SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor vs Checkmk

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor9.3Visit Checkmk9.0Visit

Higher score SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor #1 in Network Monitoring - Enterprise Software 9.3/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 3 features Visit SolarWinds

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Checkmk #4 in Network Monitoring - Enterprise Software 9.0/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Checkmk

• SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor fits best

  Enterprises managing complex, multi-vendor networks

• Checkmk fits best

  Teams seeking comprehensive monitoring with a free tier

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Side by side

Feature	SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor 9.3/10 Visit ↗	Checkmk 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	9.0
Ranking	#1 in Network Monitoring - Enterprise Software	#4 in Network Monitoring - Enterprise Software
Best for	Enterprises managing complex, multi-vendor networks	Teams seeking comprehensive monitoring with a free tier
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Pricing on request · 30-day trial	€190/mo
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	30 days	30 days
Free trial length	30 days	30 days
Deployment	Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web, Linux, Windows
Support	Tickets, Community, Docs	Community, Tickets, Docs
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor 0/3 · Checkmk 0/3
Network discovery	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
SNMP monitoring	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Flow analytics	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Device limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Alert channels	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Automatically discovers devices and tracks availability and performance metrics NetPath and topology maps show hop-by-hop routes and device dependencies PerfStack correlates network, system, and application metrics on one timeline	Free Community edition with open-source self-hosted monitoring 2,000+ integrations spanning infrastructure, cloud, and collaboration tools Agentless and agent-based monitoring across servers, networks, and containers
Cons	Standalone Orion NPM requires contacting sales Self-hosted deployment requires an environment managed by your team Wireless heat maps are specified for Cisco access points	Paid self-hosted tiers start at €190/month on annual billing. Pricing is based on services rather than hosts. Community edition relies on community support.
Our verdict	SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) is a self-hosted network monitoring product for IT teams responsible for multi-vendor environments. It discovers network devices and monitors availability, response time, packet loss,… Read the review →	Checkmk monitors servers, networks, virtual machines, cloud services, containers, and applications. It collects host and service states through agents, APIs, and agentless protocols such as SNMP, IPMI, WMI, and Redfish, then presents… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor — where it wins

  • Automatically discovers devices and tracks availability and performance metrics
  • NetPath and topology maps show hop-by-hop routes and device dependencies
  • PerfStack correlates network, system, and application metrics on one timeline

  Where it doesn't

  • Standalone Orion NPM requires contacting sales
  • Self-hosted deployment requires an environment managed by your team
  • Wireless heat maps are specified for Cisco access points

• Checkmk — where it wins

  • Free Community edition with open-source self-hosted monitoring
  • 2,000+ integrations spanning infrastructure, cloud, and collaboration tools
  • Agentless and agent-based monitoring across servers, networks, and containers

  Where it doesn't

  • Paid self-hosted tiers start at €190/month on annual billing.
  • Pricing is based on services rather than hosts.
  • Community edition relies on community support.

• SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor9.3/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

  A self-hosted monitor for teams that need visibility across multi-vendor networks.

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• Checkmk9.0/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  Checkmk combines broad infrastructure coverage with a free self-hosted edition and paid tiers.

  Visit CheckmkFull verdict →