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Mid-Market (41.8% of reviews)
Mid-Market (45.2% of reviews)
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€0.00
Starting at €20.00 1 Employees Per Month
Checkmk
Star Rating
(292)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.8% of reviews)
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Star Rating
(108)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (45.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
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Starting at €20.00 1 Employees Per Month
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Logpoint excels in user experience, particularly highlighting its intuitive user interface and ease of use. Users appreciate how it simplifies the process of navigating through security data, making it feel manageable rather than overwhelming.
- According to verified reviews, Checkmk stands out for its stability and customization options, with users noting that it is a powerful on-premise monitoring tool. The recent UI improvements have made it easier to navigate, enhancing the overall user experience.
- Users say that Logpoint's ability to handle both modern cloud telemetry and traditional on-premise systems is a significant advantage. Reviewers commend its capability to unify various types of telemetry and identity analytics, which is crucial for comprehensive monitoring.
- Reviewers mention that Checkmk offers a wealth of features, but this can sometimes lead to challenges in deciding which capabilities to implement. While the power and flexibility are appreciated, some users find the abundance of options overwhelming.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Logpoint's quality of support is a strong point, with many users expressing satisfaction with the assistance they receive. This support is particularly beneficial during the implementation phase, where users feel guided through the setup process.
- According to recent feedback, Checkmk's ease of setup is commendable, with users noting that the onboarding process is straightforward. However, some users feel that the extensive capabilities can complicate the initial configuration, requiring a steeper learning curve.
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
guardsix
SaaS SIEM+SOAR
Starting at €20.00
1 Employees Per Month
Hassle-free operations
Logpoint hosts your solution and handles deployment, updates, maintenance, storage and more.
Minimum commitment of 100 employees.
- Alert & Case Management
- Automation & Orchestration
- Reporting & Dashboards
Free Trial
Checkmk
Free Trial is available
guardsix
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.8
243
8.4
78
Ease of Use
8.1
250
8.3
79
Ease of Setup
8.5
242
8.2
64
Ease of Admin
8.2
237
8.0
60
Quality of Support
8.8
210
9.0
72
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
206
8.7
60
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
242
9.2
76
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
8.0
30
8.4
66
8.0
29
7.6
61
7.9
28
Monitoring and Management
Feature Not Available
7.4
24
Feature Not Available
7.2
23
8.4
62
7.8
26
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
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
7.7
40
8.0
25
|
Verified
8.1
37
8.3
27
|
Verified
7.8
39
7.8
23
|
Verified
7.4
36
Analysis
8.2
27
|
Verified
7.5
36
7.7
25
|
Verified
7.6
37
8.4
28
|
Verified
7.8
36
8.3
27
|
Verified
8.3
41
8.7
27
|
Verified
8.4
41
8.2
24
|
Verified
7.5
33
Visualization
8.5
28
|
Verified
7.8
41
8.2
28
|
Verified
7.9
37
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
Analysis
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.1
7
Response
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Detection
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
9.3
7
Services - Network Detection and Response (NDR)
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
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality - SAP Security 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
Agentic AI - SAP Security Software
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 - User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
7.1
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Detection
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
7.7
8
Agentic AI - SAP Store
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
Orchestration
Not enough data
8.6
12
Not enough data
8.6
14
Not enough data
9.0
13
Not enough data
7.8
9
Information
Not enough data
8.8
13
Not enough data
8.7
14
Not enough data
8.6
12
Personalization
Not enough data
8.8
10
Not enough data
8.6
11
Not enough data
7.8
9
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Threat Intelligence
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Response
Not enough data
8.2
16
Not enough data
8.8
14
Not enough data
8.6
11
Not enough data
8.4
15
Records
Not enough data
8.7
21
Not enough data
8.7
19
Not enough data
8.3
20
Management
Not enough data
8.6
21
Not enough data
8.3
15
Not enough data
8.2
17
Generative AI
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
7.7
53
Network Management
Not enough data
8.2
43
Not enough data
7.4
39
Not enough data
8.6
48
Incident Management
Not enough data
8.1
42
Not enough data
7.8
40
Not enough data
7.9
42
Security Intelligence
Not enough data
7.7
42
Not enough data
7.4
38
Not enough data
7.9
41
Not enough data
8.0
42
Agentic AI - Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Not enough data
6.0
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR)Hide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
Not enough data
8.9
17
Automation
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
9.2
11
Orchestration
Not enough data
9.1
11
Not enough data
8.9
11
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
9.1
11
Response
Not enough data
9.5
11
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
8.5
8
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Checkmk and guardsix are categorized as Log Monitoring and Log Analysis
Unique Categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Checkmk
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
guardsix
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%
Computer & Network Security
17.3%
Information Technology and Services
15.4%
Government Administration
9.6%
Information Services
4.8%
Security and Investigations
3.8%
Other
49.0%
Alternatives
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
guardsix has no discussions with answers
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