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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.6% of reviews)
Mid-Market (68.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at €2,100.00 3000 Services Per Year
No pricing available
Checkmk
Star Rating
(291)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at €2,100.00 3000 Services Per Year
Free Trial is available
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Star Rating
(57)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (68.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that checkmk excels in Ease of Setup with a score of 8.7, while Nagios XI struggles with a lower score of 6.1. Reviewers mention that checkmk's intuitive interface and straightforward installation process make it easier for teams to get started quickly.
- Reviewers mention that Nagios XI shines in Performance Monitoring with a score of 9.6, compared to checkmk's 8.6. Users on G2 highlight Nagios XI's robust capabilities in tracking system performance metrics and providing detailed insights.
- G2 users report that checkmk offers superior Multi-Site Monitoring with a score of 8.4, while Nagios XI has a score of 9.1. Users say that Nagios XI's multi-site capabilities are more comprehensive, allowing for better management of distributed environments.
- Users say that Nagios XI provides better Alerting features, scoring 9.1 compared to checkmk's 8.7. Reviewers mention that Nagios XI's alerting system is more customizable and effective in notifying users of critical issues.
- Reviewers mention that checkmk has a more user-friendly Dashboard and Visualization experience, scoring 8.2, while Nagios XI scores 8.3. Users report that checkmk's visualizations are easier to interpret, making it simpler to monitor system health at a glance.
- Users on G2 report that Nagios XI excels in Incident Alerting with a score of 8.4, while checkmk's score is lower. Reviewers mention that Nagios XI's incident alerting capabilities are more proactive, helping teams respond to issues before they escalate.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Checkmk
Checkmk Enterprise
Starting at €2,100.00
3000 Services Per Year
Includes additional features, provides greater scalability and offers enterprise-grade support through the vendor or partner network. Vendor support included.
- All functionalities available in Checkmk Raw, plus:
- Monitor an unlimited number of hosts & services
- Distributed monitoring
Nagios XI
No pricing availableFree Trial
Checkmk
Free Trial is available
Nagios XI
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
242
9.5
46
Ease of Use
8.1
249
8.9
45
Ease of Setup
8.5
241
6.9
13
Ease of Admin
8.2
236
7.5
10
Quality of Support
8.8
209
8.8
45
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
205
8.2
10
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
241
9.2
45
Features by Category
Functionality
8.2
78
Not enough data
8.7
81
Not enough data
8.5
79
Not enough data
7.5
77
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
9.5
37
8.5
113
9.1
37
7.5
106
8.8
36
8.4
97
9.1
37
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
9.1
37
8.0
102
8.8
37
7.2
94
9.1
37
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
131
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
Not enough data
8.4
66
Not enough data
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
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
8.5
18
8.6
131
9.0
18
7.6
122
8.5
18
Monitoring and Management
8.4
123
8.9
18
7.9
116
Feature Not Available
8.3
113
8.8
18
8.5
126
8.6
18
8.3
126
8.9
9
8.2
116
9.0
8
Cloud environment support
7.5
92
7.6
9
Feature Not Available
8.1
9
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
9.4
14
7.3
61
9.0
14
8.3
66
9.2
14
5.7
54
Feature Not Available
Management
7.4
63
9.4
14
7.7
68
8.9
14
7.7
61
9.2
14
8.2
64
9.2
14
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
|
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
Not enough data
8.2
47
Not enough data
8.4
46
Not enough data
5.7
38
Feature Not Available
8.4
42
Not enough data
Response
7.9
44
Not enough data
8.3
45
Not enough data
7.8
45
Feature Not Available
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
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Functionality
7.0
40
9.0
5
7.0
37
Feature Not Available
7.2
44
Feature Not Available
7.2
39
8.0
5
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
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Checkmk and Nagios XI are categorized as Enterprise Monitoring, Server Monitoring, Network Monitoring, and Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Unique Categories
Checkmk is categorized as Hardware Monitoring, Database Monitoring, Website Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, Log Monitoring, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, Log Analysis, and Observability Software
Nagios XI has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Checkmk
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Nagios XI
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
14.2%
Computer & Network Security
6.4%
Computer Software
6.0%
Telecommunications
4.6%
Financial Services
4.3%
Other
64.4%
Information Technology and Services
46.0%
Internet
14.0%
Computer & Network Security
8.0%
Telecommunications
4.0%
Insurance
4.0%
Other
24.0%
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 Nagios XI used for?
1 Comment
S
We are managing the Monitoring of Linux OS, and Windows OS, Various Network Devices, Websites and other Services Read more
Nagios XI has no more discussions with answers
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