We performed a comparison between Checkmk and Oracle Enterprise Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Server Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"I really like the auto-discovery feature."
"It's versatile, scalable, and easier to use compared to other solutions like Nagios and OMD."
"We can monitor multiple sites using the product."
"The initial setup of Checkmk was easy...It is a very stable solution."
"I have found the uptime of all of our systems to be most valuable with this solution. This is important because we need to guarantee specific uptime and preventive maintenance. We need to know upfront if there are going to be any issues on the database so we can proactively solve those."
"Oracle Enterprise Manager is a scalable solution."
"It is a scalable solution. So far, my company has not faced any issues with the scalability part of the solution."
"SQL Tuning Advisor, ADDM, Top Activity, ASM Space Manager, Incident Notifications"
"It is the best monitoring tool for Oracle databases."
"It is a stable solution...The initial setup of Oracle Enterprise Manager was straightforward."
"I mostly use the top events, and look at how the execution is happening on the database; and monitoring the cluster level rates. I even look at the execution plan."
"It is a good tool for monitoring databases."
"It is easy for tech-savvy people, but newcomers might find it intimidating."
"I think that the integration and the exporting of the data collected are areas where Checkmk lacks but should try to improve the most."
"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."
"In Checkmk, the documentation can probably be improved a bit more."
"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."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"I feel more dashboards can be added, especially those useful to higher levels of IT management."
"The solution is not as simple as people say it is."
"Oracle Enterprise Manager could improve the monitoring types and the graphics."
"Technical support could be faster."
"The user interface is not very interactive. It needs improvement."
"The solution's agents work with Java, and the Java code sometimes consumes a lot of memory on the CPU."
"My opinion is that this solution needs to improve consolidation. That is what our business needs the most right now."
"The fact that Oracle Enterprise Manager is an expensive solution is a matter of concern and needs to be considered for improvement."
Checkmk is ranked 7th in Server Monitoring with 6 reviews while Oracle Enterprise Manager is ranked 4th in Server Monitoring with 123 reviews. Checkmk is rated 8.6, while Oracle Enterprise Manager is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Checkmk writes "A reasonably priced tool for system and application monitoring". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Enterprise Manager writes "Provides good stability and has an easy implementation process". Checkmk is most compared with Zabbix, Icinga, Netdata, Centreon and Observium, whereas Oracle Enterprise Manager is most compared with Zabbix, Dynatrace, Quest Spotlight, AppDynamics and Quest Foglight for Databases. See our Checkmk vs. Oracle Enterprise Manager report.
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