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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.8% of reviews)
Enterprise (64.9% 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 plansSplunk Enterprise
Star Rating
(422)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (64.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Splunk EnterpriseSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Splunk Enterprise excels in real-time analytics with a score of 9.1, allowing for immediate insights into data, while checkmk's real-time analytics score is significantly lower at 6.9, indicating a potential gap in performance for users needing instant data visibility.
- Reviewers mention that Splunk's dashboards and visualizations are highly rated at 9.4, providing a user-friendly interface for data representation, whereas checkmk's score of 8.2 suggests it may not offer the same level of intuitive design and ease of use.
- G2 users highlight that Splunk's alerting capabilities are robust, scoring 9.0, which is crucial for proactive monitoring, while checkmk's alerting score of 8.7, although good, may not meet the needs of users requiring more advanced alerting features.
- Users on G2 report that checkmk shines in ease of setup with a score of 8.7, making it more accessible for new users compared to Splunk's score of 7.9, which may require more technical expertise to implement effectively.
- Reviewers mention that Splunk's quality of support is rated at 8.5, indicating a strong customer service experience, while checkmk's higher score of 8.9 suggests that users may find more satisfaction and assistance when issues arise.
- Users say that checkmk offers better multi-site monitoring capabilities with a score of 8.4, which is essential for organizations with distributed systems, compared to Splunk's score of 8.1, indicating a slight edge for checkmk in this area.
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
Splunk Enterprise
No pricing availableFree Trial
Checkmk
Free Trial is available
Splunk Enterprise
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.8
243
8.9
334
Ease of Use
8.1
250
8.1
337
Ease of Setup
8.5
242
7.9
139
Ease of Admin
8.2
237
8.1
124
Quality of Support
8.8
210
8.4
277
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
206
8.7
124
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
242
7.8
325
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
Data Sourcing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Intelligence
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
Functionality
Not enough data
7.0
9
Not enough data
6.5
9
Not enough data
7.9
12
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
7.1
11
Not enough data
6.8
10
Not enough data
6.8
10
Management
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
8.2
12
Not enough data
7.9
12
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
9.3
19
8.6
136
8.9
20
7.4
132
9.2
20
Monitoring and Management
Feature Not Available
8.9
17
7.9
115
8.7
15
8.2
117
8.4
19
8.7
125
9.1
20
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
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
8.8
62
7.3
61
8.8
62
8.3
66
9.0
62
5.7
54
7.8
54
Management
7.4
63
8.3
55
7.7
68
8.9
61
7.7
61
8.5
61
8.2
64
9.0
61
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
ServiceNow Apps
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.0
5
Agentic AI - ServiceNow Store Apps
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
9.0
67
|
Verified
8.0
25
|
Verified
8.8
66
|
Verified
8.3
27
|
Verified
8.0
61
|
Verified
7.8
23
|
Verified
8.3
61
|
Verified
Analysis
8.2
27
|
Verified
8.3
60
|
Verified
7.7
25
|
Verified
8.3
61
|
Verified
8.4
28
|
Verified
8.8
62
|
Verified
8.3
27
|
Verified
8.7
65
|
Verified
8.7
27
|
Verified
8.8
62
|
Verified
8.2
24
|
Verified
8.2
53
|
Verified
Visualization
8.5
28
|
Verified
8.7
66
|
Verified
8.2
28
|
Verified
8.7
63
|
Verified
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
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
8.1
27
Network Management
Not enough data
9.1
26
Not enough data
7.3
23
Not enough data
9.2
26
Incident Management
Not enough data
8.8
26
Not enough data
7.8
26
Not enough data
8.5
26
Security Intelligence
Not enough data
7.3
24
Not enough data
6.5
22
Not enough data
8.5
24
Not enough data
8.3
24
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
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Checkmk and Splunk Enterprise are categorized as Enterprise Monitoring, Hardware Monitoring, and Log Analysis
Unique Categories
Splunk Enterprise is categorized as AIOps Platforms, ServiceNow Store Apps, Customer Data Platform (CDP), 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.)
Splunk Enterprise
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
26.5%
Computer Software
10.3%
Financial Services
6.8%
Internet
6.3%
Computer & Network Security
6.0%
Other
44.3%
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
Which apps ship with Splunk Enterprise?
1 Comment
SM
Splunk Enterprise comes with a variety of built-in apps and add-ons that provide additional functionality, visualizations, and preconfigured dashboards for...Read more
What are Splunk Enterprise components?
1 Comment
IG
Splunk's 3 main components: Search Head (UI), Indexer (DB) and Forwarder (Endpoint Agent with Universal Forwarder or Aggregation Agent with...Read more
What does Splunk Enterprise do?
1 Comment
SM
Splunk Enterprise is a powerful data analytics platform that allows organizations to collect, index, search, and analyze a wide variety of machine-generated...Read more
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