Checkmk vs SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
No clear leader: Checkmk (58.3) and SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (58.1) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for network monitoring. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Checkmk
A comprehensive observability solution that monitors infrastructure, applications, and synthetic endpoints across hybrid and cloud environments, with over 2000 pre-built integrations and automated discovery.
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor enables the monitoring of network devices including routers, switches, firewalls, and wireless controllers. It automatically discovers devices, collects performance metrics, builds network topology maps, and provides visualization tools to identify and resolve network performance issues.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Checkmk
Free Community edition; Pro and Ultimate are self-managed subscriptions; Cloud is a managed SaaS option. All pricing based on services/metrics/tests monitored rather than host count.
- CommunityFree
- Pro-
- Ultimate-
- Cloud-
- Ultimate with Multi-TenancyContact sales
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Starts at $8/node/month. 30-day free trial. Volume discounts available.
- Observability Self-Hosted$8/node/month, volume discounts available
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- Slack
- Prometheus
- Salesforce
Checkmk
- Mattermost
- ServiceNow
- Jira
- Kubernetes
- OpenShift
- Redis
- Couchbase
- RabbitMQ
- FortiGate
- Pulse Secure
- Cisco ASA
- Cisco Webex
- AWS
- Azure
- Google Cloud
- VMware
- GCP
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
- Zulip
- Microsoft Teams
- Jira Cloud
- Jira Server
- AWS CloudWatch
- AWS CloudTrail
- AWS Lambda
- Azure Monitor
- Azure Active Directory
- Google Cloud Operations
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- Datadog
- New Relic
- Dynatrace
- Grafana
- Cisco Meraki
- Jenkins
- Okta
Checkmk or SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor: which one depends on you
A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.
Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.