32.1%
#9Checkmk21.4%
#10OpenObserve17.9%

Aug 31, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v4-7

#1Datadog76.2%
#2Prometheus74.6%
#3Dynatrace58.7%
#4New Relic50.8%
#5Zabbix49.2%
#6OpenTelemetry44.4%
#7Grafana39.7%
#8Netdata36.5%
#9Loki31.7%
#10Checkmk23.8%

Aug 30, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v4-7

#1Datadog76.2%
#2Prometheus74.6%
#3Dynatrace58.7%
#4New Relic50.8%
#5Zabbix49.2%
#6OpenTelemetry44.4%
#7Grafana39.7%
#8Netdata36.5%
#9Loki31.7%
#10Checkmk23.8%

Aug 29, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v4-7

#1Datadog76.2%
#2Prometheus74.6%
#3Dynatrace58.7%
#4New Relic50.8%
#5Zabbix49.2%
#6OpenTelemetry44.4%
#7Grafana39.7%
#8Netdata36.5%
#9Loki31.7%
#10Checkmk23.8%

Aug 28, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v4-7

#1Datadog76.2%
#2Prometheus74.6%
#3Dynatrace58.7%
#4New Relic50.8%
#5Zabbix49.2%
#6OpenTelemetry44.4%
#7Grafana39.7%
#8Netdata36.5%
#9Loki31.7%
#10Checkmk23.8%

Aug 27, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v4-7

#1Prometheus78.6%
#2Datadog76.8%
#3Dynatrace60.7%
#4New Relic55.4%
#5Zabbix51.8%
#6OpenTelemetry48.2%
#7Grafana39.3%
#8Netdata37.5%
#9Loki32.1%
#10Checkmk25%

Aug 26, 202649 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4

#1Prometheus81.6%
#2Datadog77.6%
#3Dynatrace67.3%
#4New Relic59.2%
#5Zabbix51%
#6OpenTelemetry40.8%
#7Netdata38.8%
#8Loki32.7%
#9Nagios26.5%
#10Jaeger26.5%

Aug 25, 202649 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4

#1Prometheus81.6%
#2Datadog77.6%
#3Dynatrace67.3%
#4New Relic59.2%
#5Zabbix51%
#6OpenTelemetry40.8%
#7Netdata38.8%
#8Loki32.7%
#9Nagios26.5%
#10Jaeger26.5%

Aug 24, 202649 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4

#1Prometheus81.6%
#2Datadog77.6%
#3Dynatrace67.3%
#4New Relic59.2%
#5Zabbix51%
#6OpenTelemetry40.8%
#7Netdata38.8%
#8Loki32.7%
#9Nagios26.5%
#10Jaeger26.5%

Aug 23, 202649 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4

#1Prometheus81.6%
#2Datadog77.6%
#3Dynatrace67.3%
#4New Relic59.2%
#5Zabbix51%
#6OpenTelemetry40.8%
#7Netdata38.8%
#8Loki32.7%
#9Nagios26.5%
#10Jaeger26.5%

Aug 22, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4

#1Prometheus76.2%
#2Datadog73%
#3Dynatrace61.9%
#4New Relic55.6%
#5Zabbix46%
#6OpenTelemetry39.7%
#7Netdata34.9%
#8Loki27%
#9Jaeger23.8%
#10Checkmk22.2%

Aug 21, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4

#1Datadog74.3%
#2Prometheus72.9%
#3Dynatrace57.1%
#4New Relic54.3%
#5Zabbix44.3%
#6OpenTelemetry40%
#7Netdata32.9%
#8Loki27.1%
#9Grafana22.9%
#10Jaeger22.9%

Aug 20, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4

#1Datadog74.3%
#2Prometheus72.9%
#3Dynatrace57.1%
#4New Relic54.3%
#5Zabbix44.3%
#6OpenTelemetry40%
#7Netdata32.9%
#8Loki27.1%
#9Grafana22.9%
#10Jaeger22.9%

Aug 19, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4

#1Datadog74.3%
#2Prometheus72.9%
#3Dynatrace57.1%
#4New Relic54.3%
#5Zabbix44.3%
#6OpenTelemetry40%
#7Netdata32.9%
#8Loki27.1%
#9Grafana22.9%
#10Jaeger22.9%

Aug 18, 202691 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4

#1Prometheus75.8%
#2Datadog72.5%
#3Dynatrace59.3%
#4New Relic58.2%
#5Zabbix45.1%
#6OpenTelemetry42.9%
#7Netdata31.9%
#8Loki31.9%
#9Jaeger23.1%
#10Nagios22%

Aug 17, 202691 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4

#1Prometheus75.8%
#2Datadog72.5%
#3Dynatrace59.3%
#4New Relic58.2%
#5Zabbix45.1%
#6OpenTelemetry42.9%
#7Netdata31.9%
#8Loki31.9%
#9Jaeger23.1%
#10Nagios22%

Aug 16, 202691 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4

#1Prometheus75.8%
#2Datadog72.5%
#3Dynatrace59.3%
#4New Relic58.2%
#5Zabbix45.1%
#6OpenTelemetry42.9%
#7Netdata31.9%
#8Loki31.9%
#9Jaeger23.1%
#10Nagios22%

Aug 15, 202691 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4

#1Prometheus75.8%
#2Datadog72.5%
#3Dynatrace59.3%
#4New Relic58.2%
#5Zabbix45.1%
#6OpenTelemetry42.9%
#7Netdata31.9%
#8Loki31.9%
#9Jaeger23.1%
#10Nagios22%

Aug 14, 202691 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4

#1Prometheus75.8%
#2Datadog72.5%
#3Dynatrace59.3%
#4New Relic58.2%
#5Zabbix45.1%
#6OpenTelemetry42.9%
#7Netdata31.9%
#8Loki31.9%
#9Jaeger23.1%
#10Nagios22%

Read any date directly

Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/infrastructure-monitoring/as-of/<YYYY-MM-DD>, which returns the ranking as it stood, with the extraction version and revision it was published under. Dates before the record begins return no_record rather than a recomputation — we do not reconstruct history on demand and present it as what we said. See what the engines actually said.

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