Software · head to head
Checkmk vs Amplitude
Amplitude
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The digital analytics platform to understand your users
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The short version
- Only Amplitude has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Checkmk pricing is metered per service (each individual metric or sensor monitored) rather than per host, so cost scales with monitoring depth, not just server count; Amplitude metered on event volume, so instrumenting more of a product raises the bill even if the audience does not grow
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Checkmk and Amplitude actually diverge.
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Checkmk
Nothing recorded that Amplitude does not also cover.
Only in Amplitude
- Event tracking
- User segmentation
- Funnel analysis
- Retention analysis
- Cohort analysis
- A/B testing
- Revenue analytics
- Predictive analytics
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Checkmk
No use cases recorded yet. See the Checkmk review.
Amplitude
- User behavior analysisnot Checkmk
- Feature adoption trackingnot Checkmk
- Conversion rate optimizationnot Checkmk
- Customer journey mappingnot Checkmk
- Retention improvementnot Checkmk
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Checkmk
- Pricing is metered per service (each individual metric or sensor monitored) rather than per host, so cost scales with monitoring depth, not just server count
- Pro edition starts at 190 euro per month billed annually, and Ultimate at 275 euro per month billed annually; prices are published in euros only
- The CloudAI SaaS edition is capped at 50,000 services even though self-hosted Pro and Ultimate scale to over 100,000 hosts
Amplitude
- Metered on event volume, so instrumenting more of a product raises the bill even if the audience does not grow
- The free plan covers 2M events a month
- The Plus plan scales to 70M events, above which pricing is custom
- Growth and Enterprise pricing is not published
Pricing, plan by plan
Checkmk
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Checkmk review.
Amplitude
Free- StarterFree
- 2 million events per month
- Plus$49/month
- $0.049 per MTU
- Up to 300k MTUs
- Advanced analytics
- GrowthFree
- Causal insights
- Feature experimentation
- Real-time streaming
- EnterpriseFree
- Cross-product analysis
- Advanced permissions
- Dedicated account manager
Which should you pick?
Choose Checkmk if
Nothing in the data separates Checkmk from Amplitude on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Choose Amplitude if
- You need event tracking.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
- You also want user segmentation.
Questions people ask
- Is Checkmk or Amplitude better?
- Neither clearly leads. Checkmk starts at On request and Amplitude at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Checkmk or Amplitude?
- Amplitude has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Checkmk and Free for Amplitude.
- Does Checkmk or Amplitude run on more platforms?
- Checkmk runs on Web. Amplitude runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
- Can I use Amplitude for free?
- Yes. Amplitude has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Checkmk starts at On request.
- What can Checkmk do that Amplitude cannot?
- Amplitude covers Event tracking, User segmentation, Funnel analysis, Retention analysis.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Amplitude: Does Amplitude have a free plan?
Yes, Amplitude offers a free Starter plan with 2 million events per month and access to the entire platform including analytics, session replay, and experimentation features.
SourceAmplitude: What is Amplitude's pricing based on?
Amplitude's pricing is based on the number of monthly tracked users (MTUs), data volume, and advanced features selected. The Plus plan starts at $49 per month with a rate of $0.049 per MTU.
SourceAmplitude: What analytics features does every Amplitude plan include?
Every plan includes access to the full platform: analytics, session replay, feature experimentation, web experimentation, guides and surveys, activation, and AI tools like AI Feedback and AI Assistant.
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