We performed a comparison between Checkmk and SCOM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"It's versatile, scalable, and easier to use compared to other solutions like Nagios and OMD."
"We can monitor multiple sites using the product."
"I really like the auto-discovery feature."
"The initial setup of Checkmk was easy...It is a very stable solution."
"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."
"The most valuable features of Checkmk are its resource monitoring, infra monitoring, and log factor configuration."
"The most valuable feature of SCOM is real-time alerts."
"This solution satisfies all of the requirements that we need for our Windows-based systems, so if you are using the Windows platform then this is an easy solution."
"The product has helped our organization with in-depth monitoring."
"I enjoy its integration with the Microsoft Active Directory functions, which means users, computers, or other group policies can connect with Windows Active Directory."
"The most valuable feature of SCOM is the capability of using classes within your management pack development."
"SCOM's most valuable features are the network path feature, reporting, and integration with business intelligence."
"The monitoring features are the most valuable. We have seen a major benefit from that so far."
"The advantages of SCOM are that it is definitely user friendly and a more appropriate solution for what we need."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"It is easy for tech-savvy people, but newcomers might find it intimidating."
"In Checkmk, the documentation can probably be improved a bit more."
"If an alert is generated for a specific pattern in the log, and if Checkmk catches that log, it will stay there even after the alert is resolved."
"I think that the integration and the exporting of the data collected are areas where Checkmk lacks but should try to improve the most."
"Sometimes we receive alerts, and it can become annoying when you acknowledge an alert. It is very clunky when you acknowledge the alert. The process is not very intuitive, and there are instances where it feels a bit cumbersome to acknowledge an alert."
"Third-party tools have had to be created to make SCOM management pack creation more efficient and effective. However, this weighs down the application as it just adds a resource requirement, which is ballooning the size of the necessary storage and all that for essentially substandard components."
"SCOM's feature that notifies us when a server is down is not present in recent updates, which has weakened the product."
"The initial setup should be easier to complete."
"It'll help if they can provide real-time or closer to real-time monitoring."
"I would like to see better support for monitoring Unix-based systems."
"The end-user components, including the dashboards, the administration console, and the web console, need to be improved."
"There could be more integration of SIM in the solution."
"The solution’s initial setup is difficult."
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Checkmk is ranked 21st in Network Monitoring Software with 6 reviews while SCOM is ranked 10th in Network Monitoring Software with 78 reviews. Checkmk is rated 8.6, while SCOM is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Checkmk writes "A reasonably priced tool for system and application monitoring". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SCOM writes "Has a good reporting engine, but its monitoring of the cloud-based environment could be improved". Checkmk is most compared with Zabbix, Icinga, Netdata, Centreon and PRTG Network Monitor, whereas SCOM is most compared with Dynatrace, Zabbix, Datadog, Nagios XI and AppDynamics. See our Checkmk vs. SCOM report.
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