The simplicity of the user interface. I run instances that are used by over 200 users including tech support, sales and field engineers, technicians, managers, directors, and customer technical teams. All are used with no or minimal training.
The API is a highlight. You can automate a lot of daily tasks via the API. Also, you can use the API for extracting any data you need for your reporting.
Managing Partner at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
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2022-12-29T15:09:00Z
Dec 29, 2022
I'm supervising all the IT departments, and Zabbix seems quite good for them. It provides graphics and information in real time. We get alerts about crashes on the system, enabling us to quickly repair issues. We can easily find devices with problems.
There is a problems page that shows us every warning or problem that occurs on our VMs globally. The map screen is also really useful because this is something that was missing. I don't know every other tool in the market. So, I don't know if this is a good point of only Zabbix, or other tools are also doing it, but from my point of view, this is the most useful page that I use, along with the problems page that efficiently lists the problem, recovery time, ending hours, starting hours, and so on.
System Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
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2022-01-26T15:37:00Z
Jan 26, 2022
Like other common Linux distributions, some of the most valuable features of this solution are the ease of use and deployment. It's simple and has a lot of packages and a lot of software.
Information Security Officer at Kenmare Resources Mauritius
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2021-10-18T18:06:32Z
Oct 18, 2021
We are able to monitor our virtual infrastructure, virtual machines, windows servers, databases, and the network using a simple network management protocol. We are able to pull almost all the metrics that we want, receive notifications, and have them integrate with telegrams for certain devices that are critical, such as UPSs.
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.
The initial setup was very quick. The first time it was long because I didn't know it yet. I was only using Windows. The first time was very difficult because of the operating system.
During my testing, the features that I like the most are that it can be integrated with my system, and it provides me with reports of all of my servers.
Hi peers,
Which application integration do you expect to have with Zabbix to help you effectively monitor your infrastructure and receive alerts?
Thanks for your inputs!
Engineering Supervisor- Corporate Data Solutions and Services at TZ Telecoms. Corporation
Aug 10, 2021
Personally, I have new requirements day by day.
Started with Grafana for visualization, Email and some webhook applications like Telegram, Slack and Mattermost for notification. Looking forward to integrating with automation tools like Ansible, Hashcorp consul and Rundeck for improved orchestration.
I am also testing on Docker and Kubernetes so I am positive there is a lot in store for the microservices world. Eagerly looking forward to integrating IoT applications for centralized monitoring in the industrial world.
Hi Experts,
I am a Monitoring Tools Architect with nine years of IT Operations Management experience as an infrastructure specialist, working on various monitoring tools implementation, upgrades & production support.
We are evaluating both Zabbix and SolarWinds NPM.What is the main difference between the two?Thanks for your help. I appreciate it!
Disclaimer: Following 2+ decades of working with big-vendor IT Ops Mgmt Software - including being technical consultant employed by a global ITOM vendor - I have formed a business focussed on Zabbix. I will do my best to remain neutral.
For me, both are flexible, highly configurable, stable solutions with a solid history and reputation. In terms of raw features there very little to choose between them.
IT monitoring solutions have, in my opinion, entered a 'Red Queen Game' phase of evolution. This means that big vendors are introducing features purely because other vendors have them rather than because customers need them. In turn, this leads to justifying annual license increases to support features that are not relevant to the vast majority of customers. To balance that statement a little, I'm sure every individual feature in a given product is used somewhere. Big vendors must recoup development costs. For example, if a large multi-national Telco demands a feature then that feature will be developed and incorporated into the product. The cost of that development will be recouped in the following year's maintenance renewal contract and spread across ALL users of the product irrespective of whether a given feature is used.
However, I digress. Your question was regarding Zabbix vs. Solarwinds
Where there is a significant difference is in the Total Cost of Ownership. Zabbix is a true Open Source solution with zero licensing cost. Paid support is available directly from Zabbix. I can't comment directly on SolarWinds support, however the majority of major vendors typically charge approximately 22% of the original purchase price (plus an annual uplift) for support and maintenance. Zabbix support, directly from Zabbix, is not dependant on the number of devices being monitored. Zabbix's support is based on the number of Zabbix servers and proxies deployed.
I believe, albeit only anecdotally, that Zabbix offers better scalability and performance compared to Solarwinds.
Where Solarwinds does seem to impress is in the visual side. Graphs and navigation is "prettier" than Zabbix.
