Compare Checkmk and Dynatrace 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.8% of reviews)
Enterprise (69.3% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
€0.00
Starts at $69 per month billed annually, per 8 GB Host
Checkmk
Star Rating
(292)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
€0.00
Free Trial is available
Browse all 6 pricing plansDynatrace
Star Rating
(1,360)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (69.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starts at $69 per month billed annually, per 8 GB Host
Browse all 3 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Dynatrace excels in application performance management, with users highlighting its effectiveness in tracking issues and improving application performance through features like session replay and log monitoring. This comprehensive visibility is a significant advantage for teams looking to enhance their operational efficiency.
- Users say Checkmk stands out for its real-time alerting capabilities, which are enhanced by various plugins. Reviewers appreciate its stability and customization options, making it a solid choice for organizations that require tailored on-premise monitoring solutions.
- According to verified reviews, Dynatrace's user experience is bolstered by its intuitive onboarding process, which helps new users get up to speed quickly. This ease of setup is often contrasted with Checkmk, where some users have noted that while the setup is straightforward, it may not be as seamless for all workflows.
- Reviewers mention that Dynatrace's ability to integrate multiple data sources into a single platform is a game-changer for organizations. This feature allows teams to access a wealth of information in one place, streamlining their monitoring processes and decision-making.
- Users highlight that Checkmk's new user interface in version 2 has received positive feedback for its navigability and additional capabilities. This improvement has made it easier for users to manage their monitoring tasks, although some still find Dynatrace's interface more feature-rich overall.
- G2 reviewers note that while Dynatrace has a higher overall satisfaction score, Checkmk's users appreciate its cost-effectiveness, especially since it offers a free tier. This makes Checkmk an attractive option for smaller businesses or those with budget constraints, despite its lower overall ratings in some performance metrics.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Checkmk
Checkmk Community
€0.00
A comprehensive IT monitoring system that is 100% open-source
- Nagios core
- Server monitoring
- SNMP monitoring
Dynatrace
Full-stack monitoring
Starts at $69
per month billed annually, per 8 GB Host
Advanced observability for apps and infrastructure across hybrid and multi-clouds at scale
- Application performance
- Infrastructure monitoring
- AIOps
Free Trial
Checkmk
Free Trial is available
Dynatrace
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
243
8.8
1,067
Ease of Use
8.1
250
8.3
1,077
Ease of Setup
8.5
242
8.4
669
Ease of Admin
8.2
237
8.2
624
Quality of Support
8.8
210
8.7
1,010
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
206
8.7
621
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
242
9.2
1,041
Features by Category
User Behavior
Not enough data
8.9
115
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
86
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
104
|
Verified
A/B Testing
Not enough data
8.5
100
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
75
Not enough data
8.7
109
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
74
Visitor Information
Not enough data
8.7
116
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
111
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Session Replay
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
8.2
78
8.8
60
8.7
81
9.0
61
8.5
79
8.5
59
7.5
78
8.0
57
8.2
77
8.7
53
7.1
71
8.4
57
Agentic AI - Website Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Experience
Not enough data
9.2
157
Not enough data
8.5
136
Not enough data
8.5
133
Agentic AI - Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
8.5
126
Not enough data
8.6
153
Not enough data
7.8
101
Performance
Not enough data
9.1
151
Not enough data
9.4
157
Not enough data
8.5
147
Not enough data
9.0
148
Functionality
8.9
93
8.9
75
8.7
94
8.9
73
7.4
88
8.6
70
8.0
91
9.0
73
7.2
84
8.3
70
7.8
87
8.7
72
Agentic AI - Database Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
8.5
110
9.0
47
8.5
113
8.9
46
7.5
106
8.5
42
8.4
97
8.2
43
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
7.8
27
Not enough data
7.6
27
Not enough data
8.3
27
Not enough data
Management
Feature Not Available
8.7
46
8.0
102
8.8
46
7.2
94
Feature Not Available
Analytics - Network Monitoring
7.3
25
Not enough data
6.8
26
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
8.0
27
Not enough data
7.3
25
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.6
62
9.0
202
8.4
61
8.3
188
7.6
58
8.9
184
Feature Not Available
9.0
196
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.3
62
8.5
171
7.7
52
8.5
153
7.7
59
8.4
157
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
7.5
57
8.3
181
8.2
62
8.6
200
7.2
59
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Bug Reporting
Not enough data
8.5
39
Not enough data
7.9
36
Not enough data
8.1
36
Bug Monitoring
Not enough data
8.4
37
Not enough data
8.2
37
Not enough data
7.9
37
Agentic AI - Bug Tracking
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
8.6
38
Not enough data
8.4
38
Not enough data
8.8
42
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
8.8
42
Not enough data
8.7
42
Not enough data
8.4
41
Management
Not enough data
8.6
43
Not enough data
8.7
43
Not enough data
8.2
41
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Agentic AI - AIOps Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
