Kristina Shkriabina

What Is the ELK Stack? Self-Hosted Logging for Small IT Teams

What the ELK stack is (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana and Beats), how the pieces fit, the license history from 2021 to 2024, what self-hosting it costs a small IT team, and when OpenSearch or Grafana Loki fits better.

Wazuh Deployment Guide for MSPs: Sizing, Clustering, and Costs

Wazuh is free to download and expensive to run badly. A real MSP deployment guide covering node sizing, multi-tenant cluster architecture, agent rollout across client networks, local-LLM threat hunting, and the honest cost comparison against Sentinel and Splunk.

The Open Source MSP Stack: TacticalRMM, Wazuh, and ITFlow vs a $50K Commercial Stack

A full cost breakdown of replacing a $51,000-a-year RMM, PSA, and SIEM stack with TacticalRMM, Wazuh, and ITFlow. Includes the sponsorship paywalls, engineering hours, and the shops that should skip it entirely.

ScreenConnect to MeshCentral: The MSP Migration Guide

ConnectWise raised ScreenConnect pricing up to 275% in 2025. Here's why MSPs are moving to MeshCentral, the open-source remote-access tool, with a real cost breakdown and a step-by-step migration plan.

ScreenConnect's Price Hike: Why MSPs Are Moving to MeshCentral

ConnectWise raised ScreenConnect prices again. Here is the cost math against MeshCentral, the open-source remote access server, plus a safe migration path for MSPs.

Open Source AI Agents for MSPs vs Vendor Agent Marketplaces

Vendor agent marketplaces like the Pax8 Agent Store move MSP lock-in up a layer, onto the automation that runs your service delivery. Here is what open source AI agent frameworks can run today, what you can and cannot take with you when you leave, and where buying still wins.

Tactical RMM Alternatives: Where MSPs Go When They Outgrow It

The real Tactical RMM alternatives for MSPs, from self-hosted MeshCentral and RustDesk to all-in-one platforms like Atera, Syncro, and OpenFrame, with verified review ratings and a migration checklist.

Netdata Review for MSPs: Fast Metrics, Real Costs

An MSP-focused review of Netdata: what its real-time monitoring does well, how per-node pricing scales across a client base, and where it stops short of RMM and PSA.

MSP360 Review for MSPs: Backup, RMM, Price

An MSP-focused MSP360 review covering Managed Backup, RMM, and Connect, the bring-your-own-storage pricing model, real user ratings, and how it stacks up against Veeam, Acronis, and Datto.

Prometheus Monitoring for MSPs: The Practical Review

A practical, MSP-focused review of Prometheus monitoring: what it does well, where its single-tenant design and labor costs bite, and when it earns a spot in your stack.

Checkmk Review for MSPs: Pricing, Editions, and Fit

A practical Checkmk review for MSPs: where the free open-source Raw edition, service-based pricing, and the multi-tenant MSP edition fit, and how it stacks up against Zabbix and Nagios.

Grafana Loki Review for MSPs

Grafana Loki is cheap, open-source log aggregation that scales, but running it across client environments has real tradeoffs. How it stacks up for MSPs on cost, multi-tenancy, and licensing.