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At a Glance
Checkmk
Checkmk
Star Rating
(292)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.6% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at €2,100.00 3000 Services Per Year
Free Trial is available
Browse all 6 pricing plans
Zabbix
Zabbix
Star Rating
(205)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (51.5% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free With One-Time Purchase
Browse all 3 pricing plans
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
  • Users report that Zabbix excels in Performance Monitoring with a score of 9.2, highlighting its ability to provide detailed insights into system performance, while Checkmk scores 8.6, which some users feel lacks the same depth of analysis.
  • Reviewers mention that Checkmk offers superior Ease of Setup with a score of 8.7 compared to Zabbix's 7.4, indicating that users find Checkmk more straightforward to implement, especially for those new to monitoring solutions.
  • G2 users highlight Zabbix's strong Alerting capabilities, scoring 8.9, which reviewers say allows for customizable alerts that are crucial for proactive monitoring, whereas Checkmk's alerting score is slightly lower at 8.7, leading some users to feel it could be more flexible.
  • Users on G2 report that Checkmk shines in Quality of Support with a score of 8.9, with many reviewers praising the responsiveness and helpfulness of the support team, while Zabbix's score of 7.9 suggests room for improvement in this area.
  • Reviewers mention that Zabbix's Real-Time Analytics feature scores an impressive 9.2, which users say provides immediate insights into system performance, while Checkmk's score of 6.9 indicates that users find its analytics capabilities less robust.
  • Users report that Checkmk's Multi-Site Monitoring feature, scoring 8.4, is particularly beneficial for enterprises managing multiple locations, while Zabbix's score of 8.1 suggests it may not be as effective in this area, leading some users to prefer Checkmk for larger deployments.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Checkmk
Checkmk Enterprise
Starting at €2,100.00
3000 Services Per Year
Browse all 6 pricing plans
Zabbix
Free & open source Zabbix
Free
With One-Time Purchase
Browse all 3 pricing plans
Free Trial
Checkmk
Free Trial is available
Zabbix
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
242
8.8
174
Ease of Use
8.1
249
7.4
174
Ease of Setup
8.5
241
7.5
106
Ease of Admin
8.2
236
8.0
101
Quality of Support
8.8
209
8.0
129
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
205
8.2
80
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
241
8.5
172
Features by Category
8.0
89
Not enough data
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
8.0
101
8.4
25
Functionality
8.9
93
8.6
24
8.7
94
9.0
24
7.4
88
8.3
23
8.0
91
8.1
24
7.2
84
8.2
24
7.8
87
8.3
24
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
7.9
124
8.3
51
Functionality
8.5
110
9.2
46
8.5
113
9.2
47
7.5
106
6.9
40
8.4
97
9.0
44
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
7.8
27
8.3
5
7.6
27
9.3
5
8.3
27
9.3
5
Management
Feature Not Available
8.8
45
8.0
102
8.5
46
7.2
94
7.8
42
Analytics - Network Monitoring
7.3
25
8.0
5
6.8
26
9.3
5
Security - Network Monitoring
8.0
27
9.3
5
7.3
25
8.7
5
Feature Not Available
8.3
5
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
Feature Not Available
9.0
5
Feature Not Available
8.0
5
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
Feature Not Available
5.3
5
Feature Not Available
7.0
5
Feature Not Available
5.7
5
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
Cloud Infrastructure MonitoringHide 20 FeaturesShow 20 Features
7.9
71
8.8
35
Monitoring
8.6
62
9.2
32
8.4
61
8.7
28
7.6
58
8.9
29
Feature Not Available
9.1
32
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.3
62
8.8
30
7.7
52
8.9
30
7.7
59
9.1
28
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
7.5
57
8.9
31
8.2
62
8.8
32
7.2
59
8.0
25
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
8.2
146
8.5
34
Visibility
8.1
136
8.3
32
8.6
136
8.9
32
7.4
131
8.3
31
Monitoring and Management
Feature Not Available
9.0
29
7.9
115
7.9
29
8.2
117
8.3
30
8.7
125
8.9
31
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
8.1
74
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
8.1
145
8.5
45
Visibility
8.1
136
8.7
42
8.6
131
8.8
43
7.6
122
8.5
42
Monitoring and Management
8.4
123
8.8
42
7.9
116
7.9
38
8.3
113
8.4
38
8.5
126
8.8
43
8.3
126
8.9
27
8.2
116
8.3
25
Cloud environment support
7.5
92
8.3
24
Feature Not Available
8.5
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
7.6
72
8.0
22
Functionality
8.5
65
9.1
19
7.3
61
9.2
20
8.3
66
8.6
19
5.7
54
7.6
9
Management
7.4
63
9.1
20
7.7
68
8.7
21
7.7
61
8.8
20
8.2
64
9.3
21
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
Not enough data
5.3
5
Not enough data
5.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
6.7
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
8.2
34
Not enough data
Data Preparation
8.1
29
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Verified
Not enough data
8.0
25
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Verified
Not enough data
8.3
27
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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
Application Performance Monitoring (APM)Hide 19 FeaturesShow 19 Features
7.5
61
8.5
19
Monitoring
8.0
46
8.5
13
8.2
47
8.8
14
8.4
46
8.8
14
5.7
38
8.1
8
8.4
42
8.9
15
Response
7.9
44
8.8
15
8.3
45
8.7
15
7.8
45
8.1
12
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
8.5
12
Functionality
7.0
40
8.3
13
7.0
37
7.9
12
7.2
44
Feature Not Available
7.2
39
8.2
14
7.4
34
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
5.6
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
Observability SoftwareHide 20 FeaturesShow 20 Features
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
Unique Categories
Zabbix
Zabbix has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Checkmk
Checkmk
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
17.4%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
41.6%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
40.9%
Zabbix
Zabbix
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
21.3%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
51.5%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
27.2%
Reviewers' Industry
Checkmk
Checkmk
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%
Zabbix
Zabbix
Information Technology and Services
29.7%
Telecommunications
15.8%
Computer Software
11.9%
Computer & Network Security
5.9%
Internet
4.0%
Other
32.7%
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Checkmk
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Discussions
Checkmk
Checkmk Discussions
Is Checkmk open source?
8 Comments
PL
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
Zabbix
Zabbix Discussions
Has a way zabbix to work without agents?
2 Comments
JO
Zabbix does not require agents to use, you can setup templates to use SNMP data, however you'll gain more insight by using the appropriate agent on the...Read more
What is Zabbix used for?
2 Comments
Rohan P.
RP
Overall infrastructure monitoring with lots of additional features like alerting, prediction monitoring.Read more
What can you monitor with Zabbix?
1 Comment
LS
Every windows and linux device. You have to install an agent on all the devices you want to monitorRead more