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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.8% of reviews)
Mid-Market (57.3% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at €2,100.00 3000 Services Per Year
Free Trial 10000 Sensors Per Year
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 plansPaessler PRTG
Star Rating
(177)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (57.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial 10000 Sensors Per Year
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Paessler PRTG excels in user experience, particularly with its intuitive setup process. Users appreciate the user-friendly onboarding wizard, which simplifies the initial configuration, making it easy to get started with monitoring tasks.
- Users say that Checkmk offers a robust and customizable monitoring solution, with many praising its stability and flexibility. The recent UI improvements in version 2 have made navigation easier, allowing users to leverage its extensive capabilities more effectively.
- Reviewers mention that Paessler PRTG stands out for its alerting features, which provide instant notifications on server issues. This proactive approach to monitoring helps users address problems quickly, enhancing overall system reliability.
- According to verified reviews, Checkmk is recognized for its powerful capabilities, but some users find the abundance of options overwhelming. They note that deciding which features to implement can be challenging, indicating a potential learning curve for new users.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Paessler PRTG's dashboard consolidates all server health checks into one view, streamlining the monitoring process. This feature has been particularly beneficial for users looking to automate previously manual tasks, saving time and reducing escalation risks.
- Users report that while Checkmk provides a solid monitoring experience, it slightly lags behind Paessler PRTG in terms of ease of use. Some users have expressed a desire for more straightforward setup and configuration processes to match the efficiency they experience with PRTG.
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
Paessler PRTG
Free Trial
Free Trial
10000 Sensors Per Year
30 Day Full Access Free Trial
100% Free. No Credit Card Required
Free Version After the Trial
- Free Full Features for 30 days
Free Trial
Checkmk
Free Trial is available
Paessler PRTG
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
243
9.3
152
Ease of Use
8.1
250
8.9
152
Ease of Setup
8.5
242
8.8
134
Ease of Admin
8.2
237
8.6
102
Quality of Support
8.8
210
8.7
139
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
206
8.5
94
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
242
8.9
143
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
9.5
30
8.7
94
9.6
31
7.4
88
8.8
30
8.0
91
8.8
30
7.2
84
8.6
30
7.8
87
8.8
30
Agentic AI - Database Monitoring
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Functionality
8.5
110
9.3
75
8.5
113
9.2
74
7.5
106
7.9
71
8.4
97
9.1
69
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
7.8
27
8.6
38
7.6
27
8.4
40
8.3
27
9.0
41
Management
Feature Not Available
8.9
68
8.0
102
8.8
70
7.2
94
8.0
67
Analytics - Network Monitoring
7.3
25
7.7
38
6.8
26
7.5
38
Security - Network Monitoring
8.0
27
8.2
38
7.3
25
7.6
37
Feature Not Available
7.1
38
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
Feature Not Available
7.5
38
Feature Not Available
7.1
38
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
Feature Not Available
5.7
37
Feature Not Available
5.5
37
Feature Not Available
5.8
37
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
7.4
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
8.8
8
Monitoring
8.6
62
8.8
27
8.4
61
8.0
25
7.6
58
7.8
24
Feature Not Available
9.0
26
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.3
62
8.6
27
7.7
52
7.5
24
7.7
59
6.9
25
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
7.5
57
8.4
27
8.2
62
8.6
26
7.2
59
7.1
24
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
8.8
55
8.6
136
9.2
54
7.4
132
8.7
52
Monitoring and Management
Feature Not Available
8.5
52
7.9
115
8.0
50
8.2
117
8.2
50
8.7
125
9.1
54
Agentic AI - Hardware Monitoring
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
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
9.1
56
8.6
131
9.3
56
7.6
122
8.9
54
Monitoring and Management
8.4
123
8.9
54
7.9
116
8.0
51
8.3
113
8.5
53
8.5
126
9.3
56
8.3
126
9.1
49
8.2
116
8.6
48
Cloud environment support
7.5
92
8.3
41
Feature Not Available
8.3
43
Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Functionality
8.5
65
9.3
57
7.3
61
8.8
55
8.3
66
8.8
54
5.7
54
7.2
51
Management
7.4
63
8.9
56
7.7
68
9.2
54
7.7
61
9.0
54
8.2
64
9.3
57
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
Not enough data
9.1
23
Not enough data
9.1
22
Not enough data
9.2
23
Not enough data
9.1
23
Not enough data
9.1
23
Not enough data
9.2
23
Not enough data
9.1
23
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
20
8.2
47
8.8
20
8.4
46
9.3
20
5.7
38
6.8
20
8.4
42
9.3
21
Response
7.9
44
9.3
21
8.3
45
9.0
21
7.8
45
8.4
20
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
8.6
22
Feature Not Available
8.3
22
Functionality
7.0
40
8.6
22
7.0
37
8.8
22
7.2
44
8.3
22
7.2
39
8.3
23
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 Paessler PRTG are categorized as Enterprise Monitoring, Server Monitoring, Network Monitoring, Hardware Monitoring, Database Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), and Observability Software
Unique Categories
Checkmk is categorized as Website Monitoring, Log Monitoring, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, and Log Analysis
Paessler PRTG has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Checkmk
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Paessler PRTG
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
25.6%
Telecommunications
7.9%
Computer & Network Security
4.3%
Computer Software
3.7%
Hospital & Health Care
3.0%
Other
55.5%
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 are the benefits and drawbacks of using PRTG Network Monitor for your IT infrastructure, and what improvements would you suggest?
1 Comment
MA
Flexible Licensing:
The licensing model is based on the number of sensors, allowing organizations to choose a plan that fits their specific needs and budget.Read more
Paessler PRTG has no more discussions with answers
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