Checkmk vs openITCOCKPIT
Checkmk
checkmk.com
openITCOCKPIT
openitcockpit.ioSide by side
| Figure | Checkmk | openITCOCKPIT |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $275/mo | €0.08/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 6 |
| Spec score · Infrastructure Monitoring | 9.4 (#1) | 8.3 (#11) |
| Spec score · Server Monitoring | 9.4 (#2) | 8.3 (#12) |
| Headquarters | Munich, Germany | Fulda, Germany |
| Integrations | Checkmk advertises more than 2,000 built-in integrations covering hardware, networks, applications, operating systems and cloud or container platforms. | Listed integrations include Grafana, Prometheus, PagerDuty, Mattermost, Rocket.Chat, ServiceNow, Slack, i-doit, Checkmk and Nagios Core. |
| Support | The Pro plan includes professional support for 8h x 5d, while Ultimate includes 10h x 5d and can be upgraded to 24h x 5d. | Basic subscription support includes up to five support requests per contract period; higher support tiers list 25 or 50 cases per year and response times. |
Plans
Checkmk
- CommunityFree
- Synthetic MonitoringFree
- Pro$275 a month
- Cloud$290 a month
- Ultimate$400 a month
openITCOCKPIT
- Community EditionFree
- Bronze€1 a year
- Silver€3.50 a year
- Gold€5 a year
- Platin€10 a year
- SpecificPriced on request
In their own words
Checkmk
Checkmk monitors cloud, hybrid, and data center infrastructure, including containers and networks. For web, mail, and database servers, it combines more than 2,000 smart checks with automatic discovery and network mapping. Monitoring can use native agents for Windows, Linux, and other systems, agentless SNMP and TCP/UDP checks, or API-based checks over HTTP/XML, SSH, or TELNET. Cloud coverage includes AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, with automatic component detection and Quick Setup. One instance can monitor thousands of servers, while distributed monitoring supports horizontal scaling. Community includes more than 2,000 integrations and is intended for smaller environments, scaling to approximately 100 hosts. The software can run on customer hardware or virtualized infrastructure, with Linux distribution packages, Docker, and a Virtual Appliance. The Community plan is free forever and includes community support. The pricing note lists paid plans from €190/mo (annual) and a 30-day trial. Other listed plan prices use USD: Pro is $275 a month, Cloud is $290 a month, and Ultimate is $400 a month. Platforms include API, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, web, and Windows.
openITCOCKPIT
openITCOCKPIT is an open-source monitoring platform for servers, virtual machines, network devices, applications, containers, cloud environments and IoT. Its web frontend and JSON API configure and visualize Nagios, Naemon and Prometheus monitoring, with user permissions. Naemon is the monitoring engine, and the platform is described as compatible with Nagios. Prometheus integration supports exporter management, alert rules and graphical configuration. A cross-platform agent monitors CPU, memory, disks, network interfaces, services, processes, temperature sensors, QEMU and Docker containers on Windows, Linux and macOS. Users can build and share dashboards, and produce availability and SLA reports in PDF, HTML or CSV, manually or on a schedule. The Community Edition is free at free. Paid plans are listed at €1 a year for Bronze, €3.50 a year for Silver, €5 a year for Gold and €10 a year for Platin. Ubuntu and Debian server support is listed for both editions; Red Hat/Enterprise Linux support is an Enterprise subscription feature.