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Best VPS for Monitoring & Analytics Apps

Monitoring, analytics and infrastructure apps from our directory, lightest first by recommended RAM. Most of this group runs comfortably on the smallest tiers — the exceptions call out why in their notes. Ordering is by the checked dataset — it is a sizing order, not a quality ranking.

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Ranked by recommended RAM

10 apps, lightest first

Badges show the basis for each figure. An estimate is never presented as an official project requirement.

  1. 1

    Uptime Kuma

    Easy-to-use uptime monitoring with status pages; an estimated 1 GB recommended RAM.

    Replaces UptimeRobot · Suggested tier: 1 GB RAM tier

    Minimum RAM
    512MB Estimated
    Recommended RAM
    1GB Estimated
  2. 2

    Netdata

    Real-time per-second infrastructure monitoring; official docs publish a measured footprint of 100–200 MB RAM on an empty system.

    Replaces Datadog · Suggested tier: 1 GB RAM tier

    Minimum RAM
    512MB Estimated
    Recommended RAM
    1GB Estimated
  3. 3

    Pi-hole

    Network-wide ad blocking via a DNS sinkhole; one of the few official minimums in this group — 512 MB RAM.

    Replaces NextDNS · Suggested tier: 1 GB RAM tier

    Minimum RAM
    512MB Official
    Recommended RAM
    1GB Estimated
  4. 4

    AdGuard Home

    Network-wide ads and trackers blocking DNS server; an estimated 1 GB recommended RAM.

    Replaces NextDNS · Suggested tier: 1 GB RAM tier

    Minimum RAM
    512MB Estimated
    Recommended RAM
    1GB Estimated
  5. 5

    Nginx Proxy Manager

    Web UI for managing Nginx reverse-proxy hosts with free SSL; an estimated 1 GB recommended RAM.

    Replaces NGINX Plus · Suggested tier: 1 GB RAM tier

    Minimum RAM
    512MB Estimated
    Recommended RAM
    1GB Estimated
  6. 6

    Beszel

    Lightweight server monitoring with historical data, Docker stats and alerts; an estimated 1 GB recommended RAM.

    Replaces Datadog · Suggested tier: 1 GB RAM tier

    Minimum RAM
    512MB Estimated
    Recommended RAM
    1GB Estimated
  7. 7

    Grafana

    Open observability and data visualisation platform; official minimum is 512 MB RAM / 1 core.

    Replaces Grafana Cloud · Suggested tier: 2 GB RAM tier

    Minimum RAM
    512MB Official
    Recommended RAM
    2GB Estimated
  8. 8

    Umami

    Privacy-first web and product analytics platform running on PostgreSQL; an estimated 2 GB recommended RAM.

    Replaces Google Analytics · Suggested tier: 2 GB RAM tier

    Minimum RAM
    1GB Estimated
    Recommended RAM
    2GB Estimated
  9. 9

    Portainer

    Container management UI for Docker, Swarm, Podman and Kubernetes; its 4 GB recommended row is an official small-deployment reference, well above single-host needs.

    Replaces Rancher · Suggested tier: 4 GB RAM tier

    Minimum RAM
    512MB Estimated
    Recommended RAM
    4GB Official
  10. 10

    Plausible

    Privacy-first, cookie-free web analytics; official guidance is at least 2 GB RAM, and its ClickHouse backend needs SSE 4.2 or NEON.

    Replaces Google Analytics · Suggested tier: 4 GB RAM tier

    Minimum RAM
    2GB Official
    Recommended RAM
    4GB Estimated

Planning to run several of these on one server? The footprints add up — use the multi-app VPS calculator rather than picking the single largest tier.