8.1
136
Not enough data
8.6
136
Not enough data
7.4
132
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
115
Not enough data
8.2
117
Not enough data
8.7
125
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Hardware Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
8.1
65
9.0
69
8.4
66
8.9
69
7.6
61
8.5
69
Monitoring and Management
Feature Not Available
8.8
62
Feature Not Available
8.8
68
8.4
62
9.3
69
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
8.1
136
Not enough data
8.6
131
Not enough data
7.6
122
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.4
123
Not enough data
7.9
116
Not enough data
8.3
113
Not enough data
8.5
126
Not enough data
8.3
126
Not enough data
8.2
116
Not enough data
Cloud environment support
7.5
92
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
8.5
65
8.8
58
7.3
61
8.8
57
8.3
66
9.1
56
5.7
54
8.2
52
Management
7.4
63
8.3
55
7.7
68
8.3
58
7.7
61
8.8
55
8.2
64
9.0
56
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
ServiceNow Apps
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
9.3
10
Agentic AI - ServiceNow Store Apps
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Preparation
8.1
29
|
Verified
8.7
59
|
Verified
8.0
25
|
Verified
8.0
56
|
Verified
8.3
27
|
Verified
8.1
55
|
Verified
7.8
23
|
Verified
8.1
56
|
Verified
Analysis
8.2
27
|
Verified
8.4
57
|
Verified
7.7
25
|
Verified
8.3
56
|
Verified
8.4
28
|
Verified
8.6
58
|
Verified
8.3
27
|
Verified
8.2
57
|
Verified
8.7
27
|
Verified
8.5
61
|
Verified
8.2
24
|
Verified
7.9
53
|
Verified
Visualization
8.5
28
|
Verified
9.0
61
|
Verified
8.2
28
|
Verified
8.5
58
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.0
46
8.8
108
8.2
47
8.7
110
8.4
46
9.0
119
5.7
38
7.6
102
8.4
42
8.5
110
Response
7.9
44
8.7
113
8.3
45
8.6
110
7.8
45
8.1
111
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Not enough data
6.8
10
Not enough data
7.0
10
Not enough data
6.7
9
Not enough data
6.7
9
Not enough data
7.2
10
Performance
7.0
44
8.7
111
Feature Not Available
8.1
109
Functionality
7.0
40
8.5
105
7.0
37
8.3
108
7.2
44
7.8
103
7.2
39
8.5
112
Alerts management
8.0
31
8.2
41
6.9
31
7.8
41
8.5
32
8.7
41
Monitoring
7.4
30
8.8
42
Feature Not Available
9.2
42
7.5
29
8.9
42
7.4
31
9.2
42
Automation
6.5
28
8.2
41
Feature Not Available
8.3
41
Analysis
7.1
29
8.3
43
7.0
31
8.3
41
7.6
32
8.5
42
Feature Not Available
8.3
41
Issue Resolution
Feature Not Available
8.1
42
Feature Not Available
8.0
42
7.1
27
8.6
41
Generative AI
5.6
27
6.1
11
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
Not enough data
6.0
5
Not enough data
5.7
5
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
5.0
5
Not enough data
5.0
5
Not enough data
4.7
5
Not enough data
4.3
5
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) ToolsHide 4 FeaturesShow 4 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Threat Detection & Response - Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visualization & Dashboards - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.0
5
AI Features - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Response
Not enough data
7.5
46
Not enough data
8.1
48
Not enough data
6.8
40
Not enough data
7.7
40
Records
Not enough data
8.5
46
Not enough data
8.4
46
Not enough data
8.8
46
Management
Not enough data
8.9
48
Not enough data
8.2
44
Not enough data
8.4
41
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.7
6
Not enough data
6.7
5
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Checkmk and Dynatrace are categorized as Enterprise Monitoring, Network Monitoring, Database Monitoring, Website Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, Log Monitoring, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, Log Analysis, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), and Observability Software
Unique Categories
Checkmk is categorized as Server Monitoring and Hardware Monitoring
Dynatrace is categorized as AIOps Platforms, Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM), Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) Tools, ServiceNow Store Apps, Session Replay, Incident Response, and Bug Tracking
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Checkmk
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Dynatrace
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
14.5%
Computer & Network Security
6.4%
Computer Software
6.0%
Telecommunications
4.6%
Financial Services
4.3%
Other
64.2%
Information Technology and Services
16.4%
Financial Services
10.2%
Computer Software
9.2%
Insurance
8.9%
Banking
8.4%
Other
46.8%
Discussions
Is Checkmk open source?
8 Comments
PL
Yes.Read more
Upgrading to Enterprise / Managed Services
2 Comments
Official Response from Checkmk
Yes, you can safely upgrade from the demo to the full version any time, without losing your previous configuration setup. The demo version is identical to...Read more
Scalability
2 Comments
Official Response from Checkmk
Yes. The Checkmk Enterprise Edition has basically no limit in how many servers you can monitor and the pricing is not based on the number of servers you...Read more
what is the best way to AI integration in Energy and Utlilites services.
3 Comments
DA
Hi. The AI is built into the Dynatrace platform and is purpose built for this use case. It's getting context from the installation of Dynatrace OneAgents...Read more
What is Dynatrace used for?
3 Comments
KS
Dynatrace is a powerful tool we rely on for monitoring APIs and performing data and business analysis. It helps us keep a close eye on our APIs, spotting any...Read more
Is there any capability that Dynatrace can't provide which is offered by Splunk?
2 Comments
RD
Hello -
Dynatrace can pull the same log files. We use both and Splunk is used to pull all logs and store them for a year. We have been using Dynatrace...Read more
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