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Checkmk vs Prometheus: catalog facts
Checkmk	Prometheus
Freemium Free open-source Raw edition, with paid Enterprise and Cloud editions.	Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…
Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
Auto-discovery reduces manual setup for new hosts and services Supports both agent-based and agentless SNMP monitoring	Label-based data model and PromQL make ad-hoc questions easy to answer Pull model needs no agent configuration beyond exposing a metrics endpoint
Advanced features and scaling are gated behind paid commercial editions Self-hosted setup and tuning takes more effort than a hosted SaaS monitor	Local storage is not clustered; long retention needs Thanos, Mimir or similar Pull model does not suit short-lived jobs without a push gateway
Self-hosted, Downloadable app	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
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 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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