checkmk Features
What are the features of checkmk?
Visibility
- Dashboards and Visualizations
- Alerts and Notifications
- Reporting
Monitoring and Management
- Multi-Device Management
- Automation
- Performance Baseline
- Real-Time Monitoring
- Multi-Server Management
- Automation
- Real-Time Monitoring
- Immediate Alert Notification
- Proactive Server Monitoring Software
Visibility
- Dashboards and Visualizations
- Alerts and Notifications
- Reporting
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Functionality
Baseline | Based on 56 checkmk reviews. Sets and allows adjustment of website baseline functionality and configuration. | 81% (Based on 56 reviews) | |
Alerting | Generates alerts for whenever a website goes down, experiences an error, makes a major change, or other events. This feature was mentioned in 61 checkmk reviews. | 87% (Based on 61 reviews) | |
Multi-Site Monitoring | As reported in 58 checkmk reviews. Monitor multiple websites at once, organizing them with dashboards. | 84% (Based on 58 reviews) | |
Reporting | Generate reports manually or automatically about website performance. 57 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 75% (Based on 57 reviews) | |
Multi-Channel Alerting | As reported in 54 checkmk reviews. Alert over email, text, phone call, and more to multiple parties. | 81% (Based on 54 reviews) | |
Location Insights | Based on 52 checkmk reviews. Isolate geographic locations where website functionality is best and worst. | 71% (Based on 52 reviews) | |
Monitoring | Monitors database functionality to verify baselines are maintained or exceeded. 73 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 89% (Based on 73 reviews) | |
Alerting | As reported in 73 checkmk reviews. Sends alerts via email, text, phone, and more when an incident or issue occcurs. | 87% (Based on 73 reviews) | |
Logging | Captures logs for all database functions to garner greater information around issues or failures. This feature was mentioned in 66 checkmk reviews. | 76% (Based on 66 reviews) | |
Response Time | Monitors database query time for unusual execution times This feature was mentioned in 72 checkmk reviews. | 83% (Based on 72 reviews) | |
Reporting | Based on 63 checkmk reviews. Manually and/or automatically generates reports covering database performance | 75% (Based on 63 reviews) | |
Data Visualization | Follows database monitoring live information through graphical dashboards 67 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 79% (Based on 67 reviews) | |
Performance Monitoring | Continuously monitors network performance across the entire span of a network. This feature was mentioned in 78 checkmk reviews. | 86% (Based on 78 reviews) | |
Alerting | Sends alerts via pop-up notifications, texts, emails, or calls regarding network issues or failures. This feature was mentioned in 84 checkmk reviews. | 87% (Based on 84 reviews) | |
Improvement Suggestions | Suggests potential remedies or improvements to slowdowns, errors, or failures. This feature was mentioned in 76 checkmk reviews. | 76% (Based on 76 reviews) | |
Multi-Network Capability | Provides monitoring capabilities for multiple networks at once. 67 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 84% (Based on 67 reviews) | |
Diverse Systems Monitoring | Monitor usage and activity on a diverse array of IT systems, e.g., servers, databases, and networks. 44 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 84% (Based on 44 reviews) | |
Real-Time Analytics | Based on 40 checkmk reviews. Generate real-time high-level and/or in-depth analytics regarding monitored systems activity. | 69% (Based on 40 reviews) | |
Observability | Based on 46 checkmk reviews. Generate insights into IT systems utilizing event metrics, logging, traces, and metadata. | 83% (Based on 46 reviews) | |
AI/ML Integration | As reported in 35 checkmk reviews. Integrate AI and/or machine learning capabilities to identify and address potential and active failures and errors. | 55% (Based on 35 reviews) | |
Synthetic Monitoring | As reported in 29 checkmk reviews. Monitors and test apps to address issues before they affect end users. | 71% (Based on 29 reviews) | |
Dynamic Transaction Mapping | Provides dynamic end-to-end maps of every single transaction. 26 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 71% (Based on 26 reviews) | |
Load Balancing | Automatically adjusts resources base on application usage. 33 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 75% (Based on 33 reviews) | |
Cloud Observability | Based on 28 checkmk reviews. Monitors cloud microservices, containers, kubernetes, and other cloud native software. | 74% (Based on 28 reviews) |
