Checkmk vs. Splunk IT Essentials

Checkmk

14 Reviews and Ratings

Splunk IT Essentials

Splunk IT Essentials

9 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting 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
Splunk IT Essentials	Score 9.4 out of 10	N/A	Splunk IT Essentials Work is an IT infrastructure monitoring standalone option from Splunk, providing server health insights, as well as cloud monitoring for hybrid infrastructures.	$15 per month billed annually per host

Pricing

Checkmk

Splunk IT Essentials

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

Infrastructure: $15
per month billed annually per host
App & Infra: $60
per month billed annually per host
End-to-End: $75
per month billed annually per host

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Checkmk	Splunk IT Essentials
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

$600 for up to 3,000 Services / around 100 hosts

No setup fee

Additional Details

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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Checkmk	Splunk IT Essentials
Top Pros	No answers on this topic	Pro Ai driven Pro Integrate well

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	Checkmk	Splunk IT Essentials
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User Ratings
	Checkmk	Splunk IT Essentials
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (1 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Checkmk	Splunk IT Essentials
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. Incentivized DH DJ Hammett IT Manager Read full review	Splunk Splunk IT Essentials scales really well and is quite suitable for large enterprise environments which is where I use it. It can easily handle the classification and ingest of metrics/log data from thousands of devices. It also allows for easy grouping of these devices so that users can search just for Windows devices, or just for Linux machines. Provides a great overview of enterprise health while allowing deeper dives into the device level of data. Incentivized Kendal Droddy Senior System Engineer Read full review
Pros	tribe29 Device Management Monitoring Network Quality Device Quality of Service SNMP IOT Monitoring Incentivized DH DJ Hammett IT Manager Read full review	Splunk Real time enterprise health monitoring Metrics ingest, parsing, and visualization Investigating and troubleshooting problems that arise with devices Incentivized Kendal Droddy Senior System Engineer Read full review
Cons	tribe29 Layout Ease of Use Upgradability Incentivized DH DJ Hammett IT Manager Read full review	Splunk Currently need to special request this app on Splunk Cloud Not compatible with older versions of Splunk Incentivized Kendal Droddy Senior System Engineer Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	tribe29 Very helpful software and I highly recommend to have on hand as a tool for testing, troubleshooting, and monitoring. Incentivized DH DJ Hammett IT Manager Read full review	Splunk No answers on this topic
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. Incentivized DH DJ Hammett IT Manager Read full review	Splunk If you've used any Splunk product then you know they have a good reputation for creating smart and user-friendly tools. Splunk IT Essentials is no different and I have had nothing but positive experiences with it. It was a straightforward integration with our enterprise environment. And it can also be leverage, as we did, when moving to ITSI as well. Incentivized Kendal Droddy Senior System Engineer Read full review
Return on Investment	tribe29 Saved me time in finding ports in the building Troubleshooting Servers Tracking good or bad network connections Incentivized DH DJ Hammett IT Manager Read full review	Splunk Huge time saver in troubleshooting issues in the environment Alerts allow for much quicker response time to certain events that require attention Able to leverage this app when transitioning to ITSI Incentivized Kendal Droddy Senior System Engineer Read full review
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