Best Plex Server Monitoring Tools: Tautulli, Overseerr, and More
Running a Plex server without monitoring is like driving without a dashboard. You don’t know who’s streaming, what’s transcoding, or when your server is struggling. These tools fix that.
Tautulli (Essential)
The #1 Plex monitoring tool. Shows real-time streams, user watch history, bandwidth usage, and transcoding stats. Set up notifications for new streams, buffer events, or server downtime.
- See who’s watching what, in what quality, from where
- Historical graphs: streams per day, bandwidth trends, most popular content
- User management: see which users consume the most resources
- Newsletter: auto-generate and email “recently added” digests to your users
Overseerr
A request management system. Users browse a Netflix-like interface and request movies/shows. You approve, and it automatically tells Radarr/Sonarr to download. No more “can you add this movie?” texts.
Uptime Kuma
Simple uptime monitor. Ping your Plex server every 60 seconds and get notified via Discord, Telegram, or email if it goes down. Also monitors your *arr stack, download clients, and reverse proxy.
Grafana + Prometheus
For advanced users. Collect system metrics (CPU, RAM, disk, network) and display them in beautiful dashboards. Combine with Tautulli data exports for the ultimate monitoring setup.
Notifiarr
Aggregates notifications from Plex, Radarr, Sonarr, Lidarr, and more into a single Discord channel. Sends alerts for failed downloads, new additions, and server issues.