Checkmk Overview

Checkmk excels in infrastructure and application monitoring, offering both open-source and enterprise solutions. Its scalable and flexible design allows IT teams to efficiently monitor complex environments. Users benefit from simplified configuration, enabling quick deployment and integration into existing systems. Checkmk's platform supports fast issue resolution, reducing mean time to resolve incidents. This capability is crucial for maintaining system uptime and reliability, directly impacting sales performance by ensuring critical applications remain operational. The tool's extensibility allows for tailored monitoring solutions, accommodating diverse industry needs. Checkmk's community and conference events provide users with opportunities for knowledge sharing and collaboration, enhancing the overall user experience and fostering innovation.

Use Cases

Customers recommend Competitive Intelligence, Helpdesk Management, Communication Management, as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied with while using Checkmk.

Other use cases:

  • Performance Management
  • Public Relations
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Business Priorities

Launch New Products and Improve Efficiency are the most popular business priorities that customers and associates have achieved using Checkmk.

Other priorities:

  • Scale Best Practices
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Checkmk Use-Cases and Business Priorities: Customer Satisfaction Data

Checkmk works with different mediums / channels such as Text SMS.

Checkmk's features include Alerts: Popups & Notifications, Widgets, and Dashboard. and Checkmk support capabilities include 24/7 Support, Email Support, Chat Support, etc. also Checkmk analytics capabilities include Analytics, and Custom Reports.

Reviews

"...Fully automated monitoring, alerting and performance-management for > 5000 server/network systems...." Peer review by Wolfgang G., Service Manager, Automotive

Peer review evidence (same sources as the product rating summary)

"...It provides a business intelligence like feature, notofications, an event console and much more. ...." Peer review by Thomas M., Product Owner, Information Technology and Services
"...The developers really know what they are doing and providing quick and helpful support...." Peer review by Michael M, Systems Engineer
"...It is not a good security policy to publish vital information about servers to anyone on the internet...." How To Monitor Server Health with Checkmk on Ubuntu 18.04

Checkmk, belong to a category of solutions that help Sales Performance Management. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.

Checkmk is a leading IT monitoring software, known for its simple configuration, scalability, and flexibility. It offers both Open Source and Enterprise versions, and is start-ready in minutes.

Popular Business Setting

for Checkmk

Top Industries

  • Information Technology and Services
  • Automotive
  • Computer & Network Security

Popular in

  • Small Business
  • Large Enterprise
  • Enterprise

Checkmk is popular in Information Technology And Services, Automotive, and Computer & Network Security and is widely used by Small Business, Large Enterprise, and Enterprise.

Checkmk Customer wins, Customer success stories, Case studies

How can Checkmk optimize your Competitive Intelligence Workflow?

11 buyers and buying teams have used Cuspera to assess how well Checkmk solved their Sales Performance Management needs. Cuspera uses 184 insights from these buyers along with peer reviews, customer case studies, testimonials, expert blogs and vendor provided installation data to help you assess the fit for your specific Sales Performance Management needs.

 

Watterott Electronic - Consumer Electronics - Small

Leinefelde-Worbis, Germany

Checkmk helped Watterott Electronic monitor CO2 sensors in their production halls. The Checkmk Agent was integrated into the firmware of Watterott's Arduino-based CO2-Ampel. This allowed Watterott to... track CO2, humidity, air pressure, and temperature data in real time. The solution made it easy to collect and analyze climate metrics. Employees can now respond quickly to unhealthy air conditions. The Checkmk Agent can also be used for other microcontroller projects.

 

ThinkHuge - Information Technology And Services - Medium

Checkmk replaced PRTG as the monitoring tool for ThinkHuge, a leading IT service provider for forex traders. ThinkHuge manages 12 data centers and over 600 servers worldwide. The company needed relia...ble, efficient monitoring for its decentralized IT infrastructure. Checkmk enabled ThinkHuge to monitor all assets with a single instance, reducing complexity and hardware footprint. The migration was fast, and the team can now quickly adapt monitoring as their infrastructure grows.

