Best IT Infrastructure Monitoring Tools for Freshservice

NetCrunch is commercial, self-hosted, agentless network and IT infrastructure monitoring software for Windows Server. It monitors network devices, servers, virtualization platforms, cloud services, applications, websites, logs, telemetry, and network traffic across distributed environments. NetCrunch supports 680+ monitoring targets and provides 270+ ready-to-use Monitoring Packs for devices, applications, and operating systems. Policy-based monitoring automatically applies monitoring settings, Monitoring Packs, thresholds, and alerts to matching devices and systems. Licensing is based on monitored nodes and network interfaces rather than individual sensors, checks, or metrics. NetCrunch provides real-time dashboards and automatic Layer 2 and routing topology maps for visibility into network status and performance. Network traffic analysis supports NetFlow, sFlow, IPFIX, and other flow technologies. Its alerting system supports event correlation, dependency-aware suppression, predictive thresholds, escalation, and 40+ automated response actions, including scripts, notifications, API calls, and integrations with external systems. Distributed Monitoring Probes extend monitoring to remote and isolated locations. NetCrunch also provides a REST API for integration and automation with external IT management, service management, and operational systems. NetCrunch is self-hosted on Windows Server and can monitor on-premises, air-gapped, cloud, and hybrid IT environments.

IsDown serves as a centralized platform for monitoring vendor statuses and aggregating status pages, bringing together the status of all essential business dependencies into one easy-to-use dashboard. With real-time monitoring of over 6,000 cloud and SaaS services, it delivers tailored outage alerts to a variety of communication tools, including Slack, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, Incident.io, Rootly, Datadog, Email, Discord, and WebHooks. Additionally, users benefit from access to historical uptime metrics and incident reports, along with options for customizable status pages that can be either public or private. The platform also extends its monitoring capabilities to encompass third-party vendors, as well as the APIs, endpoints, and SSL certificates used by your own organization, ensuring a comprehensive overview of operational health. This multifaceted approach helps businesses stay informed and prepared in the face of service disruptions.