Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Checkmk
Checkmk clearly comes out ahead of Netdata on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Netdata's paid plans start at $4.50/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | tribe29 GmbH | Netdata |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentEducation & EdTechAI & Machine LearningSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | observability-apm | observability-apm |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | checkmk | netdata |
|---|---|---|
| Agent Bakery | ||
| 3Gb Disk | ||
| Based On Nagios Core | ||
| 5% Cpu, 150Mb Ram | ||
| Basic Monitoring | ||
| 800+ Integrations | ||
| Capacity Planning | ||
| >1 Year Retention | ||
| Checkmk Micro Core (Cmc) | ||
| Air-Gapped Deployment | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Alerts Out Of The Box | ||
| Everything In Pro | ||
| Centralized Metrics Streaming And Storage | ||
| Full-Stack Monitoring | ||
| Complete Data Sovereignty | ||
| Kubernetes Monitoring | ||
| Custom Compliance Controls | ||
| Managed By Checkmk | ||
| Dashboards | ||
| Open-Source (Gplv2) | ||
| Data Replication & Backup | ||
| Public Cloud Apis (Aws, Azure, Gcp) | ||
| Dedicated Support Team | ||
| Push-Based Agent Communication | ||
| Enterprise-Grade Security | ||
| Saas Platform | ||
| High Availability Clustering | ||
| Sla Reporting | ||
| Kubernetes & Docker Support |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Checkmk comes out ahead overall, though Netdata can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Checkmk and Netdata offer a free tier.
Checkmk scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
