Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Checkmk
Checkmk clearly comes out ahead of StatusCake on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. StatusCake's paid plans start at $24.49/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | saas tool |
| Company | tribe29 GmbH | StatusCake |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | observability-apm | observability-apm |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | checkmk | statuscake |
|---|---|---|
| Agent Bakery | ||
| 1 Domain Monitor | ||
| Based On Nagios Core | ||
| 1 Page Speed Monitor | ||
| Basic Monitoring | ||
| 1 Ssl Monitor | ||
| Capacity Planning | ||
| 10 Server Monitors | ||
| Checkmk Micro Core (Cmc) | ||
| 10 Uptime Monitors | ||
| Community Support | ||
| 100 Ssl Monitors | ||
| Everything In Pro | ||
| 100 Uptime Monitors | ||
| Full-Stack Monitoring | ||
| 120 Domain Monitors | ||
| Kubernetes Monitoring | ||
| 15 Page Speed Monitors | ||
| Managed By Checkmk | ||
| 15+ Integrations | ||
| Open-Source (Gplv2) | ||
| 3 Server Monitors | ||
| Public Cloud Apis (Aws, Azure, Gcp) | ||
| 30 Page Speed Monitors | ||
| Push-Based Agent Communication | ||
| 300 Uptime Monitors | ||
| Saas Platform | ||
| 400 Sms Credits | ||
| Sla Reporting | ||
| 50 Domain Monitors |
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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 StatusCake can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Checkmk and StatusCake offer a free tier.
Checkmk scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
Checkmk is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
