The solution is an open-source product. We are using that version and have yet to purchase a license, which we may do further down the line - maybe a year for now.
We have about 100 active licenses, however, I don't have many other details beyond that in terms of licensing and costs. My understanding is that the pricing is okay.
System Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
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2022-01-26T15:37:00Z
Jan 26, 2022
I'm surprised that Ubuntu Linux has a paid license, even some supporting stuff included. We don't use the paid version, we only use the common edition.
We buy the solution yearly. I'm not very aware of what the actual pricing and the licensing are, however, I know that for extra features, there is a possibility to buy a little bit more.
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
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2021-12-08T06:45:25Z
Dec 8, 2021
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.
Information Security Officer at Kenmare Resources Mauritius
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2021-10-18T18:06:32Z
Oct 18, 2021
The solution is free to use but they offer support as a paid service. If you can go read the manuals and do the fine-tuning based on your needs, you do not need to pay anything and you will have a full solution.
It is open source. If you want to have a subscription or official support, you can pay for it. They have different plans, which are not that expensive. The plans are based on per monitoring server, not per monitored equipment. So, it is not at all expensive, and you can also live without the support if you want a cheaper option.
Responsible Infrastructure and Production at Oasis SmartSim
Real User
2020-12-30T16:14:39Z
Dec 30, 2020
Zabbix is free but if you use it in production then you have to pay for it. It is not expensive if you compare it to something like the Amazon monitoring system. Also, it is an open-source product, although some features are available at an extra cost.
Zabbix is open-source so if one wishes to implement it in-house, they must have qualified professionals to set up and optimize databases, Linux/Unix OS, PHP, Apache, and depending on what is monitored, a full-stack network and systems administrator may be needed. Zabbix provides support too, and I hear they are doing great with their support.
The software itself is open source, it can be easily downloaded, and use it with no limitations. Be very careful about using the "appliance" configuration in a production environment. It is only suitable for evaluation or very small environments. Invest in support, training and consultancy from Zabbix or from third parties. Architecting a robust, resilient and secure monitoring platform from day 1 will save time and money at a later stage. Zabbix and 3rd parties offer far more than a traditional support contract. No other organisation in my experience includes pro-active and on-site support as a core part of their offerings.
There are no additional costs. There was a small cost because after the installation. This is not an expensive solution. Zabbix is cheaper, it's not too fancy.
Make a POC, start simple and let it grow. The servers are created with good performance by design. Memory for the caching, both on the database as on the zabbix server are important.
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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There is a license cost.
You pay for the support and professional services. Getting such a service helps implement Zabbix with the best practice and upgrade's in the future.
Unlike other tools, you don't worry about the number of devices being monitored as this is free with Zabbix
Zabbix is an open-source tool, and it's free to use.
My company makes payments to Zabbix regularly, but I am not sure.
This solution is open-source and free to use.
It is open-source, but you can buy official Zabbix support. I will purchase this for my customers upon request.
Zabbix is an open-source solution, and there aren't any additional costs.
The solution is open source so it is free.
This is an open-source product, which makes it free to use.
The solution is an open-source product. We are using that version and have yet to purchase a license, which we may do further down the line - maybe a year for now.
We have about 100 active licenses, however, I don't have many other details beyond that in terms of licensing and costs. My understanding is that the pricing is okay.
Zabbix is a free solution but the support contact costs money. The license for DX Spectrum is expensive.
We pay the subscription for support by year.
I'm surprised that Ubuntu Linux has a paid license, even some supporting stuff included. We don't use the paid version, we only use the common edition.
This is an open-source solution that can be used free of charge. Support is something that you have to pay extra for.
We buy the solution yearly. I'm not very aware of what the actual pricing and the licensing are, however, I know that for extra features, there is a possibility to buy a little bit more.
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.
The solution is completely open-source and free to use.
The solution is free to use but they offer support as a paid service. If you can go read the manuals and do the fine-tuning based on your needs, you do not need to pay anything and you will have a full solution.
I'm using a free version. I do not pay any licensing fees.
The pricing is very reasonable. Zabbix is very cheap. Compared to other tools like Nagios and others, Zabbix is very cheap.
There is no license but we need to pay for support. Zabbix is an open-source solution.
It is reasonable.
There is a license required for this solution and we pay annually for our license.
It is open source. If you want to have a subscription or official support, you can pay for it. They have different plans, which are not that expensive. The plans are based on per monitoring server, not per monitored equipment. So, it is not at all expensive, and you can also live without the support if you want a cheaper option.
The solution is free. However, many open-sourced tools start out free but eventually start charging, I hope this solution stays free.
Its licensing is fair. It seems to be much cheaper than others.
My manager is very happy because it doesn't cost anything.
I would rate Zabbix at eight on a scale of ten.
It is worth every cent to pay or even study to do your own installation.
This is an open-source solution that can be used free of charge.
We were searching for an open source solution and Zabbix fit the bill because it is free and open source under the GPL license.
We use a free community version of the solution. We don't have to pay for licensing.
The solution itself is open source and doesn't cost anything, however, many companies need technical expertise for configurations.
Zabbix is free but if you use it in production then you have to pay for it. It is not expensive if you compare it to something like the Amazon monitoring system. Also, it is an open-source product, although some features are available at an extra cost.
Zabbix is open-source so if one wishes to implement it in-house, they must have qualified professionals to set up and optimize databases, Linux/Unix OS, PHP, Apache, and depending on what is monitored, a full-stack network and systems administrator may be needed. Zabbix provides support too, and I hear they are doing great with their support.
This solution is completely open-source, so it is quite affordable.
The software itself is open source, it can be easily downloaded, and use it with no limitations. Be very careful about using the "appliance" configuration in a production environment. It is only suitable for evaluation or very small environments. Invest in support, training and consultancy from Zabbix or from third parties. Architecting a robust, resilient and secure monitoring platform from day 1 will save time and money at a later stage. Zabbix and 3rd parties offer far more than a traditional support contract. No other organisation in my experience includes pro-active and on-site support as a core part of their offerings.
There are no additional costs. There was a small cost because after the installation. This is not an expensive solution. Zabbix is cheaper, it's not too fancy.
We're using the free version of Zabbix.
It's an open-source solution that can be used free of charge.
We are using the free, open-source version.
The licensing is great on Zabbix. It's very flexible and great for various types of businesses.
We purchased Zabbix for a good price, including support. It's cheaper than Datadog and ScienceLogic.
I was using the free, Community Edition.
Make a POC, start simple and let it grow. The servers are created with good performance by design. Memory for the caching, both on the database as on the zabbix server are important.
About setup, cost or pricing i advise Zabbix, it does not need any licensing
This is definitely a free software (it's open source), and You just need to allocate some resources to launch it
It's open source, so no cost/licensing needed.