Management
Performance Baseline | As reported in 66 checkmk reviews. Sets a standard performance baseline by which to compare live network activity. | 82% (Based on 66 reviews) | |
Data Visualization | Charts or graphs live and historical network performance for quick status checking and analysis. 72 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 80% (Based on 72 reviews) | |
Path Analysis | As reported in 63 checkmk reviews. Gives insights into which specific network paths are performing suboptimally. | 72% (Based on 63 reviews) | |
Single Pane of Glass | Consolidate IT systems monitoring overviews to a single pane for quick insights. This feature was mentioned in 42 checkmk reviews. | 72% (Based on 42 reviews) | |
Dashboards and Visualization | As reported in 50 checkmk reviews. Offer pre-built and custom reporting and dashboards for quick insights into system states. | 76% (Based on 50 reviews) | |
Performance Baselines | As reported in 41 checkmk reviews. Set expected baselines for system functions. | 72% (Based on 41 reviews) | |
Alerting | Create and distribute detailed alerts via email, phone, and messaging for potential and active failures and errors. 45 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 80% (Based on 45 reviews) |
Monitoring
Usage Monitoring | Based on 48 checkmk reviews. Tracks infrastructure resource needs and alerts administrators or automatically scales usage to minimize waste. | 86% (Based on 48 reviews) | |
Database Monitoring | Based on 47 checkmk reviews. Monitors performance and statistics related to memory, caches and connections. | 81% (Based on 47 reviews) | |
API Monitoring | Detects anomalies in functionality, user accessibility, traffic flows, and tampering. 45 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 74% (Based on 45 reviews) | |
Real-Time Monitoring - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring | Constantly monitors system to detect anomalies in real time. 47 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 81% (Based on 47 reviews) | |
Performance Baselines | As reported in 34 checkmk reviews. | 81% (Based on 34 reviews) | |
Performance Analysis | 35 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 83% (Based on 35 reviews) | |
Performance Monitoring | This feature was mentioned in 34 checkmk reviews. | 85% (Based on 34 reviews) | |
AI/ML Assistance | As reported in 27 checkmk reviews. | 59% (Based on 27 reviews) | |
Multi-System Monitoring | 30 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 83% (Based on 30 reviews) | |
Resource utilization | As reported in 17 checkmk reviews. Optimizes resource allocation. | 75% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Real-time monitoring | Consistently monitors processes for applications and IT infrastructure to detect anomalies in real-time. This feature was mentioned in 17 checkmk reviews. | 77% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Performance baseline | Sets up standard performance baseline to compare live container activities. 16 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 73% (Based on 16 reviews) | |
API monitoring | Based on 18 checkmk reviews. Traces connections between different containerized environments and detects anomalies in functionality, user accessibility, traffic flows, and tampering. | 78% (Based on 18 reviews) |
Administration
Activity Monitoring | Actively monitor status of work stations either on-premise or remote. 49 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 83% (Based on 49 reviews) | |
Multi-Cloud Management | Allows users to track and control cloud spend across cloud services and providers. This feature was mentioned in 38 checkmk reviews. | 73% (Based on 38 reviews) | |
Automation | As reported in 45 checkmk reviews. Efficiently scales resource usage to optimize spend whith increased or decreased resource usage requirements. | 75% (Based on 45 reviews) |
Analysis
Reporting | As reported in 44 checkmk reviews. Creates reports outlining resource, underutilization, cost trends, and/or functional overlap. | 74% (Based on 44 reviews) | |
Dashboards and Visualizations | Presents information and analytics in a digestible, intuitive, and visually appealing way. 48 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 82% (Based on 48 reviews) | |
Spend Forecasting and Optimization | Ability to project spend based on contracts, usage trends, and predicted growth. This feature was mentioned in 45 checkmk reviews. | 69% (Based on 45 reviews) | |
