We performed a comparison between Checkmk and SolarWinds NPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"We can monitor multiple sites using the product."
"It's versatile, scalable, and easier to use compared to other solutions like Nagios and OMD."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it has a lot of different pieces, and they all work together...It is a very scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The initial setup of Checkmk was easy...It is a very stable solution."
"The most valuable features of Checkmk are its resource monitoring, infra monitoring, and log factor configuration."
"I really like the auto-discovery feature."
"You can monitor performance counters effortlessly."
"The product is lightweight in terms of memory use, requiring only 10 megabytes or less."
"It's a very good tool and a very stable tool."
"One of the best features is the reports feature."
"The most important feature is reporting. The reports that are generated are useful and they save a lot of time with respect to monitoring."
"We can proactively fix historical issues, so we won't face those problems in future."
"The most valuable features of SolarWinds NPM are network performance monitoring and the overall benefit for servers."
"The benefit of this solution is the reporting. We're able to report on and see our network in a graphical form. We are able to detect when a device is added to a network."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"I think that the integration and the exporting of the data collected are areas where Checkmk lacks but should try to improve the most."
"In Checkmk, the documentation can probably be improved a bit more."
"It is easy for tech-savvy people, but newcomers might find it intimidating."
"Sometimes we receive alerts, and it can become annoying when you acknowledge an alert. It is very clunky when you acknowledge the alert. The process is not very intuitive, and there are instances where it feels a bit cumbersome to acknowledge an alert."
"If an alert is generated for a specific pattern in the log, and if Checkmk catches that log, it will stay there even after the alert is resolved."
"The dashboard of the solution is an area with certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"The solution needs to integrate with additional SDN technologies that are part of the hyper market."
"Complex and overly detailed setup."
"It would be nice if SolarWinds added some technical protocols like Modbus. The market needs a simple solution for monitoring a technical device."
"I would like to see some enhancement on the reporting side, such as making it a little bit easier to create reports or having a larger assortment of canned reports."
"The integration with the APIs and the web servers deployed can definitely be improved."
"Sometimes there are issues when upgrading to a new version of the product."
"Real-time analytics is the major weakness of the SolarWinds NPM platform today. They've done a fantastic job enabling the collection of data. Users are now demanding the ability to generate their own graphs, views, and so on; all of this must be done by an admin today."
Checkmk is ranked 15th in Cloud Monitoring Software with 6 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 6th in Cloud Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. Checkmk is rated 8.6, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Checkmk writes "A reasonably priced tool for system and application monitoring". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". Checkmk is most compared with Zabbix, Icinga, Netdata, Centreon and Observium, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity. See our Checkmk vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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