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Checkmk vs Elastic Observability comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Customer Service

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Sentiment score
6.7
Elastic Observability's customer service is praised for responsiveness, support resources, and comprehensive documentation, with stable system reducing support needs.
 

Room For Improvement

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Sentiment score
4.0
Elastic Observability requires automation, improved metrics, advanced features, and better interfaces to address scalability, customization, and cost management challenges.
One example is the inability to monitor very old databases with the newest version.
Elastic Observability could improve asset discovery as the current requirement to push the agent is not ideal.
 

Scalability Issues

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Sentiment score
5.7
Elastic Observability offers strong scalability, receiving positive ratings, with improved performance in higher subscription tiers and cloud installations.
Elastic Observability seems to have a good scale-out capability.
What is not scalable for us is not on Elastic's side.
 

Setup Cost

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Sentiment score
2.0
Elastic Observability is cost-efficient for large enterprises but can be pricey for startups, with varied deployment pricing options.
The license is reasonably priced, however, the VMs where we host the solution are extremely expensive, making the overall cost in the public cloud high.
Elastic Observability is cost-efficient and provides all features in the enterprise license without asset-based licensing.
 

Stability Issues

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Sentiment score
8.3
Elastic Observability is highly stable and dependable, with fast performance and positive user feedback across diverse environments.
It is very stable, and I would rate it ten out of ten based on my interaction with it.
Elastic Observability is really stable.
 

Valuable Features

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Sentiment score
8.1
Elastic Observability offers cost-effective, scalable logging with machine learning, customization, and seamless Kibana integration for robust monitoring and security.
The most valuable feature is the integrated platform that allows customers to start from observability and expand into other areas like security, EDR solutions, etc.
All the features that we use, such as monitoring, dashboarding, reporting, the possibility of alerting, and the way we index the data, are important.
 

Categories and Ranking

Checkmk
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
13th
Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software
11th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (14th), Server Monitoring (6th)
Elastic Observability
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
9th
Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
26
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (8th), Log Management (13th), Container Monitoring (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Checkmk is 2.9%, up from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Elastic Observability is 4.3%, up from 3.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

Paolo Sala - PeerSpot reviewer
A reasonably priced tool for system and application monitoring
The main room for improvement is in the solution's presentation and the integration area. In our company, we use the integration capabilities from ServiceNow. We also have another big monitoring solution in place in our company, which is Dynatrace. At the moment, there doesn't exist an out-of-the-box integration for Dynatrace. I think that the integration and the exporting of the data collected are areas where Checkmk lacks but should try to improve the most. The only implementation of Checkmk that allows high availability is the virtual appliance that has the option for the availability of a different box. Otherwise, you have to find a way to implement it manually with some custom solution, which could be an improvement.
Adelina Craciun - PeerSpot reviewer
Customization enables tailored monitoring and alerting across departments
The possibility to customize it has been quite useful. Whatever the other departments want to dream up, we implement. Whatever they want to monitor, the granularity of it, the changes in the threshold, and the anomalies that they want reported all require some development. So far, every single request has been fulfilled.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
22%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Checkmk?
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.
What needs improvement with Checkmk?
The main challenge for us is that we're moving from Nagios to Checkmk, and we're still getting used to the new way of working. But basically, we're okay with it. The difficult part was adapting fro...
What is your primary use case for Checkmk?
We use it to monitor mainly Linux servers, including operating system metrics, processes, services, and so on. We also use scripting and monitoring logs.
What do you like most about Elastic Observability?
Elastic Observability significantly improves incident response time by providing quick access to logs and data across various sources. For instance, searching for specific keywords in logs spanning...
What needs improvement with Elastic Observability?
I don't know how Elastic can improve. The integration feature I am using is very easy to implement.
 

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Sample Customers

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PSCU, Entel, VITAS, Mimecast, Barrett Steel, Butterfield Bank
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