Checkmk vs. Prometheus

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Checkmk
Score 8.7 out of 10
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
Prometheus
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Prometheus is a service monitoring and time series database, which is open source.N/A
Pricing
CheckmkPrometheus
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
CheckmkPrometheus
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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Community Pulse
CheckmkPrometheus
Considered Both Products
Checkmk

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Prometheus
Chose Prometheus
Prometheus has multiple models for visualization data, a built-in expression browser, Grafana integration end a console template language. I like it stores time series in memory and on local disk in a efficient custom format. I also like how each server is independent for …
Chose Prometheus
Prometheus is easy to get started because it's easy to configure and set up everything. The support team will give you a full hand of support in case of any challenge or assistance needed asap. It's been the best monitoring solution for our environment. I like it provides …
Chose Prometheus
Prometheus is similar to some of its competitors but delivers with regards to metrics; being used internally by Google and other cloud-native companies like ours gives us the confidence that the alerting industry stakeholders view it as a long-term solution that the community …
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CheckmkPrometheus
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User Ratings
CheckmkPrometheus
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.3
(34 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
CheckmkPrometheus
Likelihood to Recommend
tribe29
If you are looking for a great free to use SNMP monitoring agent Checkmk is the way to go. They far exceed the competition in that area. If the paid option is the way to go their competitors might have a leg up with ease of use and upgradability. Regardless I highly recommending trying their software.
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Open Source
This program works from the roots of the problem and creates a professional matrix for each of its users. This will give them more skills and resources to carry out tasks and reduce the difficulties of operating each of the processes of my work, as well as being An ally for the manipulation and operability of all your master data; Prometheus is very easy to recommend since it is a program that fulfills its mission.
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Pros
tribe29
  • Device Management
  • Monitoring Network Quality
  • Device Quality of Service
  • SNMP
  • IOT Monitoring
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Open Source
  • Best monitoring tool that have covered all aspects of our environment of my organization with it's useful metrics.
  • Great support team offers support 24/7 and very dedicated.
  • It provides excellent insights from a variety of metrics.
  • Cloud native tools compatibility and support, push/pull options for easier metrics.
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Cons
tribe29
  • Layout
  • Ease of Use
  • Upgradability
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Open Source
  • As I said earlier I have not encountered any major drawback just minor challenges like new users may find Prometheus a bit overwhelming with its different modules can bring confusion.
  • Also they can face issues with PromQL can be somehow complex while building an advanced dashboard.
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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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Open Source
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Support Rating
tribe29
No answers on this topic
Open Source
Never had to reach out to them.
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Alternatives Considered
tribe29
Checkmk free version is far superior to PRTG free version. For the paid versions PRTG was more efficient and easier to use. Checkmk provides unlimited services on their free version while PRTG is limited. We like to use the free version to avoid monthly or annual costs while still utilizing the same SNMP features.
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Open Source
Highly customized pricing plans to choose from. Lower pricing for the same features compared to competitors. Easy to reach the support team, which provided detailed documentation and helped set up the Prometheus. Monitoring metrics gets very easy after the integration with Grafana. It also has a sophisticated alert setting mechanism to ensure we don't miss anything critical.
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Return on Investment
tribe29
  • Saved me time in finding ports in the building
  • Troubleshooting Servers
  • Tracking good or bad network connections
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Open Source
  • We are still working on the ROI
  • The ROI mentioned during the purchase has not been achieved, however this could be due to lack of data from our side. 2 years of implementation is too early to calculate and confirm the ROI.
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