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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.8% of reviews)
Enterprise (46.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at €2,100.00 3000 Services Per Year
No pricing available
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 plansSolarWinds Observability
Star Rating
(801)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (46.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
Learn more about SolarWinds ObservabilitySummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Checkmk excels in providing a highly customizable and stable on-premise monitoring solution, with users appreciating its flexibility and the power it offers. One user noted, "There is so much power and capability - choosing which to use/implement is the toughest part."
- Users say that SolarWinds Observability shines in its unified visibility across various environments, allowing for streamlined monitoring from a single dashboard. Reviewers highlighted the platform's ability to simplify troubleshooting, stating, "I like the unified visibility across infrastructure, applications, and networks."
- According to verified reviews, Checkmk's recent updates have improved its user interface significantly, making it easier to navigate. Users mentioned that the "new UI in version 2 is pretty good and easy to navigate with additional capabilities," enhancing the overall user experience.
- Reviewers mention that SolarWinds Observability offers comprehensive observability features that cover public cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. Users appreciate the ease of monitoring critical metrics like CPU and memory, with one stating, "The dashboards are simple to customize," which adds to its appeal for diverse monitoring needs.
- G2 reviewers highlight Checkmk's strong performance in server monitoring, where it received notably higher ratings compared to SolarWinds Observability. Users value its effectiveness in this area, which is crucial for organizations focused on maintaining server health and performance.
- Users report that while SolarWinds Observability has a more extensive review base, Checkmk's users express higher satisfaction levels overall, particularly in quality of support and product direction. One user noted, "Checkmk has been a good partner in doing business," reflecting a strong relationship between the product and its users.
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
SolarWinds Observability
No pricing availableFree Trial
Checkmk
Free Trial is available
SolarWinds Observability
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
243
8.7
646
Ease of Use
8.1
250
8.3
647
Ease of Setup
8.5
242
8.0
482
Ease of Admin
8.2
237
8.3
477
Quality of Support
8.8
210
8.2
589
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
206
8.3
445
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
242
8.1
615
Features by Category
Configuration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Automation Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Logistics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security - Network Automation
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
8.7
23
8.7
81
9.0
23
8.5
79
9.0
20
7.5
78
8.6
21
8.2
77
8.4
21
7.1
71
8.0
20
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
Experience
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network Security Policy Management (NSPM)Hide 10 FeaturesShow 10 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network Maintenance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
8.9
93
8.5
9
8.7
94
8.7
9
7.4
88
8.7
9
8.0
91
7.8
9
7.2
84
7.8
9
7.8
87
8.3
9
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
Scope
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
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 - Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
9.0
78
8.5
113
8.9
78
7.5
106
7.7
71
8.4
97
8.6
74
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
7.8
27
7.9
14
7.6
27
7.6
12
8.3
27
8.1
13
Management
Feature Not Available
8.4
74
8.0
102
8.6
76
7.2
94
8.2
73
Analytics - Network Monitoring
7.3
25
7.6
12
6.8
26
7.6
13
Security - Network Monitoring
8.0
27
7.9
13
7.3
25
7.2
12
Feature Not Available
6.9
12
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
Feature Not Available
7.4
12
Feature Not Available
7.5
12
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
Feature Not Available
6.7
12
Feature Not Available
6.7
12
Feature Not Available
6.8
12
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
9.0
16
8.4
61
8.0
17
7.6
58
7.5
14
Feature Not Available
8.3
15
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Administration
8.3
62
8.5
16
7.7
52
7.6
14
7.7
59
8.1
15
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
7.5
57
8.7
17
8.2
62
9.0
19
7.2
59
7.9
14
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
Automation
Not enough data
7.4
14
Not enough data
6.2
11
Not enough data
6.9
12
Not enough data
7.6
14
Functionality
Not enough data
8.0
14
Not enough data
7.6
13
Not enough data
9.0
17
Not enough data
8.1
18
Incident Management
Not enough data
7.6
16
Not enough data
8.2
16
Not enough data
8.3
17
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AIOps Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
8.7
5
8.6
136
8.9
6
7.4
132
8.3
6
Monitoring and Management
Feature Not Available
8.9
6
7.9
115
6.1
6
8.2
117
8.1
6
8.7
125
8.9
6
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
8.5
10
8.4
66
9.2
10
7.6
61
8.5
10
Monitoring and Management
Feature Not Available
7.0
10
Feature Not Available
7.8
10
8.4
62
8.9
11
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
8.7
30
8.6
131
8.8
30
7.6
122
8.5
30
Monitoring and Management
8.4
123
8.5
29
7.9
116
8.0
28
8.3
113
8.4
30
8.5
126
8.8
30
8.3
126
8.9
23
8.2
116
8.4
21
Cloud environment support
7.5
92
7.8
23
Feature Not Available
7.4
22
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
7.9
7
7.3
61
8.3
6
8.3
66
7.9
7
5.7
54
7.7
5
Management
7.4
63
8.1
6
7.7
68
8.6
6
7.7
61
8.3
6
8.2
64
8.6
6
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
8.8
8
8.0
25
|
Verified
8.6
7
8.3
27
|
Verified
7.4
9
7.8
23
|
Verified
7.9
8
Analysis
8.2
27
|
Verified
7.3
8
7.7
25
|
Verified
7.7
8
8.4
28
|
Verified
8.0
9
8.3
27
|
Verified
8.6
11
8.7
27
|
Verified
8.8
11
8.2
24
|
Verified
8.8
8
Visualization
8.5
28
|
Verified
9.1
9
8.2
28
|
Verified
8.7
9
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
8.7
25
8.2
47
8.5
24
8.4
46
8.6
25
5.7
38
7.2
23
8.4
42
8.5
25
Response
7.9
44
8.5
25
8.3
45
8.6
25
7.8
45
7.5
23
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
7.6
25
Feature Not Available
8.0
21
Functionality
7.0
40
6.9
24
7.0
37
7.2
23
7.2
44
7.2
23
7.2
39
7.5
24
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
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Configuration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
5.7
5
Support
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
6.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Management 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
Generative AI
5.6
27
4.8
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
Data Management - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
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 - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Compliance - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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 - Mobile Application Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform - Mobile Device Management (MDM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Operating System
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Mobile Device Management (MDM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
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 - Enterprise IT Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Checkmk and SolarWinds Observability are categorized as Enterprise Monitoring, Server Monitoring, Network Monitoring, Hardware Monitoring, Database Monitoring, Website Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, Log Monitoring, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, Log Analysis, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), and Observability Software
Unique Categories
Checkmk has no unique categories
SolarWinds Observability is categorized as DDI Management Platform, AIOps Platforms, Network Traffic Analysis (NTA), Unified Endpoint Management (UEM), Network Security Policy Management (NSPM), Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM), Network Automation Tools, Network Management Tools, Mobile Application Management, Enterprise IT Management, Configuration Management, Mobile Device Management (MDM), and Observability Pipeline
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Checkmk
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
SolarWinds Observability
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
22.4%
Hospital & Health Care
6.1%
Computer Software
5.5%
Telecommunications
5.0%
Financial Services
3.8%
Other
57.3%
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
What is the next version and when it is getting released?
2 Comments
SI
2020.2.6 seems to have fixed a few major bugs and is pretty stable. Released in July 2021Read more
Where can I find custom monitoring templates to import into Server & Application Monitor?
2 Comments
SI
Thwack sites are helpful Read more
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