--- description: Review of Checkmk Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Checkmk | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice AU --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Cloud Management Software](/directory/4676/cloud-management/software) > [Checkmk](/software/147118/checkmk) # Checkmk Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/147118/checkmk Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/147118/checkmk?page=2) > Checkmk is a full-stack monitoring and observability platform for hybrid environments that enables system administrators, IT managers, and DevOps teams to identify and resolve issues across their entire IT infrastructure - be it on-prem or cloud. It provides unified visibility across networks, servers, databases, cloud workloads, Kubernetes, applications and user experience out-of-the-box, with 2000+ pre-built integrations. Checkmk offers a scalable, automated system with rapid setup times and automated host discovery. Checkmk offers four editions: Community (open-source), Pro, Ultimate, and Cloud - catering to a range of needs from small deployments to large enterprises. The platform is used by over 5,000 commercial customers and a large base of open-source users. > > Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 35 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 35 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: tribe29 - **Location**: München, Germany - **Founded**: 2007 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: USD 3,300.00 - **Pricing model**: Usage Based (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Choose between five Editions aimed at monitoring any kind of cloud and IT infrastructure. Fine-tune your investment to your scale and support requirements. IT monitoring has never been more flexible. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise), Chromebook (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize and 204 more ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Activity Tracking - Alerts/Escalation - Alerts/Notifications - Application Management - Archiving & Retention - Asset Lifecycle Management - Asset Tracking - Audit Management - Audit Trail - Authentication - Automated Scheduling - Automatic Backup - Availability Testing - Bandwidth Monitoring - CPU Monitoring - Capacity Analytics - Capacity Management ## Integrations (67 total) - AWS Lambda - AlertManager - Amazon CloudFront - Amazon DynamoDB - Amazon EC2 - Amazon EC2 Spot - Amazon ElastiCache - Amazon RDS - Amazon S3 - Azure Application Gateway - Azure Load Balancer - Azure Traffic Manager - Azure Virtual Machines - Cisco Meraki - Couchbase Server ... and 52 more integrations ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base ## Category - [Cloud Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4676/cloud-management/software) ## Related Categories - [Cloud Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4676/cloud-management/software) - [IoT Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4273/iot/software) - [IT, Server and Network Monitoring Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4409/server-monitoring/software) - [Network Monitoring Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4307/network-monitoring/software) - [IT Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4563/it-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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The software is easily extensible with your own scripts or check-plugins from other monitoring tools like Nagios, Icinga, Zabbix, etc. There wasn't a single device that I couldn't somehow monitor with at least a basic set of checks like the SNMP hr-MIBs. The passive checks of the agent are still one of the most appreciated features of the software. > > **Cons**: The active check plugins from Ethan Galstad/Nagios written in C which are still being used widely, eg. check\_dns could need a make-over in python (like all the native ones are), because they are either not working the way they should (eg. check\_dns reports the time of it's own process, rather than the time the dns answer took) and are missing features (eg. check\_dns has no clue about DNSSEC). Some of the enterprise features like the Reporting (especially PDF export functionality) should be ported over to the open-source variant (Raw Edition) of the software to be able to compete with other FOSS tools on the market. > > Having an overview over your IT-infrastructure 24x7, recognizing misconfiguration/misbehaviour before it becomes a real problem (predictive monitoring). Being able to automate many tasks to save a lot of time with the configuration via API or through other configuration management systems (eg. I use puppet to keep the agent and the plugins up-to-date all the time). The possibilites to notify yourself, customers, co-workers, etc. are endless and also very flexible. ----- ### "Always the tool that saves the day" — 5.0/5 > **Ricardo** | *21 June 2023* | Information Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: The capacity and hability that gives you to easily adapt to your own scenario > > **Cons**: Actually there is nothing that I can recall. > > I've been using checkmk for at least 12 years and there is nothing that I couldn't deliver. It's flexibility and extended community always there for you. ----- ### "Checkmk is a great monitoring tool" — 4.0/5 > **Jerome** | *12 June 2024* | Food & Beverages | Recommendation rating: 3.0/10 > > **Pros**: Ease of use and the possibility to monitor everything > > **Cons**: How you have to configure the notifications ----- ### "The perfect monitoring solution for small, mid-sized, big and huge infrastuctures" — 5.0/5 > **Norman** | *6 March 2020* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: The ability to monitor almost every device with small to little effort is great. (Out-of-the-box) The rule based configuration is one of the key features why Checkmk is superior. Performance is great, even in bigger setups (\>2000 hosts). Distributed Monitoring and the ability for managed services helps a lot. Thridparty Integration is great, thanks to the open source community. You're not forced to a cloud (SaaS). All your sensitive data is stored local and you have the power over it. You're able to build your monitoring dynamic from the ground up and Checkmk helps to improve the overall quality of your infrastructure. > > **Cons**: It takes some time to get used to the GUI because of the vast amount of features. > > Checkmk offers a whole monitoring framework that you can use to monitor like everything out there. With the help of the ~1800 check plugins and the ability to write your own checks you can monitor whatever you want. The amount of abilitys to do things like sending out notifications, configuration etc. are huge. Checkmk offers a steep learning curve and the benefits you're getting from it are great and I personally learned a lots of new things with the help of Checkmk. The insights you're getting from it are great and help to resolve problems even before they are real problems. One of the greatest things is the opensource edition (RAW Edition) of Checkmk. The ability to contribute your own code to the final product is great. I'm working with Checkmk everyday and used almost every type they're offering (CME,CEE,RAW, virt. Appliance). I'm consulting companys in monitoring projects and my company is part of the Checkmk Partner Programm. I only had good experiences with the Checkmk Team. ----- ### "A flexible and extendable monitoring solution" — 5.0/5 > **Christian** | *26 March 2020* | Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: "If you can script it, you can do it\!" I really like the ability to customize nearly everything so that the software exactly fits your needs. You can create your own checks so you can monitor custom applications or odd use cases. Checkmk offers a nice API so you can automate host creation, create your own little helper tools and much more. > > **Cons**: The documentation lacks depth on some topics but it is getting better. When you start to use Checkmk for the first time the learning curve is a bit steep, but you get reward with a sheer endless amount of possibilities when you take time to learn. > > We are using the Checkmk Enterprise Edition to monitor our infrastructure with around 500 hosts (Linux, Windows, Cisco, Barracuda Firewalls, VMware, Surveillance cameras, Building Access Control Systems). The hosts are located in different sites in Germany and India. This year we are starting to monitor our user endpoints (Windows and Linux) too. We wanted to gain a better insight in which system run which OS version and patch level, hardware health, and which systems are offline for long periods of time. 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