Technology · head to head
etcd vs Checkmk
etcd
Technology
A strongly consistent, distributed key-value store
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Checkmk
Technology
Comprehensive IT monitoring, open and flexible
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: 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; 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
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which etcd and Checkmk actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Technology).
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
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
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
Pricing, plan by plan
etcd
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the etcd review.
Checkmk
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Checkmk review.
Which should you pick?
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.
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.
Questions people ask
- Is etcd or Checkmk better?
- Neither clearly leads. etcd starts at On request and Checkmk at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, etcd or Checkmk?
- etcd starts at On request and Checkmk at On request.
- Does etcd or Checkmk run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.