Goliath Performance Monitor vs Zabbix comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

Zabbix and Goliath Performance Monitor are competing products in performance monitoring and management. Goliath Performance Monitor seems to have the upper hand due to its advanced diagnostic features enhancing network optimization.

Features: Zabbix offers scalability, open-source customization, and flexible notifications. Goliath Performance Monitor is known for diagnostic capabilities, comprehensive reporting tools, and insights into application performance.

Room for Improvement: Zabbix could improve its initial setup process, offer better user interface design, and enhance real-time data collection. Goliath Performance Monitor might benefit from more seamless integration capabilities, extended platform support, and more flexible pricing options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Zabbix requires extensive configuration, supported by community forums. Goliath Performance Monitor offers a streamlined setup with structured support, known for responsiveness and informativeness.

Pricing and ROI: Zabbix's open-source nature ensures cost-effectiveness and predictable pricing, appealing to budget-conscious organizations. Goliath Performance Monitor, though with higher initial costs, offers significant ROI through performance optimization and reduced troubleshooting time.

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Goliath Performance Monitor vs. Zabbix

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Categories and Ranking

Goliath Performance Monitor

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

61st

Average Rating

7.6

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

7.1

Number of Reviews

107

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (9th), Network Monitoring Software (1st), Server Monitoring (1st), Cloud Monitoring Software (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Goliath Performance Monitor is 0.3%, down from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zabbix is 12.0%, up from 11.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Infrastructure Monitoring Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Zabbix	12.0%
Goliath Performance Monitor	0.3%
Other	87.7%

IT Infrastructure Monitoring

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networke29316

Senior Systems Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees

Monitors well with Citrix, stable, and the support is very responsive

It looks like it is easy to scale, but I don't know how far it can go out. We are only a 300, or 400 person company. We are not terribly large. It looks like it should be able to scale up until 10,000 at least. There are two users in the company who use this solution, I use it, and the helpdesk.

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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

"I like that it not only has the ability to monitor but that it can do a lot of specific Citrix monitoring."

"Offers a diversity of features."

"I'm supervising all the IT departments, and Zabbix seems quite good for them. It provides graphics and information in real time. We get alerts about crashes on the system, enabling us to quickly repair issues. We can easily find devices with problems."

"There is less computing power needed for scaling."

"The basic setup is very easy."

"The solution's design has recently changed and it is visually pleasing with more color, for example, there is blue, black, and white."

"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 product is very stable."

"There are lots of great features and functionality within the solution."

"It not only provides the preconfigured item monitoring feature, but it is also easy to configure custom items."

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Cons

"I would love to be able to tell what ISP the user is coming from."

"Issues with generating reports; consistency is not there."

"As far as improvements, sometimes I get a bit frustrated when I move from a previous version to a new one because some configuration has changed—I need to investigate the documentation to deal with some configuration. But it doesn't take much time, so it's okay."

"I would like for this solution to be more cloud-friendly."

"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."

"The main problem with Zabbix is that you have to spend time writing templates for all of the products that you have."

"Zabbix is powerful, but it is difficult to understand initially. There are many things that can be improved, but we might not be using Zabbix to its fullest extent. The software has more features than we need."

"I had problems using Zabbix when working with SUSE Enterprise; many companies use SUSE."

"The documentation could be improved."

"One of the things we don't like is that Zabbix has a license structure with a price that is high compared to the competition. It's very high, for example, compared to something like Microsoft Teams."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price seems reasonable."

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

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

"It is a true open-source solution, so there are no licensing costs."

"The tool's licensing is good."

"There is a license required for this solution and we pay annually for our license."

"We are using the free, open-source version."

"My manager is very happy because it doesn't cost anything."

"The tool's licensing costs are yearly."

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it_user174738

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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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Healthcare Company

23%

University

16%

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	53
Midsize Enterprise	23
Large Enterprise	34

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Zabbix?

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

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zabbix?

If you want to save costs, you can use Zabbix.

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What needs improvement with Zabbix?

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 con...

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Overview

Goliath Performance Monitor offers proactive, end-to-end IT performance monitoring for Citrix & VMware to ensure a positive end user experience. Goliath Performance Monitor provides complete support for monitoring virtual server, virtual desktop and hybrid cloud environments, and provides specialized modules for certain EMR/EHR applications and NVIDIA GRID vGPU. Goliath Performance Monitor has been architected from the ground up to help IT administrators anticipate end user experience issues, troubleshoot the root cause, and deploy remediation actions quickly before end users complain.

Goliath Technologies

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.

Sample Customers

Walmart, Facebook, Xerox, UHS, ADP, Wyndham Worldwide

1. IBM 2. Dell 3. Cisco 4. HP 5. Oracle 6. Microsoft 7. Amazon 8. Google 9. Facebook 10. Twitter 11. LinkedIn 12. Netflix 13. Adobe 14. VMware 15. Salesforce 16. SAP 17. Intel 18. AT&T 19. Verizon 20. T-Mobile 21. Vodafone 22. Ericsson 23. Nokia 24. Siemens 25. General Electric 26. Honeywell 27. Philips 28. Sony 29. Samsung 30. LG 31. Panasonic 32. Toshiba

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