# Checkmk vs LibreNMS

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Checkmk

| Attribute | Checkmk | LibreNMS |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 61.6 (42% (low)) | 44.3 (19% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 2 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 4,848 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | Automatically identifies and monitors networked devices with customizable alerts and API integration. Provides mobile applications for remote monitoring and includes billing and reporting functionality. |
| integrations.count | 2,000 | 3 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Mattermost"},{"name":"ServiceNow"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"OpenShift"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Redis"},{"name":"Couchbase"},{"name":"RabbitMQ"},{"name":"FortiGate"},{"name":"Pulse Secure"},{"name":"Cisco ASA"},{"name":"Cisco Webex"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"Google Cloud"},{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"VMware"}]` | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"IRC"}]` |
| language.primary | - | PHP |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"DE","primaryMarkets":["DE","US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"linux":true}` | `{"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free & Open Source","summary":"Free open source tier","features":["2000+ pre-built integrations","Auto-discovery","SNMP monitoring","Event console"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"}],"description":"Free and open source monitoring with limited capacity","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"sites":"1","services":"750"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro / Ultimate (Self-Hosted)","summary":"€190/month billed annually","features":["2000+ integrations","Advanced cloud integrations","Kubernetes monitoring","REST API","Automated discovery","Distributed monitoring support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":190,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"}],"description":"Commercial self-hosted editions for hybrid and cloud-native infrastructure monitoring","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Cloud (SaaS)","summary":"Managed cloud platform with service-based pricing","features":["2000+ integrations","Advanced cloud integrations","Kubernetes monitoring","REST API","Built-in cloud dashboards","No synthetic monitoring add-on"],"description":"Fully managed SaaS edition hosted on AWS (Frankfurt EU or Northern Virginia US)","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"services":"up to 50000"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"Synthetic Monitoring"},{"name":"Additional Custom Metrics"}],"summary":"Free open source tier; paid subscriptions from €190/month billed annually, priced by services, metrics, or synthetic tests monitored","currency":"EUR","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://checkmk.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T14:40:09.121Z","freeTrialDays":30,"startingPrice":{"amount":190,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | - |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | high | - |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":190,"currency":"EUR"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 27 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/librenms/librenms/releases/tag/26.8.1","date":"2026-08-19T09:29:18Z","type":"stable","version":"26.8.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/librenms/librenms/releases/tag/26.8.0","date":"2026-08-17T15:56:42Z","type":"stable","version":"26.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/librenms/librenms/releases/tag/26.7.0","date":"2026-07-20T15:51:02Z","type":"stable","version":"26.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/librenms/librenms/releases/tag/26.6.1","date":"2026-06-17T14:30:02Z","type":"stable","version":"26.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/librenms/librenms/releases/tag/26.6.0","date":"2026-06-15T07:02:39Z","type":"stable","version":"26.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/librenms/librenms/releases/tag/26.5.1","date":"2026-05-20T10:00:21Z","type":"stable","version":"26.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/librenms/librenms/releases/tag/26.5.0","date":"2026-05-18T07:56:06Z","type":"stable","version":"26.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/librenms/librenms/releases/tag/26.4.1","date":"2026-04-22T20:51:08Z","type":"stable","version":"26.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/librenms/librenms/releases/tag/26.4.0","date":"2026-04-20T05:50:05Z","type":"stable","version":"26.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/librenms/librenms/releases/tag/26.3.1","date":"2026-03-17T09:25:35Z","type":"stable","version":"26.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/librenms/librenms/releases/tag/26.3.0","date":"2026-03-16T11:02:41Z","type":"stable","version":"26.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/librenms/librenms/releases/tag/26.2.0","date":"2026-02-16T12:15:13Z","type":"stable","version":"26.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/librenms/librenms/releases/tag/26.1.1","date":"2026-01-12T23:26:02Z","type":"stable","version":"26.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/librenms/librenms/releases/tag/26.1.0","date":"2026-01-12T11:55:12Z","type":"stable","version":"26.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/librenms/librenms/releases/tag/25.12.0","date":"2025-12-15T14:06:00Z","type":"stable","version":"25.12.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/librenms/librenms/releases/tag/25.11.0","date":"2025-11-17T13:29:57Z","type":"stable","version":"25.11.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/librenms/librenms/releases/tag/25.10.0","date":"2025-10-15T08:33:34Z","type":"stable","version":"25.10.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/librenms/librenms/releases/tag/25.9.1","date":"2025-09-17T16:25:03Z","type":"stable","version":"25.9.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/librenms/librenms/releases/tag/25.9.0","date":"2025-09-16T21:50:01Z","type":"stable","version":"25.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/librenms/librenms/releases/tag/25.8.0","date":"2025-08-18T04:52:12Z","type":"stable","version":"25.8.0"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.5 | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 5.1 |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":100,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=packagist&package_name=librenms%2Flibrenms&per_page=100","last_12m":24,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` |

## Capabilities (Network Monitoring)

| Capability | Checkmk | LibreNMS |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Snmp polling | - | - |
| Netflow sflow ipfix | - | - |
| Auto discovery topology | - | - |
| Wifi monitoring | - | - |
| Sdwan monitoring | - | - |
| Synthetic active monitoring | - | - |
| Config backup change mgmt | - | - |
| Cloud VPC monitoring | - | - |
| Multi tenant msp | - | - |
| Anomaly detection | - | - |
| Open source | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:44:20.617Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*