Checkmk Reviews & Product Details

Checkmk is an IT monitoring platform designed to deliver deep visibility into hybrid infrastructures. It supports monitoring of cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP), on-premises data centers, virtual machines, containers, and Kubernetes clusters. With more than 2,000 monitoring plug-ins available out of the box, it offers broad coverage across applications, networks, databases, operating systems, and hardware. The platform is highly automated, featuring service discovery and rule-based configuration to reduce manual setup. It scales efficiently to monitor thousands of hosts and millions of services. A central web-based interface allows users to manage configuration, visualize data with customizable dashboards, and track system performance over time. Checkmk can be flexibly deployed, coming as a package for Linux, a virtual machine for any operating system, an image on AWS and Azure marketplaces, or a physical appliance. Checkmk also supports integration with ITSM tools and third-party platforms, enabling automatic ticket creation and streamlined alerting. Advanced features, such as forecasting, capacity planning, and asset inventory, help teams maintain reliable operations across dynamic IT landscapes. Monitoring capabilities: - Monitoring of hybrid infrastructures: cloud, on-premises, virtual, and container environments - Over 2,000 native plug-ins for infrastructure and applications - Built-in dashboards provide key metrics for AWS and Azure environments, Linux and Windows servers, and Kubernetes clusters - Automated discovery and configuration - Smart alerting with native ITSM integrations Operational benefits: - Gain insights into system health, capacity trends and future resource needs through built-in assessments and forecasting tools - Reduce manual effort with auto-discovery, rule-based configuration, and a centralized agent management - Minimize downtime and speed up incident response using custom self-healing workflows via the ‘Alert Handler’ - Create tailored dashboards and views to highlight the most relevant metrics for each team, with flexible visualizations and user-specific perspectives - Maintain an up-to-date inventory of all hardware and software assets, enriched with live monitoring data to track changes and enhance asset health insights in your CMDB Why choose Checkmk? - Transparent pricing model with a strong price-performance ratio - Flexible deployment options for cloud, on-premises, or hybrid environments - End-to-end application monitoring through synthetic checks and OpenTelemetry integration - Scales efficiently to support large, distributed environments with high host and service counts - Extensible architecture for custom plug-ins and integrations Customers include: Adobe, Cloudera, Fujitsu, Siemens, Orange, VW, HP, Zalando, Fitbit, NEC, Continental, NHL, Capgemini, Sixt, Intesa SanPaolo

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German, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish

Product Description

Helping you stay up and running from simple to the most complex environments

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Carolin Adams

Pricing

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Checkmk Enterprise

Starting at €2,100.00

3000 Services Per Year

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Checkmk Media

In Checkmk you can adjust dashboards to your needs

Checkmk Demo - Netflow monitoring with Checkmk

Checkmk integrates with tools like ntop and allows detailed monitoring of your network

Checkmk Demo - Monitoring Kuberenetes with Checkmk

Checkmk can monitor Kubernetes and Docker

Checkmk Demo - Several options to analyze your monitoring data

Checkmk provides you with rich details on various metrics

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Verified User in Consumer Goods

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/19/2024

"Monitoring made easy"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Checkmk?

No need to create complex config files by hand for each host. The Auto-Discovery is such a great feature and includes all the important Windows Server Logs and shows Warnings and Critical alerts of those. Also includes Windows Service, CPU / RAM / Disk IO and Filesystem usage and alerts us when services stop or usage is above a cerain limit. Good default limits for alerts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Checkmk?

Steep learning curve for beginners. For example how to ignore certain windows server log warnings or how to handle / remove this alerts (deleting log instead of acknowledging them). So many features in so many (sub) menus - sometimes hard the find the feature you need or which you used 2-3 months ago. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Checkmk solving and how is that benefiting you?

checkmk monitors all our windows and linux servers logs, services and other metrics. Also the uptime / availability of our websites and onlineshops. We get alerts before colleagues cant work because of crashed services or full server drives or before customers call us because the onlineshop is down for 2 days already. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sara Garifullina of Checkmk

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Hello!

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on Checkmk. It’s great to hear that you’re making full use of its features.

We’re consistently working on enhancing the user experience, including the look of the menus in Checkmk. If you’re interested in contributing to these improvements, you’re welcome to join our UX Research mailing list to stay informed about upcoming opportunities: https://lists.checkmk.com/mailman3/postorius/lists/ux-research.lists.checkmk.com/.

Best regards,

The Checkmk Team

Verified User in Insurance

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/20/2025

"Best Monitoring Tool EU West"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Checkmk?

Once setup the tool is easily usable and intuitive for new users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Checkmk?

The setup can be tricky sometimes. Other than that I have not encountered any significant downsides yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Public Safety

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/21/2025

"Powerful Universal Monitoring solution"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Checkmk?

With checkmk, everything can be monitored. For most use cases, either checks are integrated or available as extensions in the community. For all other cases, custom extensions can be easily developed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Checkmk?

Checkmk can quickly overwhelm newcomers due to its complexity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/21/2025

"It is a good tool for monitor our applications"

5/5

What do you like best about Checkmk?

It is very powerful and also easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Checkmk?

It is very powerful and but sometimes it is difficult to find the right settings. The user interface could be better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Retail

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/4/2022

"We are very satisfied"

5/5

What do you like best about Checkmk?

We like the easy GUI, distributed monitoring concept and the constant feature updates based on community upvotes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Checkmk?

Cloud monitoring was limited for a while but it has been addressed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Insurance

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/11/2024

"Checkmk for the best possibel Monitoring of your IT infrastructure"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Checkmk?

Checkmk is an powerfull open source application that is constantly being developed and is extensively supported. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Checkmk?

Can be expensive for bigger deployments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Christian Reiser of Checkmk

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Thank you for your thoughtful review!

We’re glad to hear that Checkmk’s power, ongoing development, and strong support are delivering value for your IT infrastructure monitoring. It's great to know it's helping you catch issues early.

We understand that cost can be a factor for larger setups, and we strive to ensure our pricing reflects the value and scalability we offer.

Thanks again for your feedback and trust in Checkmk!

Verified User in Computer & Network Security

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/21/2025

"The best monitoring software on the market"

5/5

What do you like best about Checkmk?

Being able to create individual extensions for my customers and their needs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Checkmk?

Migration to newer versions, especially mkps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Games

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/21/2025

"Powerful and flexible tool"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Checkmk?

It gives us a nice overview of all our systems

It's flexible and highly customisable

The team is awesome Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Checkmk?

Dashboards are not easy to apprehended

Notifications as well Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consulting

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/21/2025

"Review Checkmk"

4/5

What do you like best about Checkmk?

Checkmk is versatile and can cover a wide range of use cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Checkmk?

The UI is not always well-structured and intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ravikumar A.

System Analyst Global Data Center

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/26/2024

"Comprehensive Monitoring"

5/5

What do you like best about Checkmk?

CheckMK is its comprehensive monitoring capabilities, which allow for real time visibility into the IT infrastructure. It is easily customize checks and report make it a powerful solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Checkmk?

Infrace should more user friendly and it would be nice if it is have less complex features for navigating to configure new services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sara Garifullina of Checkmk

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Dear Ravikumar,

Thank you for your review! We’re glad to hear that you’re making the most of Checkmk’s capabilities.

Regarding the UX, we are continuously working on improvements. We would greatly appreciate your help in this area by participating in our UX Research. If you're interested, please consider joining our mailing list to stay updated on all opportunities: https://lists.checkmk.com/mailman3/postorius/lists/ux-research.lists.checkmk.com/.

Best regards,

Your Checkmk Team