We compared Zabbix and Amazon CloudWatch across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: Zabbix's setup can vary in ease and complexity, requiring technical expertise and knowledge of Linux and programming. However, it offers extensive features, customization options, and a free open-source version. On the other hand, Amazon CloudWatch has an easy and straightforward setup process, user-friendly interface, and good technical support. It is highly valued for its simplicity, stability, scalability, and integration with other AWS services. However, it has limitations in monitoring application performance and generating reports. Pricing-wise, Zabbix is free and open-source, while CloudWatch's pricing is considered reasonable.
"The most valuable feature of Amazon CloudWatch is collecting the logs from Lambda."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon CloudWatch is reliability."
"The detection is the most valuable feature."
"The product helps us collect and store various metrics to set test alarms."
"Amazon CloudWatch's best feature stems from its ability to monitor app performance."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The solution effectively monitors golden signals like CPU, page requests, and queues."
"The solution gives us very good real-time data."
"The solution is quite mature and very stable."
"The initial setup, while not simple, is easier than other products."
"The most valuable feature is the protocol to manage anything."
"The basic setup is very easy."
"I like being able to use proxy servers for different locations. The agents are pretty cool. They're easy to roll out. The standard out-of-the-box templates are also pretty easy to use. The integration with other learning products is also good. I have, in the past, used Slack, but we've integrated it with Microsoft Teams. We also use it for SMS with a service called Redcoat. It is very flexible. It does what I need it to do, and my manager is very happy because it doesn't cost anything. We are nearing 4,000 hosts inside Zabbix, and we've got another 6,000 access points to add to it. We've thrown everything at it, and it has managed to keep going. I am very impressed with the tool, and I'd shake their hand very hard if I got to say the compliments to the Zabbix team. They keep improving it and doing refreshes, which is one good thing about it. There is also online information as well as books that you can purchase if you're willing to read enough. There is a lot to pick up, but it is a pretty complete solution."
"We are able to do problem determination on runaway processes."
"The initial setup was not complex."
"Zabbix is a cost-effective solution. We're a small organization with a few dozen devices to monitor, and it was available for free. We can see what we need. We haven't done an in-depth analysis on it, but we're currently okay with the product."
"The technical support must be improved."
"It's not an advanced way of monitoring."
"The product should provide more features."
"The dashboard of Amazon CloudWatch is not very customizable right now."
"The graphical interface has room for improvement. CloudWatch only gives you a breakdown of what's wrong. However, it would be nice if it could automatically remedy the problems it identifies. You should be able to configure it so that when a specific condition arises, it will take a predefined action."
"The solution could benefit from a price decrease."
"The configuration capabilities could be better."
"I would like to monitor inbound and outbound transfer. I would also like to control the traffic for load balancing."
"I had problems using Zabbix when working with SUSE Enterprise; many companies use SUSE."
"I am having difficulties connecting it to Grafana, as well as some of the other plugins like Kibana."
"My company wanted to do an exercise command to access IT from Cameroon. They wanted to access an FSS to a second host with second equipment that was on another coast but it is not possible on Zabbix to do it. They want to directly access from the front-end of Zabbix to access a prompt in Zabbix to an access terminal. In the front-end, there is no way to do that. That would be an important improvement."
"If you want to use all of the features then you have to pay a licensing fee."
"There are a lot of areas for improvement, specifically in the dashboards and reports functionalities."
"Zabbix isn't very good at automation just yet."
"The user interface could be a bit better. They could update it a bit."
"Zabbix isn't a great tool for cloud-specific monitoring - its connection to public clouds needs to be improved. Other areas for improvement would be the lack of dashboards and integrations."
Amazon CloudWatch is ranked 9th in Cloud Monitoring Software with 40 reviews while Zabbix is ranked 2nd in Cloud Monitoring Software with 101 reviews. Amazon CloudWatch is rated 8.0, while Zabbix is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Amazon CloudWatch writes "Instantaneous response when monitoring logs and KPIs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zabbix writes "Allows any number of customizations but lacks functionality for finding root causes". Amazon CloudWatch is most compared with Datadog, Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver), Dynatrace, SolarWinds NPM and Instana Infrastructure Monitoring, whereas Zabbix is most compared with Centreon, Checkmk, Nagios Core, SolarWinds NPM and Nagios XI. See our Amazon CloudWatch vs. Zabbix report.
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