Track Trends | Based on 20 checkmk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Allows user to track log trends. | 87% (Based on 20 reviews) | |
Detect Anomalies | Based on 18 checkmk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Identify and predict anomalies in real-time with outlier detection and uncover root-causes | 81% (Based on 18 reviews) | |
Metric and Event Data | Based on 21 checkmk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Analyze both metric and event data on the same platform regardless of source or structure | 87% (Based on 21 reviews) | |
Search | Based on 20 checkmk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Search your logs for troubleshooting and open-ended exploration of your data | 92% (Based on 20 reviews) | |
Alerts | Based on 21 checkmk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Create alerts based on search patterns, thresholds for specific log metrics, or other conditions | 90% (Based on 21 reviews) | |
Live Tail | Based on 18 checkmk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. See your data, in real time, streaming into the system from multiple data sources | 85% (Based on 18 reviews) | |
Search | Allows users to search logs for troubleshooting and open-ended exploration of data. This feature was mentioned in 15 checkmk reviews. | 72% (Based on 15 reviews) | |
Reporting | Creates reports outlining resource, underutilization, cost trends, and/or functional overlap. This feature was mentioned in 17 checkmk reviews. | 70% (Based on 17 reviews) | |
Visualization | As reported in 18 checkmk reviews. Presents information and analytics in a digestible, intuitive, and visually appealing way. | 76% (Based on 18 reviews) | |
Track trends | As reported in 17 checkmk reviews. Allows users to track log trends. | 75% (Based on 17 reviews) |
Visibility
Dashboards and Visualizations | As reported in 106 checkmk reviews. Presents information and analytics in a digestible, intuitive, and visually appealing way. | 82% (Based on 106 reviews) | |
Alerts and Notifications | Clearly notifies users with relevant information and anomalies in a timely manner. This feature was mentioned in 108 checkmk reviews. | 87% (Based on 108 reviews) | |
Reporting | As reported in 104 checkmk reviews. Creates reports outlining performance and other relevant metrics. | 74% (Based on 104 reviews) | |
Dashboards and Visualizations | Presents information and analytics in a digestible, intuitive, and visually appealing way. This feature was mentioned in 52 checkmk reviews. | 82% (Based on 52 reviews) | |
Alerts and Notifications | Clearly notifies users with relevant information and anomalies in a timely manner. 53 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 86% (Based on 53 reviews) | |
Reporting | Creates reports outlining log activity and relevant metrics. 48 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 76% (Based on 48 reviews) |
Monitoring and Management
Multi-Device Management | Allows users to track and control resource allocation across multiple devices. 88 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 84% (Based on 88 reviews) | |
Automation | Automatically allocates resources to optimize loads across devices. This feature was mentioned in 88 checkmk reviews. | 80% (Based on 88 reviews) | |
Performance Baseline | As reported in 89 checkmk reviews. Sets a standard performance baseline by which to compare live hardware metrics. | 83% (Based on 89 reviews) | |
Real-Time Monitoring | Based on 97 checkmk reviews. Constantly monitors hardware to detect anomalies in real time. | 88% (Based on 97 reviews) | |
Automation | Automatically allocates resources to address log anomalies. 49 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 80% (Based on 49 reviews) | |
Performance Baseline | Sets a standard performance baseline by which to compare log activity. This feature was mentioned in 50 checkmk reviews. | 81% (Based on 50 reviews) | |
Real-Time Monitoring | As reported in 49 checkmk reviews. Constantly monitors logs to detect anomalies in real time. | 86% (Based on 49 reviews) | |
Multi-Server Management | As reported in 95 checkmk reviews. Allows users to track and control resource spend and loads across multiple servers. | 85% (Based on 95 reviews) | |
Automation | Automatically allocates resources to optimize loads across servers. 89 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 78% (Based on 89 reviews) | |
Performance Baseline | Sets a standard performance baseline by which to compare live server activity. 87 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 82% (Based on 87 reviews) | |
