We performed a comparison between Microsoft Configuration Manager and Zabbix based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Server Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."You can remote control or RDP. That has been the most valuable because we can go into one console and can get to anything we want. Instead of going to all these different consoles, we centralized everything."
"It is easy to install, and quick to deploy."
"The ability to make collections and deploy to them has been great."
"The scalability to deploy the package."
"The most valuable features are application deployment and task-sequenced imaging."
"SCCM does everything from A to Z for a Windows operating system."
"Patching is very effective and reporting is very good."
"The main, clear valuable feature is updating the latest, patches and updates from Windows. This is the main feature we really utilize a lot."
"The solution is open-source, easy to manage, and user-friendly making it easy for anyone to use."
"They've already added extra features, such as noise-canceling and facial recognition, which is great."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable feature is service assurance."
"It's a very reliable platform and we've never had any issues regarding the scalability or the stability of Zabbix."
"We have found that Zabbix is more easy to use than other applications."
"The most valuable feature is the support for monitoring Cisco switches."
"Zabbix is very easy to implement."
"Our company would prefer not rebooting computers while people are using them. There seems to be no strategy behind it."
"The cost of the product can be improved."
"The reports are too busy. They could be simpler. I'm a technician, so I don't care how pretty the reports look. They should be easy to read. I'm designing this for production folks. They need to read the reports quickly when they're patching in the middle of the night."
"Built in PowerShell cmdlets would be a nice feature because managing clients remotely can be a pain without knowing the WMI calls to run."
"SCCM does not scale well, which is one of the reasons we are not going to continue to use it."
"It is a bit of an old and outdated product."
"The analysis is something that can be integrated. Their report analysis can be improved a little bit due to the fact that most of the time complaints policies are saved by the admins. It's something that we need to look into and search for."
"The downside of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is it's an on-premise-based solution. With the pandemic coming on board the need to support users across the globe has increased. For a while, we would use the in-built Microsoft Teams screen sharing feature but the disadvantage of that is you cannot perform privileged access. Microsoft does not give you access to that. That's where you need cloud-based tools, such as BeyondTrust or Freshservice."
"There are some features of Zabbix that are not good for reporting. The DX Spectrum solution has better reporting."
"I had problems using Zabbix when working with SUSE Enterprise; many companies use SUSE."
"I would like to remotely connect to the computer, and Zabbix doesn't have this capability."
"The System Center Operations Manager can be improved."
"They should open an SSH session from the web interface."
"Improvement is needed as per customer requirements."
"Zabbix isn't very good at automation just yet."
"I would like for this solution to be more cloud-friendly."
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Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Server Monitoring with 78 reviews while Zabbix is ranked 1st in Server Monitoring with 101 reviews. Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2, while Zabbix is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Seamless system updates, useful integration, and reliable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zabbix writes "Allows any number of customizations but lacks functionality for finding root causes". Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Microsoft Intune, BigFix and Ivanti Neurons Patch for Intune, whereas Zabbix is most compared with Centreon, Checkmk, SolarWinds NPM, Nagios Core and Nagios XI. See our Microsoft Configuration Manager vs. Zabbix report.
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