Checkmk
8.8#1 in hardware monitoring softwareFrom $275 a monthFree planAndroidiOSWebAPI
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Performance Co-Pilot
6.3#22 in infrastructure monitoringFree planFree planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted
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| Fact | Checkmk | Performance Co-Pilot |
|---|---|---|
| Extensibility | Developers can create custom checks, agent plug-ins, local checks and other extensions; the documentation points to the Checkmk Exchange. | PCP provides APIs, libraries, and a plugin framework for collecting and using performance data from applications and other sources. |
| Integrations | Checkmk advertises more than 2,000 built-in integrations covering hardware, networks, applications, operating systems and cloud or container platforms. | The project provides a Grafana plugin, Ansible roles, Java instrumentation, and a PDF graph converter. |
Checkmk plans
- CommunityFree
- Synthetic MonitoringFree
- Pro$275 a month
- Cloud$290 a month
- Ultimate$400 a month
Performance Co-Pilot plans
- Performance Co-PilotFree
Pick Checkmk if…
It suits teams monitoring mixed infrastructure, servers, networks, and cloud services. The Community edition is aimed at smaller infrastructures, while distributed monitoring can support larger setups.
Pick Performance Co-Pilot if…
PCP is particularly suited to centralized monitoring of distributed processing, clusters, web server farms and large systems. Some features can also help investigate difficult performance problems on smaller systems.