Software · head to head
Checkmk vs etcd
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etcd
Software
A strongly consistent, distributed key-value store
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- On request
- Rated
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The short version
- 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; etcd licensed under Apache License 2.0 per the project's GitHub repository (etcd-io/etcd LICENSE); as open source software it has no paid tier or vendor price to compare
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Checkmk and etcd actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
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
etcd
- Licensed under Apache License 2.0 per the project's GitHub repository (etcd-io/etcd LICENSE); as open source software it has no paid tier or vendor price to compare
- Benchmarked at only thousands of writes per second per instance per etcd.io, a throughput ceiling that requires clustering or an alternative store for higher write volumes
Pricing, plan by plan
Checkmk
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Checkmk review.
etcd
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the etcd review.
Which should you pick?
Choose Checkmk if
Nothing in the data separates Checkmk from etcd on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Choose etcd if
Nothing in the data separates etcd from Checkmk on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Questions people ask
- Is Checkmk or etcd better?
- Neither clearly leads. Checkmk starts at On request and etcd at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Checkmk or etcd?
- Checkmk starts at On request and etcd at On request.
- Does Checkmk or etcd run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.