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Head-to-head · Network Monitoring

Checkmk vs Progress Flowmon

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 3 checks side by side
Higher score Checkmk #2 in Network Monitoring 9.3/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Checkmk
Progress Flowmon #8 in Network Monitoring 8.6/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 2 of 3 features Try Progress Flowmon

Checkmk leads on 1 check, Progress Flowmon on 0, and 2 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 3 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreCheckmk · 9.3/10
  • Free planonly Checkmk
  • Free trialboth
  • Most featuresProgress Flowmon · 2 of 3

Checkmk scores higher on our rubric for network monitoring: 9.3 against 8.6 out of 10; our editors rank them #2 and #8.

Checkmk offers free plan; Progress Flowmon doesn't.

Checkmk is the better fit for hybrid infrastructure monitoring teams. Progress Flowmon is the better fit for flow analytics and capacity planning.

  • Checkmk fits best

    Hybrid infrastructure monitoring teams

  • Progress Flowmon fits best

    Flow analytics and capacity planning

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Side by side

Feature Checkmk 9.3/10 Visit ↗ Progress Flowmon 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.3 8.6
Ranking #2 in Network Monitoring #8 in Network Monitoring
Best for Hybrid infrastructure monitoring teams Flow analytics and capacity planning
Pricing model Free plan + paid Paid
Starting price €190/mo Pricing on request · 30-day trial
Free plan ✓ (best) —
Free trial 30 days 30 days
Free trial length 30 days 30 days
Deployment Cloud, Self-hosted Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms Web, Linux, Windows Web
Integrations 2,000+ integrations 9 integrations
Built for Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Checkmk 0/3 · Progress Flowmon 2/3
Synthetic checks Not checked yet Not checked yet
Traffic monitoring Not checked yet ✓ (best)
Topology maps Not checked yet ✓ (best)
Specs
Device limit Not checked yet Not checked yet
Alert channels Not checked yet Email
Deployment Not checked yet Hybrid
Our review
Pros
  • Monitors servers, networks, storage, cloud, Kubernetes, and VMs
  • Community edition includes 2,000+ pre-built integrations
  • Supports agent-based, agentless, distributed, and OpenTelemetry monitoring
  • Ingests NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, jFlow, cflowd and NetStream
  • Combines topology, response-time measurement and predictive capacity analysis
  • Adds ML anomaly detection, packet capture and REST API automation
Cons
  • Paid plans start at €190 per month with annual billing
  • Community edition scales to approximately 100 hosts
  • Paid self-hosted tiers show approximately 3,000 services at entry
  • Pricing is quote-based and routed through Progress's partner network
  • No perpetual free plan is documented
  • More traffic-centric than general network monitoring suites
Our verdict

Checkmk is an infrastructure monitoring and observability platform for IT teams managing on-premises, cloud, hybrid, and containerized environments. It discovers hosts and services, collects status and performance data, and provides…

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Progress Flowmon is a network and security monitoring platform for NetOps and SecOps teams managing on-premises, cloud or hybrid environments. It collects flow data from infrastructure such as firewalls, routers and switches, along with…

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  1. CheckmkNetwork Monitoring 9.3Free plan · 30-day trial
  2. Progress FlowmonNetwork Monitoring 8.6Pricing on request · 30-day trial

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Checkmk — where it wins

    • Monitors servers, networks, storage, cloud, Kubernetes, and VMs
    • Community edition includes 2,000+ pre-built integrations
    • Supports agent-based, agentless, distributed, and OpenTelemetry monitoring

    Where it doesn't

    • Paid plans start at €190 per month with annual billing
    • Community edition scales to approximately 100 hosts
    • Paid self-hosted tiers show approximately 3,000 services at entry

  • Progress Flowmon — where it wins

    • Ingests NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, jFlow, cflowd and NetStream
    • Combines topology, response-time measurement and predictive capacity analysis
    • Adds ML anomaly detection, packet capture and REST API automation

    Where it doesn't

    • Pricing is quote-based and routed through Progress's partner network
    • No perpetual free plan is documented
    • More traffic-centric than general network monitoring suites
  • Checkmk9.3/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

    A broad hybrid monitoring platform with a capable free edition and costly paid entry.

    Visit CheckmkFull verdict →
  • Progress Flowmon8.6/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

    A traffic-focused platform for flow analytics, topology and capacity planning.

    Try Progress FlowmonFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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