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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Checkmk

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ACheckmk 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…

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    up to 10 systems

    Observium

    Score6.1 out of 10
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    Pricing
    CheckmkObservium
    Editions & Modules
    Checkmk Free Edition
    $0.00
    up to 10 systems
    Checkmk Raw Edition
    $0.00
    unlimited & always free
    Checkmk Enterprise Edition
    starting at $600.00
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CheckmkObservium
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$600 for up to 3,000 Services / around 100 hostsNo setup fee
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    Features
    CheckmkObservium
    Monitoring Tasks
    Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Checkmk and Observium
    Feature
    Checkmk
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Observium
    -
    Ratings
    Network device monitoring10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Server Monitoring10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-device monitoring10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated alerts and notifications10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Tasks
    Comparison of Management Tasks features of Checkmk and Observium
    Feature
    Checkmk
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Observium
    -
    Ratings
    Software and hardware inventory7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting
    Comparison of Reporting features of Checkmk and Observium
    Feature
    Checkmk
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Observium
    -
    Ratings
    Data visualization10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Checkmk and Observium
    Feature
    Checkmk
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Observium
    -
    Ratings
    Data backup and recovery8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    CheckmkObservium
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CheckmkObservium
    Likelihood to Recommend
    tribe29
    As we have many different applications running on different servers, we appreciate the possibility of writing our own scripts to monitor the different processes and elements. Using scripts of our choice helps us a lot, as we have many different administrators. Thus, we are able to be prepared for upcoming outages or events.
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    Observium
    • If you are on a budget, this is one heck of a tool for the price (including the ~$200/year for the Pro subscription).
    • If you are OK with maintaining and updating open source tools, this is a great tool.
    • If you are afraid of the Linux command line or live in a Windows-centric world, this might not be the tool for you.
    • If you can't stand things occasionally not working, this is probably not a good fit.
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    Pros
    tribe29
    • monitoring
    • alerts
    • Graphs
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    Observium
    • Automatic device discovery.
    • Scalability
    • Real-time monitoring.
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    Cons
    tribe29
    • Layout
    • Ease of Use
    • Upgradability
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    Observium
    • Documentation
    • Community support
    • Easy to set up but hard to customise fully
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    Likelihood to Renew
    tribe29
    Very helpful software and I highly recommend to have on hand as a tool for testing, troubleshooting, and monitoring.
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    Observium
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    tribe29
    After knowing the architecture it is very easy to manage the system, rolling out agents and creating new monitoring tasks.
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    Observium
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    tribe29
    never contaced support
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    Observium
    It's open source. Your mileage may vary. Sometimes the provided documentation is beyond frustrating, other times it's right on the mark.
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    Alternatives Considered
    tribe29
    We moved over to Checkmk from Nagios which felt like a natural evolution at the time as the raw version is based on Nagios, I vaguely not having any major issues moving over at the time. We still use the Raw version but we are planning to move to the enterprise version in the next 6 – 12 months as our needs expand.
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    Observium
    I haven't used other products that are similar to Observium. Observium is an open tool, with a robust feature set. There are elements of comparable monitoring across other tools, but nothing I've seen that is a complete parallel in terms of feature set and visualizations. If I were asked, I wouldn't have another tool to recommend over Observium.
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    Return on Investment
    tribe29
    • avoid downtime
    • Plan updates based on usage of a VM or network switch to avoid impacting users
    • User satisfaction increased due to less visible downtime or issues with our IT infrastructure.
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    Observium
    • It is good for DC admin.
    • Only positive impact.
    • Highly recommended.
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