SolarWinds Pingdom vs Zabbix comparison

"The most valuable features are monitoring and reporting."

"One notable feature of this software is its page speed setup, which is highly commendable. Additionally, the metrics it provides are also impressive."

"Once you set the threshold on your environment, it feels very real-time"

"There are alerting mechanisms in place to let us know, for example, if a device is not responding to a ping test and is probably not going to work."

"The most valuable feature is monitoring."

"We use Zabbix to monitor our organization's IT infrastructure and workstations. We don't use Microsoft Intune since it's expensive. The tool's real-time alerting system has proved crucial for us, particularly when a new device joins a network that is not one of our own devices. It notifies us about the presence of this new device, allowing us to investigate further. Additionally, it alerts us about disk usage, memory usage, and the software installed on the machine."

"Every new asset placed in the environment can be automatically detected, predicting human failures."

"The calculations part is the most valuable."

"The most valuable features in Zabbix are those that help us overcome bottlenecks in CPU usage, as well as reduce memory delay. I know that we have only reached the tip of the iceberg of what Zabbix's features can do for us, and we have not used all of them yet."

"It's a very reliable platform and we've never had any issues regarding the scalability or the stability of Zabbix."

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

"The implementation process is very straightforward."

"I would like to see better integration with other products."

"Some of the functions could improve by making them easier."

"Technical support could use some improvement."

"Pingdom is always improving everything in its product. So, they should work on the GUI."

"It could be more stable."

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

"Zabbix is not easy to configure, and upgrading is also an issue."

"There is a bit of a learning curve during installation."

"Its UI needs to be improved a little bit more so that an end-user is also able to handle it. I can handle it, but others should also be able to handle it in a better way. It becomes complex when we are growing and need to add proxies. We need more scalability features and documentation for different use cases. A lot of articles are available, but they need to be in proper documentation. For example, when you have thousands of servers that have to be monitored in different regions of the world, there should be some kind of documentation to describe how you can create proxies and add them. Sometimes, when you are using the database, it can get overloaded. When the network is growing, the number of transactions becomes very high, and the database gets overloaded. There should be information about how to reduce the load on the MySQL database, which is what Zabbix is using. The market is growing a lot, and it should be enhanced for a lot more things. We are currently bringing enhancements at our end for different use cases. For example, when dockerization is going on, how can we check the logs inside the Dockers. We should also be able to monitor and check the number of logins and add features such as SSO login and two-factor authentication as a protocol. These are the security features and concerns that we have to deal with. Currently, we are developing modules to add features to Zabbix, but they should also work on these features."

"If you want to use all of the features then you have to pay a licensing fee."

"The documentation could be improved."

"Correlation of events would be a wonderful addition."

"This price of this solution is reasonable."

"The license was paid yearly and included technical support."

"While I wouldn't describe it as excessively expensive, if you require specific and reliable monitoring, SolarWinds can be a suitable option. The advantage is that SolarWinds offers a free version as well. If you don't heavily rely on its monitoring capabilities and are content with its basic features, the free version could suffice for your needs."

"I was using the free, Community Edition."

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

"There are no licenses."

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

"We’re using the free version, which covers all our current needs."

"It's free software released under the GNU/GPL license."

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

"There is no license but we need to pay for support."