Chose Checkmk
As we needed a solution for Linux servers, the Microsoft solution did not fit. Although the agent provided basic information, it crashed frequently, used excessive system resources, and was not flexible enough.
Checkmk vs. Lansweeper
Checkmk vs. Lansweeper
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 Checkmk | N/A | Checkmk is a solution for IT Monitoring of servers, applications, networks, cloud infrastructures (public, private, hybrid), containers, storage, databases and environment sensors. It can be deployed under all major Linux distributions or users can run it as Docker container or virtual appliance on other operating systems including Windows. The tool is available as a Raw Edition, which is open-source, and as an Enterprise Edition with a many additional enterprise features. The… | $0 up to 10 systems | |
 Lansweeper | N/A | Lansweeper helps organizations see, understand, and make confident decisions about their technology estate across IT, OT, IoT, and Cloud. Lansweeper automatically discovers and inventories every asset: hardware, software, and user—then connects that data to insights about usage, lifecycle, and risk. This is to create what the vendor describes as Technology Asset Intelligence (TAI): a trusted foundation of knowledge that turns raw inventory data into clear, actionable… | $239 per month (billed annually) Includes 2,000 assets |
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| Considered Both Products |  Checkmk |  Lansweeper  Andy Wong Wing Cho Corporate IT Manager Chose Lansweeper Microsoft System Center needs to install agents on all IT asset for discovery and sometimes the agents can easily get corrupted. Lansweeper is a SaaS solution and it's easier to deploy to all IT asset that are connected to the network. This save us a lot of deployment time …  Mike Bursack Technical Operations Manager Chose Lansweeper Lansweeper is a more mature software. Its ability to scan hardware and software is more to the point and not so full of bad info or junk you don't need. The Helpdesk feature has better options and not locked down to what the creator wants you to see. But the Reporting and …  Brandon Patton Manager, Information Technology Chose Lansweeper Lansweeper is DRAMATICALLY cheaper than KACE and provides the same level of reporting and inventory of asset data. Where KACE outshines Lansweeper, is Lansweeper has a very minimal software deployment system that requires clients to have direct access to a common file share. …  Jean-François Hallée Analyste en informatique Chose Lansweeper Lots of solutions were not able to scan platforms outside of Windows and LS was able to at some point. Lansweeper was the most affordable solution at the time when we did our selection. Lots of solutions we're not user-friendly and had way too many menus and configurations and …  Michael Timms Network Administrator II Chose Lansweeper The main competitor that are not isted on your TrustRadius is PDQInventory and PDQDeploy, and those two come as a package and they blow Lansweeper out of the water for both software deployment and hardware inventory. That being said, comparing it to the others I see listed: …  Michael Metalios I.T. Administrator Chose Lansweeper Track-It!'s inventory control costs a lot more than LANSweeper. We're happy with the cost and features of LANSweeper compared to Track-It! We do use Track-It! for our ticketing system now. It is robust, full-featured, and blows LANSweeper out of the water. But for …  Valery Mezentsau System Administrator Chose Lansweeper
 Mike Hempel Linux Administrator Chose Lansweeper It's so much easier to configure and maintain. We could never get BMC to work consistently where Lansweeper worked right out of the box.  Chris John Server Engineer Chose Lansweeper SolarWinds Web Help Desk is very bare bones and just not a very intuitive interface. The ticketing system was just a pain to work with and setup took ages upon ages to set up. ManageEngine was a nice solution but it also took quite some time to configure properly. It really was … |
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| Small Businesses |  Amazon CloudWatch Score 7.8 out of 10 |  Atera Score 8.5 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies |  ManageEngine Site24x7 Score 10.0 out of 10 |  KACE Systems Management Appliance Score 8.5 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | ManageEngine Site24x7 Score 10.0 out of 10 | KACE Systems Management Appliance Score 8.5 out of 10 |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 10.0 (0 ratings) | 9.0 (0 ratings) |
| Likelihood to Renew | 9.0 (0 ratings) | 10.0 (0 ratings) |
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