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 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.
Community
FreeFree and open-source edition with core monitoring
- sites
- 1
- services
- 750
Pro
Self-managed with distributed monitoring and automation, scales to 100,000+ hosts
Ultimate
Self-managed with cloud-native capabilities including Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, and GCP support
Cloud
Fully managed SaaS with automatic updates and backups, capped at 50,000 services
Ultimate with Multi-Tenancy
Contact salesFor managed service providers with multi-tenant isolation and centralized monitoring
What Checkmk does
The capabilities that matter for network monitoring, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- 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
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Linux
- Windows
- Cloud / SaaS
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Integrations (20)
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
- GCP•
Checkmk FAQ
Common questions about Checkmk, answered from independent, dated evidence.
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. It is indexed under Network Monitoring.
Source: https://checkmk.com/pricing
Is Checkmk free?
Checkmk offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Community, Professional, Ultimate and Cloud. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://checkmk.com
What platforms does Checkmk support?
Checkmk supports the web and Linux. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://checkmk.com
Can Checkmk be self-hosted?
Yes. Checkmk can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://checkmk.com
What does Checkmk integrate with?
We have confirmed 19 integrations for Checkmk, including Slack, Mattermost, ServiceNow, Jira, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Prometheus and Redis, plus 11 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://checkmk.com/pricing
What security certifications does Checkmk have?
We have independently confirmed GDPR for Checkmk. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Checkmk not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://checkmk.com/blog/security-best-practices-checkmk
Where is Checkmk available?
Checkmk is available worldwide. Its primary markets are Germany and the United States. The vendor is headquartered in Germany.
Source: https://checkmk.com/pricing
Checkmk alternatives
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Compare Checkmk
Side by side against other network monitoring, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI 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 | 0.06 | 6.3 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 95 | 0.05 | 4.6 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 25 | 0.16 | 3.9 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 75 | 0.05 | 3.8 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.04 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.12 | 0.0 | - |
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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.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 7 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 64% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Open source, Snmp polling, Multi tenant msp, Auto discovery topology, Synthetic active monitoring | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 2,000 | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 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% |
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