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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.6% of reviews)
Mid-Market (51.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at €2,100.00 3000 Services Per Year
Free With One-Time Purchase
Checkmk
Star Rating
(291)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at €2,100.00 3000 Services Per Year
Free Trial is available
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Star Rating
(200)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (51.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free With One-Time Purchase
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Zabbix excels in Performance Monitoring with a score of 9.2, highlighting its ability to provide detailed insights into system performance, while Checkmk scores 8.6, which some users feel lacks the same depth of analysis.
- Reviewers mention that Checkmk offers superior Ease of Setup with a score of 8.7 compared to Zabbix's 7.4, indicating that users find Checkmk more straightforward to implement, especially for those new to monitoring solutions.
- G2 users highlight Zabbix's strong Alerting capabilities, scoring 8.9, which reviewers say allows for customizable alerts that are crucial for proactive monitoring, whereas Checkmk's alerting score is slightly lower at 8.7, leading some users to feel it could be more flexible.
- Users on G2 report that Checkmk shines in Quality of Support with a score of 8.9, with many reviewers praising the responsiveness and helpfulness of the support team, while Zabbix's score of 7.9 suggests room for improvement in this area.
- Reviewers mention that Zabbix's Real-Time Analytics feature scores an impressive 9.2, which users say provides immediate insights into system performance, while Checkmk's score of 6.9 indicates that users find its analytics capabilities less robust.
- Users report that Checkmk's Multi-Site Monitoring feature, scoring 8.4, is particularly beneficial for enterprises managing multiple locations, while Zabbix's score of 8.1 suggests it may not be as effective in this area, leading some users to prefer Checkmk for larger deployments.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Checkmk
Checkmk Enterprise
Starting at €2,100.00
3000 Services Per Year
Includes additional features, provides greater scalability and offers enterprise-grade support through the vendor or partner network. Vendor support included.
- All functionalities available in Checkmk Raw, plus:
- Monitor an unlimited number of hosts & services
- Distributed monitoring
Zabbix
Free & open source Zabbix
Free
With One-Time Purchase
Zabbix can monitor anything - networks, cloud, websites, IoT, and more.
Any time and anywhere. Zabbix is free and open source. Download it and start using it.
- Free and open source, easy scalable.
Free Trial
Checkmk
Free Trial is available
Zabbix
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
242
8.7
169
Ease of Use
8.1
249
7.3
169
Ease of Setup
8.5
241
7.5
101
Ease of Admin
8.2
236
8.0
100
Quality of Support
8.8
209
7.9
124
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
205
8.2
79
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
241
8.5
167
Features by Category
Functionality
8.2
78
Not enough data
8.7
81
Not enough data
8.5
79
Not enough data
7.5
77
Not enough data
8.2
77
Not enough data
7.1
71
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Website Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
8.9
93
8.6
24
8.7
94
9.0
24
7.4
88
8.3
23
8.0
91
8.1
24
7.2
84
8.2
24
7.8
87
8.3
24
Agentic AI - Database Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
8.5
110
9.2
45
8.5
113
9.2
46
7.5
106
6.9
39
8.4
97
9.0
43
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
7.8
27
Not enough data
7.6
27
Not enough data
8.3
27
Not enough data
Management
Feature Not Available
8.8
44
8.0
102
8.5
45
7.2
94
7.8
41
Analytics - Network Monitoring
7.3
25
Not enough data
6.8
26
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
8.0
27
Not enough data
7.3
25
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.6
62
9.2
32
8.4
61
8.7
28
7.6
58
8.9
29
Feature Not Available
9.1
32
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.3
62
8.8
30
7.7
52
8.9
30
7.7
59
9.1
28
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
7.5
57
8.9
31
8.2
62
8.8
32
7.2
59
8.0
25
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
8.1
136
8.3
32
8.6
136
8.9
32
7.4
131
8.3
31
Monitoring and Management
Feature Not Available
9.0
29
7.9
115
7.9
29
8.2
117
8.3
30
8.7
125
8.9
31
Agentic AI - Hardware Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
8.1
65
Not enough data
8.4
66
Not enough data
7.6
61
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
62
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
8.1
136
8.7
42
8.6
131
8.8
43
7.6
122
8.5
42
Monitoring and Management
8.4
123
8.8
42
7.9
116
7.9
38
8.3
113
8.4
38
8.5
126
8.8
43
8.3
126
8.9
27
8.2
116
8.3
25
Cloud environment support
7.5
92
8.3
24
Feature Not Available
8.5
22
Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
8.5
65
9.1
18
7.3
61
9.2
19
8.3
66
8.5
18
5.7
54
8.1
8
Management
7.4
63
9.1
19
7.7
68
8.8
20
7.7
61
8.9
19
8.2
64
