AWS Auto Scaling vs Zabbix comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 24, 2024

Zabbix and AWS Auto Scaling are tools for monitoring and scaling applications. User reviews show Zabbix has an edge in flexibility and cost-effectiveness, while AWS Auto Scaling is strong in robust automation and AWS integration.

Features: Zabbix offers detailed monitoring, customizable alerting, and cost efficiency. AWS Auto Scaling provides automated scaling, dynamic demand scaling, and seamless AWS integration.

Room for Improvement: Zabbix users suggest improved documentation, a more intuitive configuration process, and enhanced customer support. AWS Auto Scaling users request more customization options, deeper insights into scaling operations, and improved cost management features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Zabbix deployment is flexible but requires significant manual configuration. AWS Auto Scaling's deployment is straightforward within the AWS ecosystem. Zabbix's customer service is reliable but less responsive, while AWS offers comprehensive support.

Pricing and ROI: Zabbix is more affordable, attracting those seeking high ROI with lower costs. AWS Auto Scaling has higher costs but is seen as worth the investment due to automated benefits and reduced manual effort.

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Auto Scaling

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

15th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Zabbix

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

9th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

107

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (1st), Server Monitoring (1st), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (1st), Cloud Monitoring Software (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of AWS Auto Scaling is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zabbix is 3.7%, up from 2.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

Featured Reviews

Mbula Mboma

AWS Cloud Re-Start Program Specialist at Orange RDC (Congo)

Boosts deployment efficiency with seamless automatic scaling capabilities

My primary use case for Auto Scaling is mainly to deploy applications at scale Auto Scaling has made the deployment of applications more efficient, allowing us to manage traffic and maintain performance as user counts increase. Auto Scaling is a cool feature that works well and its automatic…

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B Ahmed

Manager, Information Technology Zara & Inditex at Cenomi

Enables seamless global client monitoring with reliable remote connectivity

I use the solution to provide a perfect environment for remote connectivity with my clients. Many tools that I require for system maintenance are included. I can easily monitor all of my clients throughout the world I did not give much thought to it, however, improvements could be made to Zabbix.…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It efficiently handles traffic, ensuring we are not running expenses and the infrastructure is strong enough to handle the load."

"The tool's most valuable feature is vertical auto-scaling, which is easy to use. However, most companies now prefer horizontal scaling. I set up the health check integration to monitor CPU usage. When it reaches seventy percent, it sends me an email notification."

"The tool gives you the flexibility to scale up and grow. The solution is also fast to deploy."

"The various scaling options available, such as step scaling, are particularly useful."

"It can scale."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to select a minimum amount of active servers so that a new server automatically launches if one fails."

"Auto Scaling is a cool feature that works well and its automatic scaling capabilities are very useful."

"When a lot of traffic comes into our organization, the product scales our instances based on our environment’s requirements."

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"I like being able to use proxy servers for different locations. The agents are pretty cool. They're easy to roll out. The standard out-of-the-box templates are also pretty easy to use. The integration with other learning products is also good. I have, in the past, used Slack, but we've integrated it with Microsoft Teams. We also use it for SMS with a service called Redcoat. It is very flexible. It does what I need it to do, and my manager is very happy because it doesn't cost anything. We are nearing 4,000 hosts inside Zabbix, and we've got another 6,000 access points to add to it. We've thrown everything at it, and it has managed to keep going. I am very impressed with the tool, and I'd shake their hand very hard if I got to say the compliments to the Zabbix team. They keep improving it and doing refreshes, which is one good thing about it. There is also online information as well as books that you can purchase if you're willing to read enough. There is a lot to pick up, but it is a pretty complete solution."

"The resource usage, CPU utilization, disk usage, network monitoring, network performance, and alerting features are invaluable."

"The most valuable feature is the alert and alarm monitoring."

"The initial setup was very quick. The first time it was long because I didn't know it yet. I was only using Windows. The first time was very difficult because of the operating system."

"The flexibility of this solution is amazing."

"I really enjoy network traffic triggers that allow us to check traffic threshold from ISP."

"It's a flexible solution."

"We are able to monitor our virtual infrastructure, virtual machines, windows servers, databases, and the network using a simple network management protocol. We are able to pull almost all the metrics that we want, receive notifications, and have them integrate with telegrams for certain devices that are critical, such as UPSs."

