Checkmk vs Alibaba CloudMonitor

Checkmk9.2Visit Alibaba CloudMonitor8.6Visit

Higher score Checkmk #2 in Cloud Monitoring 9.2/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Checkmk

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Alibaba CloudMonitor #8 in Cloud Monitoring 8.6/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Alibaba Cloud

• Checkmk fits best

  Hybrid infrastructure monitoring teams

• Alibaba CloudMonitor fits best

  Alibaba Cloud-centric monitoring

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Side by side

Feature	Checkmk 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Alibaba CloudMonitor 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	8.6
Ranking	#2 in Cloud Monitoring	#8 in Cloud Monitoring
Best for	Hybrid infrastructure monitoring teams	Alibaba Cloud-centric monitoring
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	€190/mo	Free plan
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	30 days	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web, Linux, Windows	Web, Linux, Windows
Support	Community, Tickets, Docs	Docs
Compliance	ISO 27001, SOC 2, SSO/SAML, 2FA	GDPR
Integrations	2,000+ integrations	8 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Checkmk 0/3 · Alibaba CloudMonitor 3/3
Kubernetes monitoring	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Serverless monitoring	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Synthetic monitoring	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Cloud providers	Not checked yet	Alibaba Cloud; other cloud providers supported through Hybrid Cloud Monitoring (providers not individually specified on the cited page)
Metrics retention	Not checked yet	15 days
Log retention	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Monitors servers, networks, storage, cloud, Kubernetes, and virtual machines Automatic host and service discovery with agent and agentless collection Community edition includes 2,000+ pre-built integrations and is free forever	Free Basic plan includes alert messages and metric-query API calls Monitors Alibaba and non-Alibaba hosts, Kubernetes, serverless, and sites Supports Prometheus, PromQL, synthetic tests, dashboards, and threshold alerts
Cons	Community scales to approximately 100 hosts Pro and Ultimate are self-hosted paid editions Displayed Pro and Ultimate prices use annual billing	Paid capabilities primarily use usage-based billing The strongest cloud-native fit is centered on Alibaba Cloud Retention varies by statistical period and edition
Our verdict	Checkmk is an infrastructure monitoring and observability platform for teams managing on-premises, cloud, hybrid, and containerized environments. It discovers hosts and services, collects status and performance data, and provides… Read the review →	Alibaba CloudMonitor is a cloud monitoring service for operations teams managing Alibaba Cloud resources, internet applications, hosts, networks, and business metrics. It combines dashboards, resource and host metrics, event monitoring,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Checkmk — where it wins

  • Monitors servers, networks, storage, cloud, Kubernetes, and virtual machines
  • Automatic host and service discovery with agent and agentless collection
  • Community edition includes 2,000+ pre-built integrations and is free forever

  Where it doesn't

  • Community scales to approximately 100 hosts
  • Pro and Ultimate are self-hosted paid editions
  • Displayed Pro and Ultimate prices use annual billing

• Alibaba CloudMonitor — where it wins

  • Free Basic plan includes alert messages and metric-query API calls
  • Monitors Alibaba and non-Alibaba hosts, Kubernetes, serverless, and sites
  • Supports Prometheus, PromQL, synthetic tests, dashboards, and threshold alerts

  Where it doesn't

  • Paid capabilities primarily use usage-based billing
  • The strongest cloud-native fit is centered on Alibaba Cloud
  • Retention varies by statistical period and edition

• Checkmk9.2/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  A broad hybrid monitoring platform with a capable free edition and paid self-hosted tiers.

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• Alibaba CloudMonitor8.6/10 · Free plan

  A broad monitoring service with especially strong fit for Alibaba Cloud environments.

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