We performed a comparison between NetBrain and Zabbix based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Troubleshooting solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."NetBrain is a very simple tool."
"Chain management is a good feature. I don't get it on other solutions."
"This product has good network monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities."
"A reliable, time-saving tool for providing accurate layer 2 and layer 3 network mappings."
"Enables maps to be drawn out."
"The solution's design has recently changed and it is visually pleasing with more color, for example, there is blue, black, and white."
"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."
"It has improved our server performance monitoring overall. We know right away when there are problems. It has built-in statistics, so we can go back and see if there's spiking. We can check what's happening every day around the same time and check the configuration to see if there's something that's running and needs to be fixed."
"In terms of customization and integration, we have more flexibility. We can automate configurations, define deletion rules, and customize based on the needs. The client interface allows for further configuration, making it quite comprehensive."
"SNMP monitoring, source discovery, and alert triggering are most valuable."
"Setup was straightforward. Initial deployment took two or three months."
"It has an intuitive UI with beautiful graphs and customizable maps."
"The most valuable feature is that it provides network segregation for server monitoring."
"The IP interface brief isn't consistent."
"It would be nice if the setup was a little simpler. Also, if the solution could provide more training materials for new people coming into our company so they can quickly learn how to use the functionalities."
"The solution could integrate more automation."
"Support needs to improve for the installed product and some of the reporting could be more flexible to provide more complete cataloging."
"Each device needs to be configured to allow NetBrain to poll for the information it needs, which can be very time-consuming for a large network."
"The reports are not great and should be improved."
"The server monitoring could be better."
"They should open an SSH session from the web interface."
"If you want to use all of the features then you have to pay a licensing fee."
"The user interface could be a bit better. They could update it a bit."
"There's a small module of APM, however, it is not an enhanced version. People usually ask for a full-fledged APM solution."
"Its UI should be improved. They did some improvements in version 5, but it could benefit from some more work. Its integrations should also be improved. They've been active for one year, and they seem to have noticed that. It has new integrations, but it could benefit from more integrations. As far as I know, there is no model to push statistics, metrics, or events towards Zabbix. This type of API isn't yet there, whereas some other tools provide an API for this."
"An area for improvement would be the ease of doing aggregation from the value or different devices."
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NetBrain is ranked 15th in Network Troubleshooting while Zabbix is ranked 1st in Network Monitoring Software with 101 reviews. NetBrain is rated 7.2, while Zabbix is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of NetBrain writes "Good monitoring and troubleshoot capabilities, improves overall network traffic visibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zabbix writes "Allows any number of customizations but lacks functionality for finding root causes". NetBrain is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, ThousandEyes, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, SolarWinds Network Automation Manager and LogicMonitor, whereas Zabbix is most compared with Centreon, Checkmk, Nagios Core, Amazon CloudWatch and SolarWinds NPM. See our NetBrain vs. Zabbix report.
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