Real-Time Monitoring | Constantly monitors server to detect anomalies in real time. This feature was mentioned in 100 checkmk reviews. | 85% (Based on 100 reviews) | |
Immediate Alert Notification | As reported in 98 checkmk reviews. Ability of the monitoring software to immediately alert the user in case of any issue. | 84% (Based on 98 reviews) | |
Proactive Server Monitoring Software | Deploys remedial actions proactively. If this measure fails, then the user is alerted. This feature was mentioned in 92 checkmk reviews. | 81% (Based on 92 reviews) |
Visibility
Dashboards and Visualizations | Based on 108 checkmk reviews. Presents information and analytics in a digestible, intuitive, and visually appealing way. | 81% (Based on 108 reviews) | |
Alerts and Notifications | Clearly notifies team members with relevant information and anomalies in a timely manner. 104 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 87% (Based on 104 reviews) | |
Reporting | As reported in 96 checkmk reviews. Creates reports outlining load distribution, performance and other relevant metrics. | 76% (Based on 96 reviews) |
Data Preparation
Data Sources | Based on 23 checkmk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Automatically collect logs from all your services, applications, and platforms | 82% (Based on 23 reviews) | |
Indexing | Based on 19 checkmk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Automate the indexing of machine data that's critical to your operations | 83% (Based on 19 reviews) | |
Automated Tagging | Based on 20 checkmk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. See log data in context with automated tagging and correlation | 87% (Based on 20 reviews) | |
Data Blending | Based on 17 checkmk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Mix and match data from apps, hosts, containers, services, networks, and more | 79% (Based on 17 reviews) |
Visualization
Dashboards | Based on 22 checkmk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Visualize log data on dashboards | 88% (Based on 22 reviews) | |
Data Discovery | Based on 22 checkmk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Drill down and explore data to discover new insights | 86% (Based on 22 reviews) |
Response
Dashboards and Visualization | As reported in 33 checkmk reviews. | 80% (Based on 33 reviews) | |
Incident Alerting | Based on 33 checkmk reviews. | 84% (Based on 33 reviews) | |
Root Cause Analysis (RCA) | As reported in 33 checkmk reviews. | 79% (Based on 33 reviews) |
Performance
Real User Monitoring (RUM) | Based on 33 checkmk reviews. Captures and analyzes each transaction by users of a website or application in real time. | 72% (Based on 33 reviews) | |
Second by Second Metrics | Provides high-frequency metrics data. 32 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 73% (Based on 32 reviews) |
Cloud environment support
Server Monitoring For Cloud Deployments | Based on 71 checkmk reviews. Supports public, hybrid and private cloud environments. | 75% (Based on 71 reviews) | |
Software Scaling | Software can scale as the enterprises adds more servers to their portfolio virtually. This feature was mentioned in 67 checkmk reviews. | 77% (Based on 67 reviews) |
Alerts management
Multi-mode alerts | Alerts over email, text, phone call, or more to multiple parties. This feature was mentioned in 18 checkmk reviews. | 81% (Based on 18 reviews) | |
Opimization alerts | Provides information related to unnecessary spending and unused resources. 18 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 69% (Based on 18 reviews) | |
Incident alerts | Based on 20 checkmk reviews. Gives alerts when incidents arise. | 88% (Based on 20 reviews) |
Automation
Resolution automation | Diagnoses and resolves incidents without the need for human interaction. 14 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 68% (Based on 14 reviews) | |
Automation | Efficiently scales resource usage to optimize spend whith increased or decreased resource usage requirements. 14 reviewers of checkmk have provided feedback on this feature. | 71% (Based on 14 reviews) |
Issue Resolution
Root cause identification | Directly identifies, or increases identification speed for, root causes for container issues. This feature was mentioned in 15 checkmk reviews. | 79% (Based on 15 reviews) | |
Resolution guidance | Based on 15 checkmk reviews. Provides paths, suggestions, or other general assistance towards issue resolution. | 68% (Based on 15 reviews) | |
Proactive identification | As reported in 13 checkmk reviews. Proactively identifies trends on container systems that could lead to failures or errors. | 77% (Based on 13 reviews) |
