Audience

System administrators, IT managers and DevOps

About Checkmk

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

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Pricing

Starting Price:
$0/year
Pricing Details:
Pricing is per service i.e. per monitored metric such as CPU utilization
Free Version:
Free Version available.
Free Trial:
Free Trial available.

Integrations

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Ratings/Reviews - 2 User Reviews

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

Checkmk
Founded: 2007
Germany
checkmk.com

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Product Details

Platforms Supported
Cloud
Linux
Training
Documentation
Live Online
Webinars
In Person
Videos
Support
Phone Support
Online

Checkmk Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What kinds of users and organization types does Checkmk work with?
Q: What languages does Checkmk support in their product?
Q: What kind of support options does Checkmk offer?
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Q: Does Checkmk offer a free trial?
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Checkmk Product Features

Business Activity Monitoring

Alerts / Notifications Supported
Business Process Management Supported
Cross Application Analysis Supported
Email Monitoring Supported
Events Monitoring Supported
KPI Monitoring Supported
Pre-Configured Events Supported
Reporting / Analytics Supported
Workflow Management Not Supported

Cloud Management

Capacity Analytics Supported
Cost Management Supported
Multi-Cloud Management Supported
Performance Analytics Supported
SLA Management Supported
Supply Monitoring Supported
Access Control Not Supported
Billing & Provisioning Not Supported
Demand Monitoring Not Supported
Workflow Approval Not Supported

Container Security

Access Roles / Permissions Supported
Container Stack Scanning Supported
Reporting Supported
Testing Supported
View Container Metadata Supported
Application Performance Tracking Not Supported
Centralized Policy Management Not Supported
Image Vulnerability Detection Not Supported

Database Monitoring

Anomaly Detection Supported
Autodiscovery Supported
Capacity Planning Supported
Dashboard Supported
Historical Trend Analysis Supported
Multitenancy Supported
Notifications / Alerts Supported
Performance Monitoring Supported
Permissions / Access Controls Supported
Predictive Analytics Supported
Query Analysis Supported
Resource Optimization Supported
Troubleshooting Supported
Dependency Tracking Not Supported
Prioritization Not Supported

IT Alerting

Multi-User Alerting Not Supported
Alert Noise Reduction Not Supported
Enriched Incident Context Not Supported
Multiple Alert Types Not Supported
Rich HTML Email Notifications Not Supported
Dynamic Notifications Not Supported
Incident History Audit Not Supported
Alert Routing Not Supported
Escalation Policies Not Supported
On-Call Management Not Supported

IT Infrastructure Monitoring

Alerts / Notifications Supported
Application Monitoring Supported
Bandwidth Monitoring Supported
Capacity Planning Supported
Configuration Change Management Supported
Data Movement Monitoring Supported
Health Monitoring Supported
Multi-Platform Support Supported
Performance Monitoring Supported
Reporting / Analytics Supported
Virtual Machine Monitoring Supported
Point-in-Time Visibility Not Supported

Network Mapping

Device Auto Discovery Supported
Hierarchical Mapping Supported
Location-Based Mapping Supported
Map Exporting Supported
Reporting/Analytics Supported
Self-Updating Maps Supported
Color Codes / Icons Not Supported
Compliance Management Not Supported
On-Demand Mapping Not Supported
Web Traffic Reporting Not Supported

Network Monitoring

Bandwidth Monitoring Supported
Diagnostic Tools Supported
IP Address Monitoring Supported
Internet Usage Monitoring Supported
Real Time Analytics Supported
SLA Monitoring Supported
Server Monitoring Supported
Uptime Monitoring Supported
Web Traffic Reporting Supported
Baseline Manager Not Supported
Resource Management Not Supported

Server Management

CPU Monitoring Supported
Credential Management Supported
Database Servers Supported
Email Monitoring Supported
Event Logs Supported
History Tracking Supported
Patch Management Supported
Virtual Machine Monitoring Supported
Scheduling Not Supported
User Activity Monitoring Not Supported

System Monitoring

Alerts / Notifications Supported
Device Monitoring Supported
Inventory Management Supported
Policy-based Automation Supported
Remote Monitoring Supported
Reporting / Analytics Supported
Server Monitoring Supported
Service Configuration Management Supported
Antivirus Management Not Supported
Data Backup / Recovery Not Supported
Patch Management Not Supported
Risk Analysis Not Supported

Website Monitoring

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

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Checkmk Verified User Reviews

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  • Afsana K.
    Back End Developer
    Used the software for: 6-12 Months
    Frequency of Use: Weekly
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1,000 - 4,999
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Best Monitoring Solution."

    Posted 2021-02-17

    Pros: -The user interface and graphical user interface are straightforward and easy to use, updates are effortless to implement.
    -It can easily monitor city platforms, databases, servers, etc.
    -You can customize the notification, being based on Nagios, it is mighty and swift to use.

    Cons: -The front-end design is a bit outdated and can be improved for the user's better experience. Other than that, everything works fine and effortless.

    Overall: Overall, Checkmk is an all-in-one monitoring tool for any organization or company, and it comes with many features and functionalities. The downside is the outdated UI.

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  • Himesh S.
    Data analyst
    Used the software for: Free Trial
    Frequency of Use: Monthly
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 26 - 99
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Instant Database monitoring"

    Posted 2020-07-18

    Pros: It's the best IT monitoring solution. It can monitor cloud, server and database flawlessly. It monitors core performance and resources. Very easy to deploy and check Azure cloud performance.

    Cons: Overall it's an outstanding IT monitoring solution.

    Overall: It's an intuitive IT monitoring platform. Overall I use checkmk for database and network monitoring. It makes it very easy to deploy and monitor databases from any place. The plugin is very intuitive and powerful.

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