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.

Independently observed

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.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
from €190/moSubscriptionFree tier30-day trial

Free open source tier; paid subscriptions from €190/month billed annually, priced by services, metrics, or synthetic tests monitored

Free & Open Source

Free
Free

Free 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)

€190/month billed annually

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)

Managed cloud platform with service-based pricing

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
Platforms
  • CLI
  • Web
  • Linux
Deployment
  • 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

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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.

Balanced composite 62 / 100
low · 42%updating
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Pricing transparency1000.088.4
Integrations950.043.9
Reliability250.071.8
Price level250.051.3
Capabilities00.050.0-
Security posture50.070.0-

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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

AttributeValueEvidence
Count2,000mediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
AvailabilityHqCountry: DE · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: …highsource · 2026-08-19 · 75%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60%
Modelfreemiummediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60%
Price levelhighmediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60%
Starting priceAmount: 190 · Currency: EURmediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Sla pct99.5mediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
GdprYeshighsource · 2026-08-19 · 75%