About Checkmk
Located in the heart of Munich, we launched our first release in 2012. Today, we've expanded to America and grown to a team of more than 200 employees.
What drives us
Our mission is as simple as it is complex: we want to ensure the world’s IT backbone never fails. In a fast-moving, hybrid world, we deliver modern, integrated monitoring that’s secure, scalable, and built for everyone – from beginners to seasoned experts. Our platform combines powerful automation, extensible interfaces, and an exceptional user experience to keep your infrastructure running at peak performance.
In order to achieve our goal, we strive to create the best IT monitoring platform for the hybrid era – one that guarantees high availability, unmatched reliability, and complete peace of mind for organizations everywhere.
What shaped us
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2007
Linux and monitoring expert Mathias Kettner founded a consulting business in Munich that would later become the Checkmk GmbH.
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2009
The open source monitoring add-on Check_MK was released, setting new standards for IT monitoring.
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2012
We leveled up with the launch of Checkmk Raw, our very first official product release.
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2014
Munich became the home of the very first Checkmk Conference, a yearly tradition that has united the Checkmk Community ever since.
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2022
We surpassed 100 employees and crossed the Atlantic, expanding into North America with a new office in Atlanta, Georgia.
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2025
The Checkmk team has grown to include experts from the Asia-Pacific region, ensuring seamless 24/7 support for our customers worldwide.
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Today
Next to Checkmk Raw, we've released multiple commercial versions, providing advanced monitoring of cloud, hybrid, and data center infrastructures, as well as modern containers and networks.
What we live by
Global at heart
With two headquarters in Germany and America, and over 200 employees from more than 35 different countries, we strive to provide our solutions globally.
Values that lead
We’re guided by three core values: respect for every individual, empowerment with accountability, and collaboration to solve complex challenges.
Experienced and focused
With over a decade of exclusive dedication to IT monitoring, we’ve built unmatched expertise – and we remain fully committed to advancing this field.
Open source
Open source is at the foundation of our company – we build it, we use it, we love it!
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