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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

Zabbix and Cisco UCS Manager are both key players in IT infrastructure management. Zabbix, with its extensive feature set and open-source flexibility, seems to have an edge due to its cost-effectiveness and comprehensive capabilities.

Features: Zabbix offers automated network and inventory discovery, diverse notification options, and strong integration capabilities, all delivered at no cost. Cisco UCS Manager provides effective management of computing resources, comprehensive compatibility with Cisco hardware, and reliable performance.

Room for Improvement: Zabbix could improve its user interface intuitiveness, reporting capabilities, and reduce false positives. Enhancements in AI and ML integrations would be beneficial. Cisco UCS Manager could enhance its automation, simplify its interface, and improve the firmware upgrade process and support for hyper-converged systems.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Zabbix's open-source model offers flexible deployments across clouds and benefits from a strong community for troubleshooting while official support is available for purchase. Cisco UCS Manager is recognized for dependable hardware support, though deployment can be complex with a steeper learning curve. Its technical support is effective but may incur higher costs.

Pricing and ROI: Zabbix's open-source model eliminates licensing costs, providing immediate ROI with substantial savings on support and licensing. Cisco UCS Manager is more costly, designed for advanced data center management with expenses in hardware and licensing, yet offers value in its stability and reliability for critical IT infrastructure.

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Cisco UCS Manager vs. Zabbix

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

ROI

Sentiment score

5.1

Cisco UCS Manager enhances ROI by minimizing hardware failures, downtime, and maintenance, simplifying management, and integrating efficiently with other tools.

Sentiment score

6.9

Zabbix is praised for being cost-effective and scalable, minimizing downtime, and eliminating high licensing fees for enterprises.

I can manage all LAN uplinks and fiber channel storage uplinks directly from UCS Manager.

CTO at Next Technologies Ltd

Cisco UCS Manager provides cost savings by reducing the time support staff spend on long deployments.

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Systems Engineer at First Rand Bank Ltd.

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

8.2

Cisco UCS Manager support is praised for expertise and responsiveness, though European support and urgent issues may vary.

Sentiment score

6.8

Zabbix support is well-regarded, with strong community forums, responsive staff, and effective local partners aiding various user needs.

With Intersight, service requests are automatically generated, enhancing the user experience and providing timely resolutions.

Systems Engineer at First Rand Bank Ltd.

For a severity one case, a call ensures immediate assistance and resolution of the matter.

CTO at Next Technologies Ltd

Regarding Cisco tech, they are pretty good.

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Consultant at rcnss

It is so straightforward that I have never had to use the support.

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CTO at Oic

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.8

Cisco UCS Manager offers scalable infrastructure solutions, though constrained by chassis limits, with largely positive user feedback.

Sentiment score

6.9

Zabbix offers scalable, flexible monitoring with cost efficiency, though complex scaling and database management may require improvements for large deployments.

I can install the hypervisor, such as VMware, and add the servers into the cluster seamlessly.

CTO at Next Technologies Ltd

I would rate the scalability at nine out of ten, probably.

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Consultant at rcnss

Zabbix has high scalability.

IgorKabish

CTO at Four Nine Agency

Zabbix is very scalable and lightweight.

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CTO at Oic

I would rate its scalability ten out of ten.

B Ahmed

Manager, Information Technology Zara & Inditex at Cenomi

Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.6

Cisco UCS Manager is praised for its stability, reliability, and prompt support, often outperforming competitors in overall robustness.

Sentiment score

7.4

Zabbix is generally stable and reliable, requiring minimal resources, though occasional issues may arise from external factors.

If there's a really complex problem, I would probably give it a ten since it gets escalated quickly.

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Consultant at rcnss

Zabbix is very scalable and lightweight.

CTO at Oic

Zabbix is quite stable, and we haven't had any problems with Zabbix itself.

IgorKabish

CTO at Four Nine Agency

I think the stability of Zabbix is around five to six on a scale of ten, where ten is the best and one is the worst.

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Network Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Room For Improvement

Cisco UCS Manager needs a streamlined interface, enhanced support, simpler updates, better integration, affordability, and improved monitoring.

Zabbix needs user interface, reporting, and dashboard improvements, plus better configuration, automation, documentation, scalability, and advanced monitoring features.

We would benefit from advancements in AI that offer firmware recommendations automatically, reducing the need for human intervention and vendor communication.

Systems Engineer at First Rand Bank Ltd.

It doesn't work straight out of the UCS, so someone who knows what they're doing is needed immediately, and it can be quite confusing.

Consultant at rcnss

While it has been improved from using Java to HTML, simplifying the tabs would enhance user experience.

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CTO at Next Technologies Ltd

The only issue I can note is that it's Linux-based, and Linux documentation is not the best.

CTO at Oic

The potential and customization is a little difficult because you have to learn scripts.

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Network Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Setup Cost

Cisco UCS Manager is seen as expensive but offers competitive value with bundled discounts, quality, and reliability.

Zabbix is praised for being a free, open-source solution with optional low-cost support, attracting enterprise users.

