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Checkmk vs Coroot

Both stand on kubernetes monitoring. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Checkmk

Free plan Open source AndroidAPIiPhone+5

Checkmk offers broad infrastructure coverage and several monitoring methods, with a free Community option for smaller environments. The listed pricing note gives paid plans from €190/mo (annual), and a 30-day trial is available.

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Coroot

Free plan Open source APILinuxSelf-hosted+2

Choose Coroot if you need self-hosted observability with service maps, tracing, profiling and incident analysis. Community Edition provides a free Apache 2.0 option, while Standard adds paid monitoring at $1 per monitored CPU core/month. Linux environments with kernels older than 5.1 do not meet its stated requirement.

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The facts

CheckmkCoroot
Free planYesYes
Open sourceYesYes
Runs onAndroid, API, iPhone, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, WindowsAPI, Linux, Self-hosted, Web, Windows
Lowest paid planPro: $275 a monthSee the plans
Plans published57
MakerNot publishedNot published
Websitecheckmk.comcoroot.com
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Checkmk: what it does well

  • More than 2,000 built-in integrations.
  • Monitors AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
  • Supports agent-based, agentless and API checks.
  • One instance can monitor thousands of servers.
  • Can run on customer hardware or virtualized.

What to know first

  • Community edition is intended for smaller infrastructures.
  • Community scaling is described at approximately 100 hosts.
  • Paid plans start at €190/mo (annual).

Coroot: what it does well

  • Collects metrics, logs, traces and profiling data without code changes.
  • Maps services and dependencies automatically.
  • Profiles applications and pinpoints CPU spikes to a code line.
  • Tracks cloud costs without cloud-account access.
  • Sends alerts through Slack, Teams, PagerDuty, Opsgenie and webhooks.

What to know first

  • Self-hosted deployment requires managing the software within customer infrastructure.
  • Linux deployments require kernel version 5.1 or later.
  • Standard pricing is per monitored CPU core each month.

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