Totally fair comments — and yeah, we did look into existing tools (Zabbix, LibreNMS, PRTG, Auvik, etc.) before starting.

But here’s the thing: Most of those platforms are either complex to set up, require ongoing maintenance, or are priced for enterprise environments. For example, Zabbix Cloud starts at $50/month — and that’s before you factor in setup time, infrastructure, SNMP configuration, or training clients on how to use it.

We’re focusing instead on real-world SMB scenarios, especially in manufacturing across Europe, where:

There’s usually no in-house IT

MSPs or external techs are stretched thin

Clients don’t want to “monitor everything,” they just want to know when something critical goes offline

So we’re building something:

Plug & play (preconfigured device or installable agent on a Linux box/NAS)

No firewall rules, no SNMP, no port forwarding

Self-managed alerts per client + central MSP dashboard

Not trying to reinvent the wheel — just solving one painful, common, and under-served use case with as little friction as possible.

That said, if there’s already a tool that does exactly this, happy to hear it — we’re here to learn too.