How much resources does the MonitorVPS agent use?

The agent is written to be lightweight. It collects metrics every 5 minutes and uses minimal CPU and memory between collection cycles. It runs as a systemd service and won't interfere with your workloads.

Can I integrate MonitorVPS alerts into my existing workflow?

Yes. Pro and Ultra plans support custom webhooks. You can send alerts to Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, or any HTTP endpoint. On the free plan, alerts go to email.

VPS Monitoring for DevOps

A minimal agent that reports the metrics you actually check. No YAML files, no dashboards to build.

You know you should monitor that staging server, or the side-project VPS, or the box running your CI runners. But setting up Prometheus and Grafana for 3 servers feels like overkill. So you SSH in occasionally, run htop, and hope for the best.

MonitorVPS fills that gap. One install command, no config, and you get CPU, memory, disk, and process data on a dashboard. The agent collects metrics every 5 minutes as a systemd service. It stays out of the way.

Anomaly detection learns each server's baseline and alerts you when behavior deviates, without you having to define thresholds for every metric upfront. You can still set custom thresholds for specific metrics if you want. Alerts go to email on the free plan, or to webhooks (Slack, Discord, Teams, PagerDuty) on Pro and Ultra.

Minimal footprint agent

Runs as a systemd service. Collects data every 5 minutes. Uses negligible CPU and memory between cycles.

Webhook alerts

Route alerts to Slack, Discord, Teams, or any HTTP endpoint. Fits into your existing on-call workflow. See alert options.

Anomaly detection without config

The system learns normal patterns per server. When something deviates, you get an alert. No manual baseline setup needed.

Process visibility

See which processes are consuming CPU and memory. Identify runaway jobs, zombie processes, or unexpected binaries like cryptominers.

Common questions from DevOps teams

How heavy is the agent?

It collects metrics every 5 minutes and idles between cycles. The resource overhead is negligible. It runs as a standard systemd service.

Does this replace Prometheus/Grafana?

No. If you need custom metrics, distributed tracing, or log aggregation, you need a different tool. MonitorVPS covers the basics, CPU, memory, disk, processes, and alerting, with zero configuration. It's for the servers that don't justify a full observability stack.

Can I send alerts to PagerDuty or Opsgenie?

Any service that accepts incoming webhooks works. Pro and Ultra plans include custom webhook configuration. See plans.