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

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

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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 enhance your Competitive Intelligence process?

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.

Altoo - Financial Services

Checkmk Enterprise Edition helps Altoo, a Swiss FinTech, monitor its IT infrastructure with less effort. Altoo needed a secure, easy-to-use monitoring tool that would not require extra staff. They ch...ose Checkmk in 2019 for its simple setup and flexible alerts. Altoo now monitors both data center and office IT with Checkmk. The solution scales as Altoo grows, keeping IT operations efficient and secure.

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Dedalus HealthCare GmbH - Hospital & Health Care

Checkmk helps Dedalus HealthCare GmbH monitor over 6,000 servers and 210,000 parameters across 200 locations. Dedalus needed a scalable, automated IT monitoring solution for complex healthcare enviro...nments. Checkmk's Managed Service Edition enables secure, multi-client monitoring and supports strict data protection rules. The solution provides auto-discovery, compliance support, and custom dashboards for clinics. Dedalus delivers high-quality managed IT services to more than 850 clinics using Checkmk.

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Polyplast Müller GmbH - Manufacturing

Checkmk Enterprise Edition helped Polyplast Müller monitor over 300 hosts and 12,500 services. The IT team used Checkmk to track both IT infrastructure and production equipment, including PLCs and Io...T devices. Automated alerts now reach staff via phone, speeding up incident response. The company improved production efficiency and reduced undetected bottlenecks. Checkmk dashboards and custom notifications support fast, targeted action.

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Rockefeller University - Education

Checkmk Enterprise Edition helped Rockefeller University monitor its research IT infrastructure. The university replaced Nagios due to too many false alerts and high maintenance. With Checkmk, the IT... team now monitors over 850 hosts and 17,000 services. The solution reduced false alerts and saved working hours. The IT team can now act proactively and maintain high performance for research and healthcare systems.

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Dedalus - Information Technology And Services

Checkmk helps Dedalus monitor complex IT systems for healthcare facilities. Dedalus needed a tool to track changes and monitor many systems with automation. Checkmk's Managed Services Edition offers ...auto-discovery, multi-client support, and efficient monitoring. Dedalus uses Checkmk to detect IT issues early and keep services running smoothly. Over 200 clinics and 75,000 users benefit from Dedalus' managed IT services powered by Checkmk.

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Polyplast Müller GmbH - Manufacturing - Medium

Checkmk Enterprise Edition helped Polyplast Müller GmbH monitor over 300 hosts and 12,500 services. Before Checkmk, the IT team spent much time on manual checks and reactive problem solving. With Che...ckmk, they now monitor both IT and production systems, including servers, network devices, and IoT assets. The solution improved efficiency, enabled precise maintenance planning, and reduced unplanned work. Polyplast benefits from fast alerts and tailored dashboards for different teams.

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Peers used Checkmk for competitive intelligence and helpdesk management

Checkmk Features

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FEATURE RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Analytics

4.55/5 ★

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Custom Reports

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CAPABILITIES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Analytics

4.55/5 ★

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Custom Reports

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Checkmk GmbH News

Product

Checkmk 2.0 development: the making of the new UX

Checkmk released version 2.0, featuring a major overhaul of its user experience. The update includes a new navigation bar, improved search functions, and enhanced dashboards. These changes aim to simplify navigation for beginners while optimizing workflows for power users. The release also introduces a modern design, replacing the classic theme and Checkmk globe with a hexagon format for host and service statistics.

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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.

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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.

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A simple migration from Nagios to Checkmk

The article provides a detailed guide on migrating from Nagios to Checkmk for IT monitoring. Checkmk offers a more efficient and comprehensive monitoring solution, supporting automatic service discovery and integration with SNMP devices. The guide covers setting up Checkmk, transferring data, and configuring hosts and services, highlighting Checkmk's ease of use and advanced capabilities compared to Nagios.

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Checkmk GmbH Profile

Company Name

Checkmk GmbH

Company Website

https://checkmk.com/

HQ Location

Munich, Bavaria 81667, DE

Employees

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