9.3
20
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Preparation
8.1
29
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Verified
Not enough data
8.0
25
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
27
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
23
|
Verified
Not enough data
Analysis
8.2
27
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
25
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
28
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
27
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
27
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
24
|
Verified
Not enough data
Visualization
8.5
28
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
28
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.0
46
8.5
13
8.2
47
8.8
14
8.4
46
8.8
14
5.7
38
8.1
8
8.4
42
8.9
15
Response
7.9
44
8.8
15
8.3
45
8.7
15
7.8
45
8.1
12
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
7.0
44
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
8.5
12
Functionality
7.0
40
8.3
13
7.0
37
7.9
12
7.2
44
Feature Not Available
7.2
39
8.2
14
Alerts management
8.0
31
Not enough data
6.9
31
Not enough data
8.5
32
Not enough data
Monitoring
7.4
30
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.5
29
Not enough data
7.4
31
Not enough data
Automation
6.5
28
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Analysis
7.1
29
Not enough data
7.0
31
Not enough data
7.6
32
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.1
27
Not enough data
Generative AI
5.6
27
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visualization & Dashboards - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Features - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Checkmk and Zabbix are categorized as Enterprise Monitoring, Server Monitoring, Network Monitoring, Hardware Monitoring, Database Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), and Observability Software
Unique Categories
Checkmk is categorized as Website Monitoring, Log Monitoring, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, and Log Analysis
Zabbix has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Checkmk
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Zabbix
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
14.2%
Computer & Network Security
6.4%
Computer Software
6.0%
Telecommunications
4.6%
Financial Services
4.3%
Other
64.4%
Information Technology and Services
30.5%
Telecommunications
16.2%
Computer Software
12.2%
Computer & Network Security
5.6%
Internet
4.1%
Other
31.5%
Most Helpful Reviews
Checkmk
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Mike W.
Verified User in Telecommunications
Ease of configuration. Quick view with Dashboard. Detection of services through polling agent.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Computer Software
The UI looks a little old fashioned, overall product UX needs an overhaul
Zabbix
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Juan Fernando V.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
What I like about Zabbix that it is aimed at providing information infrastructure that monitors and services or processes, when you know that IT resources have and the information from these, you have time where they can best develop strategies and the...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Computer Software
I find it hard to use, it is a little glitchy
Mike W.
Verified User in Telecommunications
Ease of configuration. Quick view with Dashboard. Detection of services through polling agent.
Juan Fernando V.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
What I like about Zabbix that it is aimed at providing information infrastructure that monitors and services or processes, when you know that IT resources have and the information from these, you have time where they can best develop strategies and the...
Verified User in Computer Software
The UI looks a little old fashioned, overall product UX needs an overhaul
Verified User in Computer Software
I find it hard to use, it is a little glitchy
Discussions
Is Checkmk open source?
8 Comments
PL
Yes.Read more
Upgrading to Enterprise / Managed Services
2 Comments
Official Response from Checkmk
Yes, you can safely upgrade from the demo to the full version any time, without losing your previous configuration setup. The demo version is identical to...Read more
Scalability
2 Comments
Official Response from Checkmk
Yes. The Checkmk Enterprise Edition has basically no limit in how many servers you can monitor and the pricing is not based on the number of servers you...Read more
Has a way zabbix to work without agents?
2 Comments
JO
Zabbix does not require agents to use, you can setup templates to use SNMP data, however you'll gain more insight by using the appropriate agent on the...Read more
What is Zabbix used for?
2 Comments
RP
Overall infrastructure monitoring with lots of additional features like alerting, prediction monitoring.Read more
What can you monitor with Zabbix?
1 Comment
LS
Every windows and linux device. You have to install an agent on all the devices you want to monitorRead more
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