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Checkmate vs Pulse: catalog facts
Checkmate	Pulse
Free Free and open source to self-host.	Free Free to download and run on your own server.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Combines uptime checks with server hardware monitoring Docker and Helm chart deployment options	One dashboard for Proxmox, Docker, Kubernetes, TrueNAS and vSphere Built-in alerting for infrastructure problems
You have to host and maintain it yourself No hosted version described in the research	AI features may not suit people who want a plain metrics dashboard Needs a server to run on
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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