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Pandora FMS vs Checkmk: catalog facts
Pandora FMS	Checkmk
Freemium An open-source edition is available; commercial on-premise and SaaS licences are sold…	Freemium Free open-source Raw edition, with paid Enterprise and Cloud editions.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Covers servers, networks, applications, logs and user experience Dashboards, reports and alerts built in	Auto-discovery reduces manual setup for new hosts and services Supports both agent-based and agentless SNMP monitoring
Aimed at organisations, so setup is more involved than a desktop monitor Many features and add-ons belong to the commercial editions	Advanced features and scaling are gated behind paid commercial editions Self-hosted setup and tuning takes more effort than a hosted SaaS monitor
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted, Downloadable app
Open source	Open 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 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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