3 categories · RankedCheckmk
Checkmk is a monitoring and observability platform for hybrid environments, used for IT infrastructure monitoring · checkmk.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor is first at 44%.
Zabbix is first at 27%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
LogicMonitor is first at 15%.
Why models recommend it
“Free open-source version of a powerful tool. Strong for network and server monitoring with a modern UI.”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Choose Checkmk when combining open-source flexibility with commercial support is attractive.”Perplexity Sonar · Comparative question · alternative
“Nagios alternative — Checkmk ... Open-source with a commercial edition, strong scalability”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Comparative question · alternative
“Mixed server & network estate, want auto‑discovery and ease of use | Zabbix or Checkmk.”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“require more ops overhead (Zabbix, Checkmk, PRTG)”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Direct question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Checkmk, over the 70 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 14 | View → | |
| 31 | 2 | View → | |
| 30 | 5 | View → | |
| 27 | 2 | View → | |
| 26 | 6 | View → | |
| 26 | 5 | View → | |
| 25 | 9 | View → | |
| 22 | 5 | View → | |
| 21 | 2 | View → | |
| 20 | 6 | View → |
What the models named instead of Checkmk →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Checkmk's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- organizations with critical infrastructure
- Price stated
- From 190€ per month you get a powerful and comprehensive IT monitoring.
- Starting price
- 190
- Free plan or trial
- Free trial
- Integrations
- 2000
- Certifications
- ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type I, GDPR, EU AI Act, DORA
- Hosting
- Frankfurt (EU), Northern Virginia (US), EU, US
- Customers named
- Adobe, Siemens, Zalando, Fujitsu, VW, HP, Fitbit, Cloudera
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 64 of the 70 answers that named Checkmk and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
156 of the 201 domain citations in answers naming Checkmk came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 124 | 3 | 2026-09-10 | Infra monitoring, Observability | |
| Glossary or explainer | 101 | 0 | 2023-01-11 | ||
| Podcast or video | 80 | 0 | 2019-01-13 | ||
| Report or ebook | 52 | 0 | 2019-01-13 | ||
| News or press | 35 | 0 | 2026-06-09 | ||
| Conference or event | 32 | 0 | 2026-06-16 | ||
| Case study | 22 | 0 | 2019-01-13 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 21 | 0 | 2019-01-13 | ||
| Comparison | 10 | 1 | 2026-09-18 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-18Best logicmonitor alternatives comparison
- 2026-09-10Ai powered workflows checkmk mcp server now available blog
- 2026-08-17It tooling in transition survey blog
- 2026-07-29Network monitoring with checkmk 2 0 blog
- 2026-06-16Checkmk conference 12 tackling complexity hybrid it operations conference or event
- 2026-06-09Checkmk and xurrent partner keep cmdb current live monitoring data news or press
Events in person
- June 16, 2026 to June 18, 2026Checkmk Conference #12Paulaner am Nockherberg, Munich, Germany · hosted
- June 16, 2026Checkmk Conference #12Paulaner am Nockherberg, Monaco, Germany · hybrid · hosted
As the event pages on checkmk.com state them, read September 28, 2026.
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page checkmk.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.