 

IONOS - Information Technology And Services - Large

Montabaur, Germany

Checkmk Pro helped IONOS automate monitoring for 29 global data centers. The previous solution was slow and required a lot of manual work. With Checkmk, IONOS now monitors 12,000 hosts and 670,000 se...rvices automatically. The network team spends less time on manual tasks. Problems are found and fixed faster. The solution supports growth and helps IONOS meet its service goals.

 

HPE Customer Innovation Center (CIC) - Information Technology And Services - Small

Geneva, Switzerland

Checkmk helped the HPE Customer Innovation Center in Geneva automate IT efficiency monitoring. The center used Checkmk to track energy use, resource allocation, and key performance indicators. This a...utomation saved time and reduced manual work for the IT team. The solution enabled smarter hardware investments and cut energy costs and CO2 emissions. The CIC earned the SDEA 'Silver Plus' certification for its data center thanks to these improvements.

 

MVG Märkische Verkehrsgesellschaft - Transportation/Trucking/Railroad - Medium

Lüdenscheid, Germany

Checkmk helped MVG Märkische Verkehrsgesellschaft monitor digital passenger information systems at 50 bus stops. Outages caused high effort for on-site troubleshooting and hurt service quality. With ...Checkmk, MVG gained real-time visibility and automated alerts for system issues. The solution reduced time and work needed for repairs, improved service quality, and let staff focus on important tasks. MVG now prevents outages and uses resources more efficiently.

 

Rockefeller University - Education - Medium

New York, USA

Checkmk replaced Nagios as the IT monitoring solution at Rockefeller University in 2022. The IT team now monitors about 850 hosts and 17,000 services with Checkmk. The switch ended alert fatigue and ...reduced daily email alerts from over 800. Teams now get clear, precise notifications and can act before problems grow. Support requests dropped, and the IT team has more time for other tasks. Checkmk gives all users better visibility and control over their systems.

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Peers used Checkmk for competitive intelligence and helpdesk management

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FEATURE RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Analytics

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Custom Reports

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CAPABILITIES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Analytics

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Custom Reports

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Checkmk GmbH News

Product

Product usage analytics is coming to Checkmk

Checkmk introduces product usage analytics in versions 2.5.0, 2.4.0p26, and 2.3.0p47, allowing users to transmit anonymized usage data to inform product development. This optional feature, enabled by default for Checkmk Cloud, helps prioritize features and avoid unnecessary deprecations. Users can opt-in to send data via encrypted queries every 30 days, enhancing Checkmk's ability to tailor its monitoring solutions.

Product

Key highlights from Checkmk 2.5

Checkmk has released Version 2.5, enhancing monitoring and observability with AI-powered insights, native OpenTelemetry support, and improved UI/UX. Key features include Checkmk Relay for remote monitoring, AI-driven alert explanations, and expanded Azure and virtualization support. The update also offers responsive dashboards and a more intuitive interface, streamlining workflows and reducing operational overhead.

Product

Building a dashboard for vSphere monitoring in Checkmk

Checkmk has published a detailed tutorial on creating custom dashboards for VMware vSphere monitoring. The guide explains how to enhance existing vSphere dashboards by adding CPU and memory usage metrics and combining views for a comprehensive overview. This customization is based on Checkmk Enterprise version 2.1.0p19 and is applicable to other systems.

Product

Announcing Checkmk 2.0 and its Innovation Release

Checkmk has announced version 2.0 of its IT monitoring solution, featuring a new user experience, improved performance, and enhanced automation capabilities. The release includes a new architecture for the Checkmk Micro Core, a REST-API, and advanced forecasting for metrics. An Innovation Release is available for early feedback, with a full release planned for early next year.

Checkmk GmbH Profile

Company Name

Checkmk GmbH

Company Website

https://checkmk.com/

HQ Location

Munich, Bavaria 81667, DE

Employees

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