Application monitoring platform built by developers for developers
Free, then $26/mo15 researched notes
Checkmk
Comprehensive IT monitoring, open and flexible
As of 13 November 2026, Checkmk has a free plan and paid plans start at €190/month. IT infrastructure and application monitoring software available as a free open-source Community edition or paid self-hosted and SaaS tiers, priced per…. Softwr lists it under Logging.
Overview
What Checkmk does
IT infrastructure and application monitoring software available as a free open-source Community edition or paid self-hosted and SaaS tiers, priced per monitored service.
What people use it for
- Infrastructure monitoring
- System observability
- Enterprise compliance monitoring
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Checkmk.
- Pricing calculated by service count, not hosts (approximately 30 services per host on average)
- Professional support limited to 8-10 hours per week on base plans
- Synthetic monitoring is separate add-on with per-test pricing
Pricing
What Checkmk costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Community (Self-Hosted)
Free
- No cost, forever
- Up to ~100 hosts
- Basic infrastructure monitoring
Pro (Self-Hosted)
€190 /mo
- Advanced analytics
- Reporting
- Distributed monitoring
- 8 hours x 5 days professional support
Ultimate (Self-Hosted)
€275 /mo
- Full-stack observability
- Advanced security compliance
- 10 hours x 5 days professional support (upgradable to 24/7)
CloudAI (SaaS)
€240 /mo
- Fully managed cloud hosting
- 99.5% uptime SLA
- Supports up to 50000 services
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Is there a free version of Checkmk?
Yes, Checkmk Community edition is free forever and supports up to approximately 100 hosts for basic infrastructure monitoring with no cost.
SourceHow does Checkmk calculate pricing by host count?
Checkmk uses service-based pricing where each monitored aspect (file system, hardware sensor, switch port, metric) counts as one service. On average, there are approximately 30 services per host.
SourceWhat is the difference between Checkmk Pro and Ultimate tiers?
Pro tier at 190 EUR/month includes advanced analytics and 8x5 support, while Ultimate at 275 EUR/month adds full-stack observability, advanced compliance features, and upgradable 24/7 support.
SourceDoes Checkmk offer a managed SaaS option?
Yes, Checkmk CloudAI is a fully managed SaaS tier at 240 EUR/month with 99.5% uptime SLA and support for up to 50000 services.
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