Wireshark vs Zabbix comparison

"The best part about Wireshark, in my opinion, is its ability to analyze packet capture files."

"I have found the most valuable feature you can design your sniffer the way you want to."

"Packet-capture files can be hard to use due to their size. Wireshark has a tool called tshark that can parse the files with out opening them so that you can take large captures, say 2-10GB, and return only relevant information."

"Wireshark saves a lot of time, especially with network troubleshooting."

"It's easy to troubleshoot issues because there's a large online community."

"The initial setup is simple."

"You can use Wireshark to see the traffic packet format, the IP layers, the fields, and the enabled flags."

"What's best about Wireshark is that it doesn't require installation. It supports cards and monitoring permissions and is sufficient for appending and capturing activities. You won't need to install other tools to use Wireshark, so this saves you time. You can capture packets at any time from your laptop through Wireshark."

"We are able to do problem determination on runaway processes."

"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."

"The most valuable feature is the alert and alarm monitoring."

"I use the solution to provide a perfect environment for remote connectivity with my clients."

"The integration capabilities and APIs are the best part."

"The most valuable feature is network traffic monitoring."

"It is a great product. The SNMP protocol tracking feature is good. I really like how it tracks SNMP. The alerts are also great."

"The pricing of the product is reasonable."

"I would like to see Wireshark improve the ease of application of the command. The command is very powerful, but not easy to apply."

"We'd like to be able to extract the output into an Excel table."

"It needs the ability to follow multiple interfaces for specific traffic from different network zones/virtual networks. It would help to understand how any packet is going through the network."

"The speed of the Internet could be improved, especially its performance."

"Wireshark is similar to an OS defense tool, meaning that it runs on an OS such as Ubuntu and Fedora, but I'm unsure if it's compatible with Windows or if it's a straightforward process to run it on Windows. Right now, my team needs to run Wireshark from a dongle to use it, so it's an OS-dependable tool, and that's an area for improvement. I was unable to use Wireshark on Windows, and I couldn't capture it, as I'm unsure how to configure the wireless card into monitoring mode on Windows. The process was straightforward on Linux, but it wasn't the case on Windows OS. It seems Wireshark isn't compatible with all OS. For example, you can analyze the log, and you can analyze it on the Windows server, but you can't do a capture in Windows. Configuring Wireshark for Windows isn't as easy as configuring it for Linux."

"This product needs to improve the UI."

"Its user interface was a little less friendly. They can make its user interface a little bit more friendly. It is for technical people, and most of the technical people would be able to figure it out, but it would be good to improve its user interface. They can maybe build artificial intelligence into it. Currently, it takes a lot of manpower to analyze and dissect all the data."

"Whenever we select one of the packets, in terms of the number of bytes, for example, there are three planes, and in the detailed plane, I have to count the number of bytes manually."

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

"The solution needs to add remote features."

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

"The documentation could be improved."

"It could be more stable."

"The initial setup could be complex if you don't have templates. If creating templates from scratch, it's quite difficult, but if you are using already pre-created templates and setups for your needs, it looks very good."

"In terms of user-friendliness, large maps could be more interactive. We should be able to click on some areas and move some objects. It would make it simpler to see things while analyzing some dedicated parameters."

"Zabbix can use better documentation and support for troubleshooting."

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

"The solution is open source so is free."

"We are using a freeware version of this solution, so there are no licence costs involved."

"It's a stand-alone tool. If there is a commercial license for it I am unaware of it."

"The tool is free."

"I am using the free version of this solution."

"Wireshark is free of charge, and there's no license involved."

"Wireshark is an open-source product, so it's free to use."

"We pay the subscription for support by year."

"The tool's licensing is good."

"The solution is free. However, many open-sourced tools start out free but eventually start charging."

"Zabbix is an open-source tool, and it's free to use."

"It is reasonable."

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

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

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