Compare Checkmk and Graylog 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.8% of reviews)
Mid-Market (50.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
€0.00
Starting at $15,000.00 Per Year
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 plansGraylog
Star Rating
(117)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (50.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $15,000.00 Per Year
Free Trial is available
Browse all 2 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Graylog excels in ease of configuration, with users highlighting its intuitive UI that makes setting up and managing logs straightforward. Many appreciate the ability to quickly create stunning dashboards with minimal effort.
- Users say Checkmk stands out for its stability and customization, particularly in its latest version. Reviewers find the new UI easy to navigate and appreciate the extensive capabilities, making it a powerful tool for on-premise monitoring.
- According to verified reviews, Graylog has a strong community support system, which is particularly beneficial for users of its open-source version. This support is often cited as a key advantage, helping users troubleshoot and optimize their setups effectively.
- Reviewers mention that Checkmk's flexibility can be overwhelming, with so many features available that deciding which to implement can be challenging. This complexity may deter some users who prefer a more straightforward approach.
- G2 reviewers highlight that while Graylog has a slightly lower overall satisfaction score, it is praised for its cost-effectiveness and ability to meet industry standards, making it a reliable choice for mid-market companies.
- Users report that Checkmk's quality of support is notably high, with many reviewers giving it top marks for responsiveness and helpfulness, which can be crucial for organizations that rely heavily on monitoring tools for their operations.
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
Graylog
Graylog Enterprise
Starting at $15,000.00
Per Year
Enterprise Log Management for SecOps, ITOps, and DevOps teams, built on the Graylog Platform, Graylog Enterprise is designed to maximize your systems’ uptime, alert you to issues and outages, enhance productivity, and meet data retention requirements for larger teams and complex situations.
- Guided Log Ingestion & Onboarding – Built-in setup wizard simplifies configuring and validating log sources across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments.
- Integrated Data Lake with Preview & Selective Retrieval – Store long-term logs in low-cost storage and preview or retrieve only the data needed for investigations or audits.
- Prebuilt Parsing, Dashboards, and Content Packs – Out-of-the-box parsers, dashboards, and enrichment for common platforms and compliance use cases reduce manual configuration.
Free Trial
Checkmk
Free Trial is available
Graylog
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
243
8.7
91
Ease of Use
8.1
250
8.4
89
Ease of Setup
8.5
242
7.6
47
Ease of Admin
8.2
237
8.4
45
Quality of Support
8.8
210
8.2
70
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
206
8.4
31
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
242
8.3
87
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
Not enough data
8.7
94
Not enough data
7.4
88
Not enough data
8.0
91
Not enough data
7.2
84
Not enough data
7.8
87
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
8.4
61
Not enough data
7.6
58
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.3
62
Not enough data
7.7
52
Not enough data
7.7
59
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
7.5
57
Not enough data
8.2
62
Not enough data
7.2
59
Not enough data
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
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
9.3
5
8.4
66
9.0
5
7.6
61
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
62
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
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
|
Verified
8.2
10
|
Verified
8.0
25
|
Verified
9.3
9
|
Verified
8.3
27
|
Verified
9.0
8
|
Verified
7.8
23
|
Verified
8.8
8
|
Verified
Analysis
8.2
27
|
Verified
9.0
8
|
Verified
7.7
25
|
Verified
9.0
8
|
Verified
8.4
28
|
Verified
9.0
8
|
Verified
8.3
27
|
Verified
8.8
11
|
Verified
8.7
27
|
Verified
8.8
11
|
Verified
8.2
24
|
Verified
8.8
10
|
Verified
Visualization
8.5
28
|
Verified
9.3
9
|
Verified
8.2
28
|
Verified
9.2
8
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.0
46
Not enough data
8.2
47
Not enough data
8.4
46
Not enough data
5.7
38
Not enough data
8.4
42
Not enough data
Response
7.9
44
Not enough data
8.3
45
Not enough data
7.8
45
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Functionality
7.0
40
Not enough data
7.0
37
Not enough data
7.2
44
Not enough data
7.2
39
Not enough data
Alerts management
8.0
31
Not enough data
6.9
31
Not enough data
8.5
32
Not enough data
Monitoring
7.4
30
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.5
29
Not enough data
7.4
31
Not enough data
Automation
6.5
28
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Analysis
7.1
29
Not enough data
7.0
31
Not enough data
7.6
32
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.1
27
Not enough data
Generative AI
5.6
27
Not enough data
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
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)Hide 14 FeaturesShow 14 Features
Not enough data
8.2
70
Network Management
Not enough data
8.7
48
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.5
41
Not enough data
9.2
56
|
Verified
Incident Management
Not enough data
8.4
50
Not enough data
7.5
41
Not enough data
7.9
46
|
Verified
Security Intelligence
Not enough data
7.5
46
Not enough data
7.6
41
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
46
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
49
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Checkmk and Graylog are categorized as Log Monitoring and Log Analysis
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Checkmk
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Graylog
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
17.6%
Computer Software
9.8%
Hospital & Health Care
5.9%
Computer & Network Security
4.9%
Telecommunications
3.9%
Other
57.8%
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 your experience with Graylog in managing log data, and what features do you find most useful?
1 Comment
AS
We use Graylog as our SEIM and log retention management. One of Graylog's best features is the multitude of different ways it can ingest data, and through...Read more
Graylog has no more discussions with answers
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