Choose between ESAB WeldCloud and Lincoln Electric CheckPoint for welding production/data monitoring, and confirm CheckPoint's live status given circulating rumors it was discontinued.

Steps

1. Confirm Lincoln Electric CheckPoint is active, not discontinued: as of mid-2026 Lincoln Electric continues to market and sell CheckPoint (checkpoint.lincolnelectric.com) as its weld-data-monitoring platform, with an actively promoted "fifth generation" update — the discontinuation rumor is not supported by current vendor material.
2. Separately evaluate ESAB's WeldCloud family (WeldCloud Assembly for traceability, WeldCloud Productivity, WeldCloud Notes) — these are tied to ESAB welding power sources/robotics, similar to how CheckPoint ties to Lincoln equipment.
3. For either platform, verify it supports your specific welder/power-source models before buying — both are vendor-hardware-linked, not universal, tools.
4. Ask each vendor for API documentation directly; public pages reference "connecting ERP and other systems" but neither publishes open developer API docs as of mid-2026 — expect a vendor-led integration project, not a self-serve API key.
5. If your shop mixes equipment brands, plan for the fact that neither platform natively aggregates data across a mixed Lincoln/ESAB/Miller fleet.