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Checkmk
Star Rating
(292)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.8% of reviews)
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Star Rating
(154)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (44.5% of reviews)
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Grafana Labs excels in ease of use, with users appreciating its intuitive interface and the ability to quickly visualize data. One user highlighted how Grafana provides a clear overview of errors and pod statuses, making it easier to monitor application behavior.
- Users say Checkmk offers a stable and customizable monitoring experience, particularly for on-premise setups. Reviewers noted the new UI in version 2 as easy to navigate, which enhances the overall user experience.
- According to verified reviews, Grafana Labs shines in data visualization, with users praising its extensive range of plugins that enhance functionality. This flexibility allows engineers to tailor the tool to their specific observability needs, making it a favorite among those who value customization.
- Reviewers mention that Checkmk's quality of support is a strong point, with many users rating it highly for responsiveness and helpfulness. This aspect is crucial for teams that require reliable assistance during critical monitoring tasks.
- G2 reviewers highlight that while Grafana Labs has a robust open-source foundation, some users face challenges with implementation due to its complexity. This can be a hurdle for teams looking for a quick setup, especially compared to Checkmk's more straightforward installation process.
- Users report that Checkmk's alerting capabilities are effective, with many finding the multi-mode alerts feature beneficial for proactive monitoring. However, Grafana Labs also offers strong alerting features, with users appreciating its incident alerting functionality that helps in timely issue resolution.
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
Grafana Labs
No pricing availableFree Trial
Checkmk
Free Trial is available
Grafana Labs
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
243
8.8
119
Ease of Use
8.1
250
8.4
121
Ease of Setup
8.5
242
8.2
74
Ease of Admin
8.2
237
8.6
53
Quality of Support
8.8
210
8.0
93
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
206
8.3
43
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
242
8.9
116
Features by Category
Functionality
8.2
78
Not enough data
8.7
81
Not enough data
8.5
79
Not enough data
7.5
78
Not enough data
8.2
77
Not enough data
7.1
71
Not enough data
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
Functionality
8.9
93
9.5
14
8.7
94
8.2
14
7.4
88
7.8
12
8.0
91
8.8
14
7.2
84
8.2
12
7.8
87
9.0
14
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
Not enough data
8.5
113
Not enough data
7.5
106
Not enough data
8.4
97
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
8.0
102
Not enough data
7.2
94
Not enough data
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
9.1
18
8.4
61
8.6
18
7.6
58
8.9
19
Feature Not Available
9.1
21
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.3
62
8.9
18
7.7
52
7.8
17
7.7
59
7.7
17
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
7.5
57
7.9
16
8.2
62
9.5
22
7.2
59
7.0
15
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
Monitoring
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
9.3
10
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
8.0
5
Management Tools
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
7.6
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Agentic AI - Incident Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.0
5
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
9.5
21
8.4
66
8.1
21
7.6
61
8.1
18
Monitoring and Management
Feature Not Available
8.2
17
Feature Not Available
8.2
17
8.4
62
9.0
20
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
Not enough data
9.0
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
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
Not enough data
7.3
61
Not enough data
8.3
66
Not enough data
5.7
54
Not enough data
Management
7.4
63
Not enough data
7.7
68
Not enough data
7.7
61
Not enough data
8.2
64
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise 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
Data Preparation
8.1
29
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Verified
Not enough data
8.0
25
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Verified
Not enough data
8.3
27
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
23
|
Verified
Not enough data
Analysis
8.2
27
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
25
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
28
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
27
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
27
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
24
|
Verified
Not enough data
Visualization
8.5
28
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
28
|
Verified
Not enough data
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
8.6
16
8.2
47
8.6
16
8.4
46
8.9
18
5.7
38
7.4
15
8.4
42
8.1
16
Response
7.9
44
9.1
17
8.3
45
8.4
16
7.8
45
8.5
16
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
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
Performance
7.0
44
7.8
16
Feature Not Available
8.3
16
Functionality
7.0
40
7.9
15
7.0
37
7.9
14
7.2
44
7.8
13
7.2
39
8.5
13
Alerts management
8.0
31
8.8
24
6.9
31
8.8
28
8.5
32
8.9
31
Monitoring
7.4
30
8.4
27
Feature Not Available
8.9
32
7.5
29
8.3
26
7.4
31
8.5
26
Automation
6.5
28
8.5
23
Feature Not Available
8.7
25
Analysis
7.1
29
8.4
28
7.0
31
8.5
27
7.6
32
8.9
33
Feature Not Available
8.5
27
Issue Resolution
Feature Not Available
8.3
23
Feature Not Available
8.2
21
7.1
27
8.3
25
Generative AI
5.6
27
6.2
7
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
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
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Features - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AWS Marketplace
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Checkmk and Grafana Labs are categorized as Database Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, Log Monitoring, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), and Observability Software
Unique Categories
Checkmk is categorized as Enterprise Monitoring, Server Monitoring, Network Monitoring, Hardware Monitoring, Website Monitoring, and Log Analysis
Grafana Labs is categorized as AWS Marketplace and Incident Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Checkmk
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Grafana Labs
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
25.3%
Computer Software
21.9%
Financial Services
6.2%
Internet
4.1%
Telecommunications
4.1%
Other
38.4%
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
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1 Comment
PC
Its help to Monitoring, analysis of our app and also provide graphic visualisation and alert Tigger system.Read more
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