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Opsview vs Oracle Enterprise Manager vs Zabbix comparison

 

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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:
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Server Monitoring category, the mindshare of Opsview is 0.7%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Enterprise Manager is 1.6%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zabbix is 25.1%, up from 24.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Server Monitoring Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Zabbix25.1%
Oracle Enterprise Manager1.6%
Opsview0.7%
Other72.6%
Server Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

Jeff Cronstrom - PeerSpot reviewer
A highly stable solution that can be used to monitor system availability
The most valuable feature of Opsview is the ability to clone the services when you're monitoring something out of the test setup. You can clone that service, and it allows you to add new services quickly. You can bring up new servers, and you can easily add them. Also, there's an API to be able to add services as well. We don't use the API. We mostly use the cloning function because it stores everything in a back-end database. The underlying monitoring platform for our version is Nagios. That's where we upgraded from Nagios to Opsview.
Charalabos Ioannidis - PeerSpot reviewer
A stable tool that provides users with a dashboard to give a view of all the implementations of Oracle products at a glance
When my company has to deal with complex customers along with the many products from Oracle, we use Oracle Enterprise Manager as a dashboard to get a view of all the implementations of Oracle products The fact that Oracle Enterprise Manager is an expensive solution is a matter of concern and…
B Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
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.…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I am satisfied with the overall product since it works well…It is a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature of Opsview is the ability to clone the services when you're monitoring something out of the test setup."
"It's a good solution. It covers all aspects of monitoring purposes."
"We use this solution for internal monitoring our own cloud platform because we are a public cloud provider. We also use it for monitoring purposes on behalf of our clients."
"What was very compelling about OpsView was that we could dial out the noise and have meaningful and actionable alerts."
"With ASH Analytics, ADDM, Real-Time SQL Monitoring, SQL Tuning Advisor, we can measure SLAs, detect performance hotspots, perform deep diagnostics into specific tiers, tune applications, and remediate."
"The dashboards are great for gathering analytic information and seeing where the problems are."
"The most valuable features are security and speed."
"It's user friendly."
"I would recommend Oracle Enterprise Manager to others."
"We can manage everything in our environment."
"One of the most valuable features of Oracle Enterprise Manager has been the preventive reporting capability."
"The functions and features of Oracle Enterprise Manager that I have found most valuable are its evolution from being problematic in 10g and 11g versions to becoming better and more stable."
"It's one of the best products available."
"The template system in Zabbix is very beneficial as it saves time in configuration."
"The solution is open-source, easy to manage, and user-friendly making it easy for anyone to use."
"We like the user-interface for this solution, which makes it an easy to use tool."
"The solution allows for good integration with other products."
"The initial setup, while not simple, is easier than other products."
"We use it to monitor and manage our servers."
"The most valuable function for me is the auto-discovery of interfaces in devices. When you integrate devices into the tool, it automatically finds the interfaces, which is very helpful for my job. Integration and configuration run smoothly in my experience with Juniper and Aruba devices."
 

Cons

"Maybe the graphical representation can be improved. It can be enhanced for better visualization. It could be a little better. And the graph center can be improved."
"Some of the graphics on Opsview could be improved."
"Customized reporting can be improved."
"Pricing and a few certain aspects in the solution needs to be improved."
"In a future release, we would like to have Observ for AI. Any AI and intelligence it can add to the monitoring is obviously beneficial. We would also like to have automated callouts."
"Technical support could be faster."
"The deployment is not straightforward."
"I would like to see better pricing."
"Oracle Enterprise Manager could improve the monitoring types and the graphics."
"The solution is not as simple as people say it is."
"The areas where Oracle Enterprise Manager could improve include the dashboarding, which could be made more intuitive, and the drill-down reporting, which can and should be enhanced."
"They should improve the hover text context. This would provide assistance whenever a task is attempted by a DBA."
"The tool's pricing is costly."
"The System Center Operations Manager can be improved."
"The server monitoring could be better."
"The user interface could be better."
"We had some scalability issues with a large number of nodes."
"If you want to use all of the features then you have to pay a licensing fee."
"For us, the initial setup was complex"
"Look and feel."
"It should be easy to modify the front end."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is not cheap. I think that the pricing is a little bit on the high side."
"The solution is priced similarly to other tools offering similar features."
"I would rate pricing a seven out of ten, where ten is the highest price."
"There are a few bugs with the software which require opening SRs with Oracle Support which contribute to the day-to-day cost. Perhaps 8 hours per month is spent dealing with support, just as a rough guess."
"We are satisfied with the pricing."
"The licensing is the responsibility of our customers."
"Oracle Enterprise Manager is a free-of-cost solution. Oracle Enterprise Manager can be expensive only if you go for its licensing part."
"As with all Oracle products, care should be taken when using any features to ensure that they do not activate licensed features that have not been paid for."
"I rate Oracle Enterprise Manager’s pricing a five out of ten."
"The product is highly-priced."
"It is part of Real Application Testing, so no new investment is necessary for clients who already are already using RAT."
"This is an open-source solution that can be used free of charge."
"It’s free of cost."
"It's free software released under the GNU/GPL license."
"We are using the free, open-source version."
"It is free, which allows us to reduce costs."
"I use the tool's free version."
"This solution is open-source and free to use."
"If you have 20,000 hosts, the support costs around €95,000 for a year."
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Comparison Review

it_user174738 - PeerSpot reviewer
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…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
19%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Performing Arts
7%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
University
6%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business37
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise81
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business53
Midsize Enterprise23
Large Enterprise34
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Opsview?
The solution is priced similarly to other tools offering similar features. I rate their retail price a ten out of ten...
What do you like most about Oracle Enterprise Manager?
What I like most about Oracle Enterprise Manager are its features, particularly the active session history. It provid...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Enterprise Manager?
I would rate the pricing of Oracle Enterprise Manager as very expensive, definitely deserving a 10 out of 10.
What needs improvement with Oracle Enterprise Manager?
Regarding the current version, the main point for improvement for Oracle Enterprise Manager was previously related to...
What do you like most about Zabbix?
The template system in Zabbix is very beneficial as it saves time in configuration.
What needs improvement with Zabbix?
The reporting is lacking because this is an open-source tool, and nowadays, management's expectation is that the repo...
 

Also Known As

Opsview Monitor, Opsview Enterprise
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

IBM, BT, Cisco, Sky, UPS, Capgemini, Visolit, Fujitsu Services UK, UKCloud, Massachusetts Insitute of Technology, Cornell University, Incomm
7-Eleven, Halliburton, Cisco, Garmin, Nationwide, Korea Telecom, Allied Irish Bank
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