# Checkmk alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 463 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where Checkmk holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/checkmk/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Datadog: 63
- Paessler PRTG Network Monitor: 41
- Zabbix: 32
- ManageEngine OpManager: 28
- Dynatrace: 26
- Site24x7: 23

## Infrastructure monitoring

**Small business**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Checkmk (Checkmk is #10 of 16 at 0%).

- Site24x7: first choice in 15 of those 75
- Datadog: first choice in 10 of those 75
- Grafana: first choice in 10 of those 75
- New Relic: first choice in 8 of those 75
- Zabbix: first choice in 7 of those 75
- Better Stack: first choice in 6 of those 75
- Paessler PRTG: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Prometheus + Grafana: first choice in 4 of those 75

**Mid-market**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Checkmk (Checkmk is #12 of 16 at 0%).

- Datadog: first choice in 19 of those 75
- Zabbix: first choice in 8 of those 75
- Site24x7: first choice in 6 of those 75
- LogicMonitor: first choice in 5 of those 75
- Grafana: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Prometheus: first choice in 4 of those 75
- New Relic: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Dynatrace: first choice in 2 of those 75

**Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Checkmk.

- Datadog: first choice in 34 of those 82
- Dynatrace: first choice in 21 of those 82
- Netdata: first choice in 6 of those 82
- New Relic: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Grafana: first choice in 1 of those 82
- LogicMonitor: first choice in 1 of those 82
- ManageEngine OpManager: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Middleware.io: first choice in 1 of those 82

## Network monitoring and management

**Small business**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Checkmk.

- Paessler PRTG Network Monitor: first choice in 35 of those 78
- Auvik: first choice in 10 of those 78
- Domotz: first choice in 8 of those 78
- Zabbix: first choice in 6 of those 78
- ManageEngine OpManager: first choice in 5 of those 78
- NinjaOne: first choice in 5 of those 78
- Site24x7: first choice in 2 of those 78
- Checkmk Community: first choice in 1 of those 78

**Mid-market**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Checkmk (Checkmk is #10 of 12 at 0%).

- ManageEngine OpManager: first choice in 14 of those 78
- Auvik: first choice in 11 of those 78
- Zabbix: first choice in 11 of those 78
- SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor: first choice in 7 of those 78
- Paessler PRTG Network Monitor: first choice in 6 of those 78
- LogicMonitor: first choice in 2 of those 78
- Cisco Catalyst Center: first choice in 1 of those 78
- Datadog Network Monitoring: first choice in 1 of those 78

**Enterprise**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Checkmk (Checkmk is #7 of 15 at 6%).

- Datadog Network Monitoring: first choice in 10 of those 75
- LogicMonitor: first choice in 8 of those 75
- ManageEngine OpManager: first choice in 8 of those 75
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: first choice in 5 of those 75
- SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor: first choice in 5 of those 75
- Kentik: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Cisco Catalyst Center: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Dynatrace: first choice in 3 of those 75

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