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Comparison

Checkmk vs Zabbix

Pick Checkmk when

  • Hybrid on-prem + cloud estates
  • Ops teams monitoring hundreds of hosts
  • MSPs with many client environments
  • Nagios/Zabbix users wanting automation

When Checkmk is not a fit

  • Small teams with under ~20 servers . use simple uptime checks instead
  • Teams wanting zero-maintenance SaaS . you run and patch this server yourself
  • Cloud-native/Kubernetes-first shops needing per-second metric granularity
  • Anyone unwilling to deploy and maintain agents on every host

Sources

  1. Checkmk Reviews 2026 . G2g2.com
    review
  2. Checkmk Reviews & Ratings . Gartner Peer Insightsgartner.com
    review
  3. Checkmk Pricing & Review . Capterracapterra.com
    review
  4. Anyone use(d) CheckMK monitoring system? . Redditreddit.com
    review
  5. An ode to CheckMK support . Redditreddit.com
    review
  6. Checkmk official sitecheckmk.com
    official
  7. Checkmk download pagecheckmk.com
    official
  8. Local privilege escalation in Checkmk agent . SEC Consultsec-consult.com
    security
  9. Checkmk RCE by chaining multiple bugs . SonarSourcesonarsource.com
    security
  10. High-risk XSS flaw in Checkmk . Heiseheise.de
    news
  11. PSG Equity invests in Checkmk . LinkedIn/A&O Shearmanlinkedin.com
    news
  12. New Checkmk editions lineup . Checkmk Forumforum.checkmk.com
    official