Checkmk vs SlaMetric

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.

SlaMetric is a web-based SaaS platform for medium-sized companies managing service level agreements with providers. It stores provider contacts and history, alongside service inventories and contracts that can include security, disaster recovery, penalty, and legal clauses. Its metric catalog spans 19 categories and more than 150 predefined types, including availability and performance.

The platform calculates compliance, identifies breaches, works out service credits, and provides threshold alerts. The Free Plan includes manual measurement entry, calculations, breach alerts, service-credit calculations, PDF SLA annexes, and basic reports and dashboards. The maker describes multi-tenant data isolation, role-based access control, row-level security, and encrypted data. The Advanced Plan is marked Coming Soon and lists automated metric collection, OpenTelemetry and API integrations, a provider portal, digital signatures, analytics and AI insights, an SLA Telemetry dashboard, and priority support. A free plan and free trial are available; neither plan has a listed price.