Loom Systems vs Zabbix comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

Zabbix and Loom Systems are competitors in the monitoring and analytics tools category. Loom Systems seems to have the upper hand with its AI-driven insights and predictive analysis capabilities.

Features: Zabbix offers extensive network monitoring, integration with various systems, and high configurability. Loom Systems features AI-driven insights, deep data analytics, and proactive anomaly detection.

Room for Improvement: Zabbix could enhance AI capabilities, simplify its interface, and improve scalability. Loom Systems could lower initial investment costs, expand integration options, and refine its anomaly detection algorithms for even better precision.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Zabbix's on-premise setup requires significant configuration, while Loom Systems offers cloud-based deployment that allows faster scaling. Loom's proactive support is a noted strength, in contrast to Zabbix's traditional support approach.

Pricing and ROI: Zabbix provides a cost-effective open-source model with minimal setup costs, ideal for budget-focused implementations. Loom Systems requires a higher initial investment but offers significant long-term ROI through its sophisticated AI features that can prevent costly downtime.

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Categories and Ranking

Loom Systems

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

61st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Anomaly Detection Tools (5th)

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 (9th), Network Monitoring Software (1st), Server Monitoring (1st), Cloud Monitoring Software (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Loom Systems is 0.5%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zabbix is 6.1%, down from 12.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Infrastructure Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Zabbix	6.1%
Loom Systems	0.5%
Other	93.4%

IT Infrastructure Monitoring

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Keerthi Kumar Sangaraju

Technology Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Stable, easy to set up, flexible, and has multiple functionalities, but needs to define priority levels for each incident

What's lacking in Loom Systems is the level of priority for each incident. For example, after implementation and there was a huge impact on the client, and the client comes back to you and says that there's an incident, that there needs to be an immediate resolution for it, you'll see severity one, severity two, etc., in Loom Systems, rather than priority levels. It would be better if the incidents can be defined as low priority, medium priority, or high priority.

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KamranBhatti

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

Helps reduce response time but has room to improve customization complexity

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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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is very scalable; a company wouldn't have any issues expanding it if they needed to, and we have a few thousand users on the solution."

"The solution is absolutely scalable. If an organization needs to expand it out they definitely can."

"Bringing Loom in ensures that the incident process, request process, change, all of these processes are improved."

"The RFS portion of the solution is the product's most valuable feature."

"What I like best about Loom Systems is that you can use it for infrastructure monitoring and that it's a flexible solution."

"You can develop your own apps within Loom, and they can be configured very simply."

"What I like best about Loom Systems is that you can use it for infrastructure monitoring. I also like that it's a flexible solution."

"The solution is absolutely scalable."

"Overall, I think that Zabbix is an awesome tool and I would use it again, rather than another one."

"The most valuable feature is the support for monitoring Cisco switches."

"Dashboard and the customization of the items and triggers are the most valuable features."

"Zabbix is fully scalable, with no limitations in that regard."

"Zabbix is good for discovery."

"The solution allows for good integration with other products."

"The most valuable feature is the support for monitoring Cisco switches."

"For internal monitoring and network monitoring the solution is really good."

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Cons

"The change management within the solution needs to be improved. There needs to be more process automation."

"The discovery and mapping still takes a lot of human intervention, it's quite resource heavy, especially in the initial setup which can take six months of work, especially when you have a large estate that you're dealing with."

"The reporting is a bit weak."

"What's lacking in Loom Systems is the level of priority for each incident."

"The reporting is a bit weak. They should work to improve this aspect of the product."

"What's lacking in Loom Systems is the level of priority for each incident. For example, after implementation and there was a huge impact on the client, and the client comes back to you and says that there's an incident, that there needs to be an immediate resolution for it, you'll see severity one, severity two, etc., in Loom Systems, rather than priority levels. It would be better if the incidents can be defined as low priority, medium priority, or high priority."

"The discovery and mapping still takes a lot of human intervention, it's quite resource heavy,"

"The event correlation could be better. From day one, we're using the API to create tickets for our operations, however, the correlation is not good, not there."

"The documentation gets a bit messy between versions and is not too detailed, which is a bit painful for first-timers, especially when they run into issues."

"I really don't like it as it generates a lot of false information."

"We had some scalability issues with a large number of nodes."

"Reporting is weak, if you want something better you must write your own SQL scripts."

"I would like to remotely connect to the computer, and Zabbix doesn't have this capability."

"We would like to see the addition of automatic push functionality to this product. This would save time when monitoring our servers and networks as, at present, we have to manually install the Zabbix agent on any hardware to be monitored."

"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"This solution is open-source and free to use."

"We purchased Zabbix for a good price, including support"

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

"I was using the free, Community Edition."

"It’s free of cost."

"The solution is free to use but they offer support as a paid service. If you can go read the manuals and do the fine-tuning based on your needs, you do not need to pay anything and you will have a full solution."

"If you have 20,000 hosts, the support costs around €95,000 for a year."

"Zabbix is a free solution but the support contact costs money."

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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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Computer Software Company

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Small Business	56
Midsize Enterprise	23
Large Enterprise	34

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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?

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...

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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

Loom Systems delivers an advanced AI-powered operational analytics platform to predict and prevent problems in the digital business. DevOps & IT teams use Loom for real-time detection and resolution for any type of application, including home-grown. Loom analyzes logs and metrics in all formats, performs smart correlations and root cause analysis to help organizations gain immediate into their environments. Loom stands alone in the industry as an AI platform requiring no prior math knowledge from its operators, leveraging your existing staff to succeed in the digital era. Getting started is easy - zero configuration and data pre-processing needed, so you can stream your data in its raw format.

ServiceNow

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

Citrix, Amdocs, Sysaid, Hexaware, Effibar, Revtrak, Taptica

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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