Checkmk
Unified IT monitoring platform for hybrid, cloud, and on-premises infrastructure
- Also known as
- checkmk
Available worldwide · Popular in: DE, US
What is 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.
Checkmk pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free open source tier; paid subscriptions from €190/month billed annually, priced by services, metrics, or synthetic tests monitored
Free & Open Source
FreeFree and open source monitoring with limited capacity
- sites
- 1
- services
- 750
- 2000+ pre-built integrations
- Auto-discovery
- SNMP monitoring
- Event console
Pro / Ultimate (Self-Hosted)
Commercial self-hosted editions for hybrid and cloud-native infrastructure monitoring
- 2000+ integrations
- Advanced cloud integrations
- Kubernetes monitoring
- REST API
- Automated discovery
- Distributed monitoring support
Cloud (SaaS)
Fully managed SaaS edition hosted on AWS (Frankfurt EU or Northern Virginia US)
- services
- up to 50000
- 2000+ integrations
- Advanced cloud integrations
- Kubernetes monitoring
- REST API
- Built-in cloud dashboards
- No synthetic monitoring add-on
Add-ons
- Synthetic Monitoring
- Additional Custom Metrics
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Linux
- Cloud / SaaS
- On-premise
- Air-gapped
- Self-hosted
Integrations (19)
Independently observed- Slack
- Mattermost
- ServiceNow
- Jira
- Kubernetes
- OpenShift
- Prometheus
- Redis
- Couchbase
- RabbitMQ
- FortiGate
- Pulse Secure
- Cisco ASA
- Cisco Webex
- AWS
- Azure
- Google Cloud
- Salesforce
- VMware
Checkmk alternatives
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- Kentiklow · 3%
Compare Checkmk
Side by side against other network monitoring, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Checkmk, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.08 | 8.4 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 95 | 0.04 | 3.9 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 25 | 0.07 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| Price level | 25 | 0.05 | 1.3 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 2,000 | mediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: DE · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-19 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sla pct | 99.5 | mediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-19 · 75% |