VMware Aria Operations for Applications vs Zabbix comparison

"It has a familiar interface, which makes it easy to get started."

"I gladly recommend VMware Aria Operations for Applications because it is cost effective and has commendable AI response capabilities."

"VMware comes with a support team, and if you have trouble, you can easily create a ticket, and VMware will help you. Therefore, the best aspect is the support."

"This solution will give you a single pane of glass for everything, and centralized monitoring."

"People are very pleased with the implementation."

"It significantly improves application performance management by offering recommendations for resource allocation to avoid wastage or overcommitment."

"The most valuable aspects of the solution are its ease of use and its ease of implementation."

"The stability of Aria Operations for Applications has improved significantly over the years."

"There are a few problems but if they fix them, then Zabbix is a very good tool compared to others."

"The implementation process is very straightforward."

"The initial setup was pretty straightforward, we did not face any issues and it was up and running within a day."

"Zabbix can use old data to current data to set the threshold. We can use previous data to set the threshold."

"The initial setup was straightforward; it was easy and, with the help of suppliers, it did not take much time to deploy and was not complex."

"It's a flexible solution."

"This solution is very good for data reporting."

"This is a stable product."

"So far, the solution's learning curve has been pretty high."

"The support from VMware is not very helpful. This is because you always receive many questions from the support service but few actual solutions."

"The implementation is a long process that should be improved."

"The main problem I have is that the license cost is very high."

"They could make it more easy to plug-in data so that a nontechnical person will be able to use it, like accountants or finance people. That way they don't have to ask us."

"The initial setup should be easier and more seamless."

"I would like to see integration with Kubernetes cluster and APIs so that you can manage the entire stack."

"They just need more capability. A few areas still need more enhancements in the technology capability space."

"It hasn't really been that stable, but I think that has a lot to do with the specs. It could be more stable."

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

"When we have a problem, we have to do a lot of research to solve it."

"There are areas of improvement. The database grows really fast. So, when you install Zabbix, you have to deal with some issues, like the database. We become pretty big very fast."

"Zabbix is a great tool and fairly easy for a technical person but it could be more friendly for non-technical staff."

"I would like to see a more flexible mobile client, and better HA out of the box."

"The System Center Operations Manager can be improved."

"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."

"Different locations require different setups. In your terms, around 300 to around 400K USD."

"I don't have the details. In our case, there is a mixture in place. We have production usage, and we are also doing training for VMware. So, we also have a training instance. It is worth the money you would spend on it. That's because if you were to build all of this yourself by using some of the open source tools, then you would need a lot of time."

"I would rate the pricing as three out of five."

"The licensing costs are very high, particularly when you consider that we have to purchase a level 1 license for every integration, such as the load balancer, HAProxy, and the MSSP. And if you want to use vSAN, that's another license. Then, of course, Tanzu Observability has its own separate license."

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

"The solution is open source so is free."

"Zabbix is free but if you use it in production then you have to pay for it."

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

"It’s free of cost."

"For pricing, it's free. We don't pay anything for it. They open-source the code, and people pay for support."

"It is worth every cent to pay or even study to do your own installation."

"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."