Guance Container Monitoring vs Maintenant

Guance Container Monitoring9.2Visit Maintenant9.1Visit

Higher score Guance Container Monitoring #3 in Container Monitoring 9.2/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Guance

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Maintenant #4 in Container Monitoring 9.1/10 Free plan · 14-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Maintenant

• Guance Container Monitoring fits best

  Broad Kubernetes and container observability

• Maintenant fits best

  Affordable Docker and Kubernetes monitoring

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Side by side

Feature	Guance Container Monitoring 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Maintenant 9.1/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	9.1
Ranking	#3 in Container Monitoring	#4 in Container Monitoring
Best for	Broad Kubernetes and container observability	Affordable Docker and Kubernetes monitoring
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	—	€290/yr
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	14 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Cloud, Browser extension
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux
Support	Email, Phone, Community, Docs	Email, Community, Docs
Integrations	8 integrations	12 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market
Features Guance Container Monitoring 5/5 · Maintenant 5/5
Container metrics	✓	✓
Resource alerts	✓	✓
Image monitoring	✓	✓
Runtime events	✓	✓
Container log collection	✓	✓
Specs
Supported platforms	Linux, Windows, macOS, Docker, Kubernetes	Docker, Kubernetes, Linux amd64/arm64, macOS, WSL2
Our review
Pros	Covers clusters, workloads, pods, nodes, services, logs, and events Correlates metrics, logs, traces, network data, and events Free Plan includes up to 10 hosts and 10 monitors	Automatic container discovery with lifecycle, health, and restart-loop monitoring Per-container metrics, logs, alerts, image scans, and endpoint checks Free open-source Community plan with API, webhooks, and Discord routing
Cons	Free Plan limits retention to a 7-day rolling window Commercial pricing varies with usage across several data types Advanced enterprise controls require the Enterprise Plan	Personal supports up to 20 hosts Slack, Teams, escalation policies, and support require Pro Self-hosted deployment requires managing the deployment environment
Our verdict	Guance Container Monitoring is a container and Kubernetes observability product for individual developers, small teams, formal business environments, and medium or large enterprises. It collects container, workload, resource, log, event,… Read the review →	Maintenant is a self-hosted monitoring product for Docker and Kubernetes environments, delivered as a single container or binary. It is aimed at individuals, teams, and infrastructure operators who need visibility across container health,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Guance Container Monitoring — where it wins

  • Covers clusters, workloads, pods, nodes, services, logs, and events
  • Correlates metrics, logs, traces, network data, and events
  • Free Plan includes up to 10 hosts and 10 monitors

  Where it doesn't

  • Free Plan limits retention to a 7-day rolling window
  • Commercial pricing varies with usage across several data types
  • Advanced enterprise controls require the Enterprise Plan

• Maintenant — where it wins

  • Automatic container discovery with lifecycle, health, and restart-loop monitoring
  • Per-container metrics, logs, alerts, image scans, and endpoint checks
  • Free open-source Community plan with API, webhooks, and Discord routing

  Where it doesn't

  • Personal supports up to 20 hosts
  • Slack, Teams, escalation policies, and support require Pro
  • Self-hosted deployment requires managing the deployment environment

• Guance Container Monitoring9.2/10 · Free plan

  Broad container and Kubernetes observability with a useful free tier and usage-based paid plans.

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• Maintenant9.1/10 · Free plan · 14-day trial

  A broad, open-source monitoring stack with a free tier and paid security features.

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