Both solutions offer agent-based and agentless monitoring, discovery, templates, alerting, correlation etc.
In my opinion, because the IT monitoring market has evolved to become almost commoditized there is no "better" or "worse" product. The criteria is no longer which is the better product, but which product meets your specific needs at your specific budget. And don't forget that with any tool you will need to administer and maintain it. At this point, the ability and skills of the administrator needs to be considered as well.
For me, it's Zabbix every time but then again, I would say that wouldn't I.
Hello ,
just to let you know about my modest contribution, indeed its two tools are very practical: The choice of one of the solutions depends on two factors:
- The price and the competence of the system administrators
Zabbix is a free tool and requires a strong Linux, Scripting skill for all that is custom supervision. integration with third-party tools ( Grafana Dashbord , Ticketing Tools ...)
Solarwinds is very intuitive and complete (reporting, view, resources, NOC view) all its features are integrated and easily configurable.
Regards
Arsène
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The simplicity of the user interface. I run instances that are used by over 200 users including tech support, sales and field engineers, technicians, managers, directors, and customer technical teams. All are used with no or minimal training.
The API is a highlight. You can automate a lot of daily tasks via the API.
Also, you can use the API for extracting any data you need for your reporting.
Zabbix is an excellent performance monitoring tool.
The most valuable feature is that it provides network segregation for server monitoring.
The features I found most valuable are the user interface and a wide range of network devices that are easy to configure.
The solution allows for good integration with other products.
We like the user-interface for this solution, which makes it an easy to use tool.
I'm supervising all the IT departments, and Zabbix seems quite good for them. It provides graphics and information in real time. We get alerts about crashes on the system, enabling us to quickly repair issues. We can easily find devices with problems.
The solution allows you to configure and customize how you want to collect information from servers or other systems.
The initial setup, while not simple, is easier than other products.
There is less computing power needed for scaling.
There is a problems page that shows us every warning or problem that occurs on our VMs globally. The map screen is also really useful because this is something that was missing. I don't know every other tool in the market. So, I don't know if this is a good point of only Zabbix, or other tools are also doing it, but from my point of view, this is the most useful page that I use, along with the problems page that efficiently lists the problem, recovery time, ending hours, starting hours, and so on.
SNMP monitoring, source discovery, and alert triggering are most valuable.
Like other common Linux distributions, some of the most valuable features of this solution are the ease of use and deployment. It's simple and has a lot of packages and a lot of software.
The most valuable feature is the protocol to manage anything.
The most valuable feature is the monitoring of virtual machines.
The product is very stable.
We are able to monitor our virtual infrastructure, virtual machines, windows servers, databases, and the network using a simple network management protocol. We are able to pull almost all the metrics that we want, receive notifications, and have them integrate with telegrams for certain devices that are critical, such as UPSs.
The solution is stable.
The pricing of the product is reasonable.
It's a flexible solution.
The performance and bandwidth are valuable features.
The solution's design has recently changed and it is visually pleasing with more color, for example, there is blue, black, and white.
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 most valuable feature is service assurance.
Zabbix is quite stable once it is set up. We haven't had any post-setup issues.
Zabbix is scalable.
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.
There are lots of great features and functionality within the solution.
The solution is quite mature and very stable.
The basic setup is very easy.
Zabbix is very easy to implement.
It has an intuitive UI with beautiful graphs and customizable maps.
The most valuable feature is network traffic monitoring.
The flexibility of this solution is amazing.
The initial setup was very quick. The first time it was long because I didn't know it yet. I was only using Windows. The first time was very difficult because of the operating system.
The initial setup was not complex.
Great monitoring feature.
It's a very reliable platform and we've never had any issues regarding the scalability or the stability of Zabbix.
During my testing, the features that I like the most are that it can be integrated with my system, and it provides me with reports of all of my servers.
The most valuable feature is monitoring.
The flexible licensing model is one of the solution's most valuable aspects. It really allows for great flexibility for companies.
Zabbix is both stable and scalable.
The best thing about Zabbix is the integration and the APIs that are included are very fast
The most valuable feature is the alert and alarm monitoring.
The implementation process is very straightforward.
The most valuable feature is the support for monitoring Cisco switches.
We detect problems before the customer does and before it actually happens using the predictive functions in Zabbix.
Simple network monitoring that is easy to install and manage.
Zabbix can use old data to current data to set the threshold. We can use previous data to set the threshold.