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Cons

"Setting up the configuration involves too much work for the cloud engineer."

"The solution is not out-of-the-box and you have to study to use it. It should be more easier to use."

"Flexibility in configuring the workload is missing in AWS Auto Scaling."

"Setting up the configuration involves too much work for the cloud engineer, like configuring the ALB, the target group, and all the steps."

"We can have more auto scaling algorithms implemented in AWS Auto Scaling."

"AWS Auto Scaling's documentation could be better."

"It is sometimes very critical to deploy on AWS since some servers are already running in the background. There are challenges for employees on how to deploy at a given time."

"It could be cheaper."

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"In an upcoming release, there should be automated reports which we are currently doing manually. For example, if we collect a report file every day and want to send it to a moderator for review. We are expecting this feature to come out soon but it would be valuable to have now."

"The reporting is lacking because this is an open-source tool, and nowadays, management's expectation is that the reports should be of high quality and every information should be presented in a concise manner."

"There's a small module of APM, however, it is not an enhanced version. People usually ask for a full-fledged APM solution."

"It could be more stable."

"To improve Zabbix, adding more features to support the monitoring of modern workloads like containers would be beneficial."

"The stability could be better."

"The networking monitor is not too easy to work with."

"In the next release, I'm hoping for features targeted towards larger users with more customizable options. Despite this, I think pre-canned reports that can be used straight out of the box would be beneficial rather than having to configure each report individually. Additionally, a deeper dive into software configurations on the machines would be useful, although I understand there may be challenges in implementing this due to scripting requirements. More documentation would also be appreciated."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"AWS Auto Scaling is a cheap solution."

"AWS Auto Scaling is a pay-per-use and pay-as-you-use service."

"AWS Auto Scaling's price is high."

"The product is expensive."

"AWS Auto Scaling is an expensive solution."

"The product has moderate pricing."

"The pricing is good. I have not had any customers that have complained about the price."

"The product is an open source and free solution."

"It is reasonable."

"Zabbix and Grafana are both open source products, we only needed to go to their website and download the application and we began to use them. The solutions are free."

"This is an open-source solution that can be used free of charge."

"Zabbix is open-source so if one wishes to implement it in-house, they must have qualified professionals to set up and optimize databases, Linux/Unix OS, PHP, Apache, and depending on what is monitored, a full-stack network and systems administrator may be needed."

"It is freeware. We still use the free version of Zabbix."

"It is open source. If you want to have a subscription or official support, you can pay for it. They have different plans, which are not that expensive. The plans are based on per monitoring server, not per monitored equipment. So, it is not at all expensive, and you can also live without the support if you want a cheaper option."

"It's an open-source solution that can be used free of charge."

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IT Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

May 31, 2015

Nagios vs. Zabbix vs. PRTG vs. Spiceworks vs. Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor

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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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AWS Auto Scaling?

The tool's most valuable feature is vertical auto-scaling, which is easy to use. However, most companies now prefer horizontal scaling. I set up the health check integration to monitor CPU usage. W...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Auto Scaling?

The pricing of Auto Scaling is medium range, neither high nor low.

What needs improvement with AWS Auto Scaling?

It is sometimes very critical to deploy on AWS since some servers are already running in the background. There are challenges for employees on how to deploy at a given time. It requires a downtime ...

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?

We didn't use the commercial version. We used the free version.

What needs improvement with Zabbix?

I think it's the best solution for monitoring. I don't know any better.

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Overview

AWS Auto Scaling monitors your applications and automatically adjusts capacity to maintain steady, predictable performance at the lowest possible cost. Using AWS Auto Scaling, it’s easy to setup application scaling for multiple resources across multiple services in minutes. The service provides a simple, powerful user interface that lets you build scaling plans for resources including Amazon EC2 instances and Spot Fleets, Amazon ECS tasks, Amazon DynamoDB tables and indexes, and Amazon Aurora Replicas. AWS Auto Scaling makes scaling simple with recommendations that allow you to optimize performance, costs, or balance between them. If you’re already using Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling to dynamically scale your Amazon EC2 instances, you can now combine it with AWS Auto Scaling to scale additional resources for other AWS services. With AWS Auto Scaling, your applications always have the right resources at the right time.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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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