Checkmk is an IT monitoring platform designed to deliver deep visibility into hybrid infrastructures. It supports monitoring of cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP), on-premises data centers, virtual machines, containers, and Kubernetes clusters. With more than 2,000 monitoring plug-ins available out of the box, it offers broad coverage across applications, networks, databases, operating systems, and hardware.
The platform is highly automated, featuring service discovery and rule-based configuration to reduce manual setup. It scales efficiently to monitor thousands of hosts and millions of services. A central web-based interface allows users to manage configuration, visualize data with customizable dashboards, and track system performance over time. Checkmk can be flexibly deployed, coming as a package for Linux, a virtual machine for any operating system, an image on AWS and Azure marketplaces, or a physical appliance.
Checkmk also supports integration with ITSM tools and third-party platforms, enabling automatic ticket creation and streamlined alerting. Advanced features, such as forecasting, capacity planning, and asset inventory, help teams maintain reliable operations across dynamic IT landscapes.
Monitoring capabilities:
- Monitoring of hybrid infrastructures: cloud, on-premises, virtual, and container environments
- Over 2,000 native plug-ins for infrastructure and applications
- Built-in dashboards provide key metrics for AWS and Azure environments, Linux and Windows servers, and Kubernetes clusters
- Automated discovery and configuration
- Smart alerting with native ITSM integrations
Operational benefits:
- Gain insights into system health, capacity trends and future resource needs through built-in assessments and forecasting tools
- Reduce manual effort with auto-discovery, rule-based configuration, and a centralized agent management
- Minimize downtime and speed up incident response using custom self-healing workflows via the ‘Alert Handler’
- Create tailored dashboards and views to highlight the most relevant metrics for each team, with flexible visualizations and user-specific perspectives
- Maintain an up-to-date inventory of all hardware and software assets, enriched with live monitoring data to track changes and enhance asset health insights in your CMDB
Why choose Checkmk?
- Transparent pricing model with a strong price-performance ratio
- Flexible deployment options for cloud, on-premises, or hybrid environments
- End-to-end application monitoring through synthetic checks and OpenTelemetry integration
- Scales efficiently to support large, distributed environments with high host and service counts
- Extensible architecture for custom plug-ins and integrations
Customers include: Adobe, Cloudera, Fujitsu, Siemens, Orange, VW, HP, Zalando, Fitbit, NEC, Continental, NHL, Capgemini, Sixt, Intesa SanPaolo
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Carolin Adams
