Grafana

Grafana

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Checkmk is a comprehensive IT monitoring system that enables system administrators, IT managers, and DevOps teams to identify issues across their entire IT infrastructure (servers, applications, networks, storage, databases, containers) and act quickly to resolve them More than 2,000 commercial customers and many more open source users worldwide use Checkmk daily. Key product features: • Service state monitoring with almost 2,000 checks 'out of the box' • Log and event-based monitoring • Metrics, dynamic graphing, and long-term storage • Comprehensive reporting incl. availability and SLAs • Flexible notifications and automated alert handling • Monitoring of business processes and complex systems • Hardware and software inventory • Graphical, rule-based configuration, and automated service discovery Top use cases: • Server Monitoring • Network Monitoring • Application Monitoring • Database Monitoring • Storage Monitoring • Cloud Monitoring • Container Monitoring

About

Grafana Labs provides an open and composable observability stack built around Grafana, the leading open source technology for dashboards and visualization. Recognized as a 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for Observability Platforms and positioned furthest to the right for Completeness of Vision, Grafana Labs supports over 25M users and 5,000+ customers—including Bloomberg, Citigroup, Dell Technologies, Salesforce, and TomTom. The LGTM Stack combines Grafana for visualization, Mimir for metrics, Loki for logs, and Tempo for traces. Grafana Cloud, the fully managed offering, accelerates time to value with turnkey solutions for Kubernetes monitoring, incident response, load testing, and more. It features Adaptive Metrics for cost-efficient data aggregation and native OpenTelemetry support. Built on open standards, Grafana empowers teams to visualize and correlate data from any source—without vendor lock-in—whether self-managed or in the cloud. Grafana Cloud scales with you, securely.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

System administrators, IT managers and DevOps

Audience

Engineering teams, developers, architects and more that need a powerful observability solution

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$0/year
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

$0
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.5 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 4.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

Checkmk
Founded: 2007
Germany
checkmk.com

Company Information

Grafana Labs
Founded: 2014
United States
grafana.com

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Categories

Categories

Database Monitoring Features

Anomaly Detection
Autodiscovery
Capacity Planning
Dashboard
Dependency Tracking
Historical Trend Analysis
Multitenancy
Notifications / Alerts
Performance Monitoring
Permissions / Access Controls
Predictive Analytics
Prioritization
Query Analysis
Resource Optimization
Troubleshooting

IT Infrastructure Monitoring Features

Alerts / Notifications
Application Monitoring
Bandwidth Monitoring
Capacity Planning
Configuration Change Management
Data Movement Monitoring
Health Monitoring
Multi-Platform Support
Performance Monitoring
Point-in-Time Visibility
Reporting / Analytics
Virtual Machine Monitoring

Business Activity Monitoring Features

Alerts / Notifications
Business Process Management
Cross Application Analysis
Email Monitoring
Events Monitoring
KPI Monitoring
Pre-Configured Events
Reporting / Analytics
Workflow Management

Cloud Management Features

Access Control
Billing & Provisioning
Capacity Analytics
Cost Management
Demand Monitoring
Multi-Cloud Management
Performance Analytics
SLA Management
Supply Monitoring
Workflow Approval

Container Security Features

Access Roles / Permissions
Application Performance Tracking
Centralized Policy Management
Container Stack Scanning
Image Vulnerability Detection
Reporting
Testing
View Container Metadata

Network Mapping Features

Color Codes / Icons
Compliance Management
Device Auto Discovery
Hierarchical Mapping
Location-Based Mapping
Map Exporting
On-Demand Mapping
Reporting/Analytics
Self-Updating Maps
Web Traffic Reporting

Network Monitoring Features

Bandwidth Monitoring
Baseline Manager
Diagnostic Tools
Internet Usage Monitoring
IP Address Monitoring
Real Time Analytics
Resource Management
Server Monitoring
SLA Monitoring
Uptime Monitoring
Web Traffic Reporting

Server Management Features

CPU Monitoring
Credential Management
Database Servers
Email Monitoring
Event Logs
History Tracking
Patch Management
Scheduling
User Activity Monitoring
Virtual Machine Monitoring

System Monitoring Features

Alerts / Notifications
Antivirus Management
Data Backup / Recovery
Device Monitoring
Inventory Management
Patch Management
Policy-based Automation
Remote Monitoring
Reporting / Analytics
Risk Analysis
Server Monitoring
Service Configuration Management

Website Monitoring Features

Availability Testing
Event Logs
Event-Based Notifications
FTP Monitoring
Mail Server Monitoring
Maintenance Scheduling
Performance Metrics
Real Time Monitoring
Transaction Monitoring
Uptime Reporting

Database Monitoring Features

Anomaly Detection
Autodiscovery
Capacity Planning
Dashboard
Dependency Tracking
Historical Trend Analysis
Multitenancy
Notifications / Alerts
Performance Monitoring
Permissions / Access Controls
Predictive Analytics
Prioritization
Query Analysis
Resource Optimization
Troubleshooting

IT Alerting Features

Alert Noise Reduction
Alert Routing
Dynamic Notifications
Enriched Incident Context
Escalation Policies
Incident History Audit
Multi-User Alerting
Multiple Alert Types
On-Call Management
Rich HTML Email Notifications

IT Infrastructure Monitoring Features

Alerts / Notifications
Application Monitoring
Bandwidth Monitoring
Capacity Planning
Configuration Change Management
Data Movement Monitoring
Health Monitoring
Multi-Platform Support
Performance Monitoring
Point-in-Time Visibility
Reporting / Analytics
Virtual Machine Monitoring

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Features

Baseline Manager
Diagnostic Tools
Full Transaction Diagnostics
Performance Control
Resource Management
Root-Cause Diagnosis
Server Performance
Trace Individual Transactions

Dashboard Features

Annotations
Data Source Integrations
Functions / Calculations
Interactive
KPIs
OLAP
Private Dashboards
Public Dashboards
Scorecards
Themes
Visual Analytics
Widgets

Data Visualization Features

Analytics
Content Management
Dashboard Creation
Filtered Views
OLAP
Relational Display
Simulation Models
Visual Discovery

Incident Management Features

Audit Trail
Corrective Actions (CAPA)
Disaster Recovery
Incident Reporting
IT Incident Management
OSHA Compliance
Root-Cause Diagnosis
Safety Management
Task Management
Ticket Management

Reporting Features

Customizable Dashboard
Data Source Connectors
Drag & Drop
Drill Down
Email Reports
Financial Reports
Forecasting
Marketing Reports
OLAP
Report Export
Sales Reports
Scheduled / Automated Reports

Integrations

Azure Marketplace
Squadcast
openITCOCKPIT
ExtremeControl
Grafana Loki
InsightFinder
M3
Observo AI
OnlineOrNot
Opster
Prisme Analytics
QuestDB
Shift
SwarmZero
Toplyne
Traefik Mesh
Wyebot
YANTRA Connect
Zenduty
gopaddle

Integrations

Azure Marketplace
Squadcast
openITCOCKPIT
ExtremeControl
Grafana Loki
InsightFinder
M3
Observo AI
OnlineOrNot
Opster
Prisme Analytics
QuestDB
Shift
SwarmZero
Toplyne
Traefik Mesh
Wyebot
YANTRA Connect
Zenduty
gopaddle
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