Skip the per-site fees and
the cloud agent box.
Domotz charges per monitored network and routes everything through its cloud. ACS Monitor is one Linux server you own — monitor everything you can reach, with one flat annual fee.
No credit card required · No hardware to ship
Where Domotz starts to chafe
A capable platform for AV and IoT — but the per-network model and cloud agent assumption don't suit every estate.
Pricing scales per monitored network
Each new client site is another billable network on the subscription. For MSPs with a long tail of small sites, that adds up fast even when each one is just a handful of devices.
All metrics flow through the vendor cloud
The agent at each site streams polling data, device inventories, and network topology to Domotz's cloud. If the WAN drops or the cloud has an incident, your visibility goes with it.
An agent at every single site
Whether it is the Domotz Box, a Pi image, or a Docker container, you need an agent running at every monitored network — another piece of inventory, patching, and "is it online?" overhead.
Server & service monitoring is thinner
Domotz is excellent at network discovery and IoT/AV device awareness, but if you also need rich SNMP polling on switches, Linux/Windows server health, and HTTP/SSL/database service monitors as first-class citizens, you tend to bolt on a second tool.
ACS Monitor vs Domotz
A side-by-side comparison for teams looking at on-premise alternatives.
| Feature | Domotz | ACS Monitor |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Cloud + agent at each site | Single self-hosted Linux server |
| Pricing model | Per monitored network, monthly | Flat annual fee per server |
| Free tier | Trial only | Forever free up to 100 devices & monitors |
| Hardware required | Domotz Box / Pi / agent at each site | One Linux box (yours) |
| Where data lives | Domotz cloud | Your server — nothing leaves |
| Polling during WAN outage | Agent local, cloud unreachable | Server keeps polling and alerting |
| Network discovery | Yes | Subnet scan + SNMP probe |
| SNMP polling | Limited / template-based | Full SNMP v1/v2c/v3 |
| Service monitors | Basic | 11 built-in types |
| Custom dashboards | Limited | 25 drag-and-drop widgets |
| Alert channels | Email, push, integrations | Email, SMS, Slack, webhooks |
What you get instead
A single self-hosted server with the network & service monitoring most teams actually need — and no per-site meter.
One server, every site you can reach
Run ACS Monitor on a single Linux server. Monitor your own subnets, remote sites you reach via VPN or site-to-site links, and external services — all from one place, without shipping hardware to every location.
- No agent box at each remote office
- One device cap covers all your monitored hosts
- Branded ISO if you do want to drop a server on-site
Flat annual fee, public pricing
No per-network meter. Pick a tier with a device cap that fits your estate, and pay once a year. The pricing is on the website — no quote requests, no sales calls.
- Forever free up to 100 devices and monitors
- Annual billing — budget once, not every quarter
- Cancel anytime — you keep the data
Network & service monitoring in one tool
Discovery, SNMP polling, and service monitors (HTTP/HTTPS, SSL expiry, port checks, ICMP, DNS, database, custom command) sit in the same product — no second tool to bolt on.
- Built-in network tools (ping, traceroute, port scan, DNS, SSL, WHOIS)
- 25 drag-and-drop dashboard widgets
- Email, SMS, Slack, and webhook alerts
When Domotz is the right call
Honest pros and cons.
If you live in the AV/IoT world, want vendor-managed device fingerprinting, and prefer a fully managed cloud where someone else runs the platform — Domotz is a good fit and a polished product.
If you want one self-hosted server, no per-site billing, deeper SNMP and service monitoring, and your data on infrastructure you own — ACS Monitor is built for that.
Simple, predictable pricing
No per-network meter. One annual fee per server, regardless of how many sites that server reaches.
Free
forever
Pro
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Enterprise
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More about ACS Monitor
One server. Every site. One annual fee.
Deploy ACS Monitor in minutes. Free for up to 100 devices and monitors. No agent boxes to ship, no per-network meter.