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Compare Checkmk and Pandora FMS 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.8% of reviews)
Mid-Market (48.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at €2,100.00 3000 Services Per Year
Free
Checkmk
Star Rating
(292)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at €2,100.00 3000 Services Per Year
Free Trial is available
Browse all 6 pricing plansPandora FMS
Star Rating
(223)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (48.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free Trial is available
Browse all 7 pricing plansCheckmk vs Pandora FMS
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Pandora FMS easier to use, set up, and administer. However, reviewers felt that both vendors make it equally easy to do business overall.
- Reviewers felt that Pandora FMS meets the needs of their business better than Checkmk.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Pandora FMS is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Pandora FMS over Checkmk.
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
Pandora FMS
FREE
Free
Limited to 50 agents/ 600 modules
- Standard 8x5 technical support (Optional)
- Professional Services (Optional)
- Professional certification (Optional)
Free Trial
Checkmk
Free Trial is available
Pandora FMS
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
243
9.3
213
Ease of Use
8.1
250
9.1
213
Ease of Setup
8.5
242
9.1
177
Ease of Admin
8.2
237
8.5
73
Quality of Support
8.8
210
9.1
210
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
206
9.0
68
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
242
9.8
211
Features by Category
Ticket and Case Management
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Generative AI
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Agentic AI - Help Desk
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Communication Channels
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Platform
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Administration
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.7
6
Service Desk
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
9.4
6
Management
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Functionality
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
10.0
5
Agentic AI - IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
8.2
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
Inventory Management - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
Not enough data
9.7
10
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
9.8
10
Not enough data
9.5
10
Not enough data
9.8
10
Not enough data
9.8
10
Not enough data
Not enough data
IT Operations & Workflow - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Service Management
Not enough data
9.8
10
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Functionality
8.9
93
9.9
14
8.7
94
10.0
14
7.4
88
10.0
14
8.0
91
10.0
14
7.2
84
10.0
14
7.8
87
9.6
14
Agentic AI - Database Monitoring
Not enough data
9.8
7
Not enough data
9.8
7
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
9.8
7
Not enough data
9.5
7
Not enough data
9.8
7
Not enough data
9.8
7
Functionality
8.5
110
9.5
117
8.5
113
9.5
118
7.5
106
Feature Not Available
8.4
97
9.4
113
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
7.8
27
9.4
9
7.6
27
9.8
9
8.3
27
9.8
9
Management
Feature Not Available
9.2
113
8.0
102
9.4
116
7.2
94
9.1
105
Analytics - Network Monitoring
7.3
25
9.8
9
6.8
26
9.3
9
Security - Network Monitoring
8.0
27
9.6
9
7.3
25
9.3
9
Feature Not Available
9.8
9
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
Feature Not Available
9.8
9
Feature Not Available
9.8
9
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
Feature Not Available
9.6
9
Feature Not Available
9.6
9
Feature Not Available
9.8
9
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
9.8
9
Not enough data
9.8
9
Not enough data
9.6
9
Not enough data
9.8
9
Not enough data
9.8
9
Not enough data
9.8
9
Not enough data
9.8
9
Monitoring
8.6
62
9.6
76
8.4
61
9.4
76
7.6
58
9.3
74
Feature Not Available
9.5
76
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.3
62
9.4
76
7.7
52
9.4
73
7.7
59
9.4
72
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
7.5
57
9.3
75
8.2
62
9.4
75
7.2
59
9.3
73
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
10.0
8
8.6
136
10.0
8
7.4
132
9.8
8
Monitoring and Management
Feature Not Available
10.0
8
7.9
115
10.0
8
8.2
117
9.8
8
8.7
125
10.0
8
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
9.2
63
8.4
66
9.2
64
7.6
61
9.1
62
Monitoring and Management
Feature Not Available
9.0
62
Feature Not Available
9.1
60
8.4
62
9.2
62
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Visibility
8.1
136
9.1
99
8.6
131
9.5
101
7.6
122
9.1
101
Monitoring and Management
8.4
123
9.3
94
7.9
116
9.1
97
8.3
113
9.2
98
8.5
126
9.5
101
8.3
126
9.5
99
8.2
116
9.3
94
Cloud environment support
7.5
92
9.5
80
Feature Not Available
9.3
87
Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
Not enough data
9.8
8
Not enough data
9.8
8
Not enough data
9.6
8
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
9.5
7
Functionality
8.5
65
9.2
122
7.3
61
9.1
118
8.3
66
9.2
117
5.7
54
9.0
102
Management
7.4
63
9.0
105
7.7
68
9.0
124
7.7
61
9.1
121
8.2
64
9.3
122
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
Not enough data
9.4
9
Not enough data
9.4
9
Not enough data
9.4
9
Not enough data
9.4
9
Not enough data
9.4
9
Not enough data
9.4
9
Not enough data
9.4
9
Data Preparation
8.1
29
|
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
9.2
72
8.2
47
9.3
73
8.4
46
9.5
75
5.7
38
9.0
69
8.4
42
9.4
73
Response
7.9
44
9.1
74
8.3
45
9.2
72
7.8
45
9.0
65
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
9.3
67
7.0
37
9.1
65
7.2
44
9.2
69
7.2
39
9.4
67
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
9.5
10
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
Not enough data
Network Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Incident Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security 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
Agentic AI - Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Platform
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Security
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Checkmk and Pandora FMS are categorized as Enterprise Monitoring, Server Monitoring, Network Monitoring, Hardware Monitoring, Database Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, Log Monitoring, IT Alerting, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), and Observability Software
Unique Categories
Pandora FMS is categorized as Help Desk, IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools, Remote Desktop, Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM), and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Checkmk
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Pandora FMS
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
16.1%
Telecommunications
12.8%
Consumer Services
6.9%
Computer Software
6.4%
Accounting
4.6%
Other
53.2%
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
Pandora FMS has no discussions with answers
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