Recently, we acquired an excellent bundle with significant discounts, with offers like buying three servers and getting one free, along with UCSC and fabric included for free.

CTO at Next Technologies Ltd

As long as they can afford it, there is a setup cost involved.

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Consultant at rcnss

Zabbix is providing everything free of cost.

Network Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

It is literally free.

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CTO at Oic

Valuable Features

Cisco UCS Manager offers unified management, easy deployment, flexible configurations, high availability, and cross-infrastructure security compatibility.

Zabbix offers open-source flexibility, scalability, automated monitoring, diverse integrations, and adaptability for complex infrastructures with strong community support.

It supports ease of deployment, allowing for quick mass deployments in the data center, saving time and resources by doing so from a remote location.

Systems Engineer at First Rand Bank Ltd.

Whenever there's a failure of any component, it's very easy to swap because you just disassociate that profile, remove the faulty blade, connect the new blade, and associate that profile, maintaining the same MAC address and worldwide port name.

CTO at Next Technologies Ltd

One of the valuable features is the user interface base, specifically the C user interface.

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Consultant at rcnss

If disk usage surpasses a threshold, say 70%, I receive alerts and can take proactive action.

CTO at Oic

The alerting systems are very good in Zabbix, and it has helped us to reduce time for reaction.

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Network Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

People want to save costs, which is why they install Zabbix, but the reporting functionality is not properly developed.

SaurabhYadav5

Network Engineer at Ogma Consulting

Categories and Ranking

Cisco UCS Manager

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

18th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Zabbix

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

1st

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

108

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (10th), Network Monitoring Software (1st), Server Monitoring (1st), Cloud Monitoring Software (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Cisco UCS Manager is 1.3%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zabbix is 8.2%, down from 11.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Infrastructure Monitoring Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Zabbix	8.2%
Cisco UCS Manager	1.3%
Other	90.5%

IT Infrastructure Monitoring

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A market leader with an enhanced user interface for seamless experience

Consultant at rcnss

There is room for improvement in terms of cost and complexity to set up. It doesn't work straight out of the UCS, so someone who knows what they're doing is needed immediately, and it can be quite confusing. Some settings are still fairly well hidden, even the basic ones. Companies don't really understand how long it takes to set up. Also, when changes are pushed, it can take their phone line off the system for twenty minutes to half an hour. Out-of-the-box functionality is an issue, too. I know that my company is different, however, the basics are always the same. You do your tap lines, zip lines, and stuff like that, then you get your internal phone line system. That can all be automated and scripted, and it's probably part of the automation process. However, I haven't really seen it.

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Helps reduce response time but has room to improve customization complexity

Network Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

We are not working on simple standalone solutions like Kaspersky DDoS Protection or Hybrid Cloud Security. Once you understand Zabbix, then it is easy to customize those web pages and graphs for our customer use. It is fully automated to your requirements. Zabbix is working fine with no issues, and I am satisfied with it. We have combined Zabbix and SolarWinds. The integration works fine, and it is easy to integrate Zabbix with the IT environment. We were trying to purchase MDR (Managed Detection and Response), but we are not working on that. I don't have real experience with MDR. We are using Falcon software for that. We are working with Falcon Complete, not with Sandbox. We are not using Kaspersky for business or cloud protection. For that, we are using Zabbix CrowdStrike Falcon Complete solution. I have given this review an overall rating of 8.

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I have researched a quite a few network monitoring tools which can be used for various monitoring purposes of not only the servers, but the intermediate routers as well. There are majorly three types of these softwares. Ones which are completely open-source, you can do almost anything you want…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	18

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	56
Midsize Enterprise	23
Large Enterprise	34

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cisco UCS Manager?

When one server fails, we can attach the service profile to a new server, which saves a lot of time.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco UCS Manager?

My experience with the pricing of Cisco UCS Manager ( /products/cisco-ucs-manager-reviews ) is that it is reasonable. Recently, we acquired an excellent bundle with significant discounts, with offe...

What needs improvement with Cisco UCS Manager?

For improvements, while the current graphical user interface is satisfactory, it could be further simplified for different tasks. While it has been improved from using Java to HTML, simplifying the...

What do you like most about Zabbix?

The template system in Zabbix is very beneficial as it saves time in configuration.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zabbix?

I think Zabbix is economical, whereas SolarWinds is expensive. SolarWinds has a lot of secure features, but Zabbix is providing everything free of cost. Zabbix is economical, and you can install it...

What needs improvement with Zabbix?

The potential and customization is a little difficult because you have to learn scripts. I think Zabbix needs to improve the customization better. At present, I am satisfied with the functionality ...

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Overview

Cisco UCS Manager helps significantly reduce management and administration expenses by automating routine tasks to increase operational agility. Customers can extend the benefits of Cisco UCS Manager globally across an enterprise to thousands of servers in multiple domains with Cisco UCS Central Software.

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Zabbix is an open-source monitoring software that provides real-time monitoring and alerting for servers, networks, applications, and services.

It offers a wide range of features including data collection, visualization, and reporting.

With its user-friendly interface and customizable dashboards, Zabbix helps organizations ensure the availability and performance of their IT infrastructure.

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