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We performed a comparison between Instana Infrastructure Monitoring and Zabbix based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two IT Infrastructure Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Instana Infrastructure Monitoring vs. Zabbix Report (Updated: May 2024).
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Pros
"The product's initial setup is easy.""The product is easy to deploy."

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"The flexibility of this solution is amazing.""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.""Zabbix is good for discovery.""The integration capabilities and APIs are the best part.""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.""Its overall flexibility is most valuable. When our customers have some custom applications that are not necessarily covered by the community or a standard monitoring tool, we use Zabbix to build our own modules with our own templates. This feature has been useful in using Zabbix for infrastructure and IT monitoring. It has also been useful for industrial equipment monitoring. Zabbix is very lightweight. It is efficient in terms of performance because it doesn't use a lot of resources.""The solution allows for good integration with other products.""There is less computing power needed for scaling."

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Cons
"Instana Infrastructure Monitoring needs to support monitoring of the .NET framework since it is one of the areas where the solution currently has shortcomings.""The product’s scalability is an area with certain limitations, making it an area where improvements are required."

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"​I would like to better be able to monitor Oracle processes.​""The product could be more secure and more stable.""The product delivers false positives during reporting because of flapping. Other reasonably priced alternatives may have better performance.""The only improvement I would suggest, revolves around its AI and ML capabilities.""If Zabbix had a better dashboard then it would be nice.""I would like for this solution to be more cloud-friendly.""Implementing Zabbix is difficult. I've deployed many solutions over the years, and Zabbix is the hardest to implement. You have to do some development to get it to work with IBM, Micro Focus, or HP products.""I want Zabbix to improve the UX/UI. Zabbix doesn't use a JavaScript chart for images, and I want them to improve this."

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  • "The cost of the tool is around 130 USD per month."
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  • "It’s free of cost."
  • "It is a true open-source solution, so there are no licensing costs."
  • "The product is an open source and free solution."
  • "It's free software released under the GNU/GPL license."
  • "There are no licenses."
  • "We’re using the free version, which covers all our current needs."
  • "It is free, which allows us to reduce costs."
  • "I was using the free, Community Edition."
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    I have researched a quite a few network monitoring tools which can be used for various monitoring purposes of not only the servers, but the intermediate routers as well. There are majorly three types of these softwares. Ones which are completely open-source, you can do almost anything you want using these, but they require quite some expertise before you can use them. Then there are the ones that are not open source, the enterprise softwares and cost you some money, but on the other hand, they are extremely easy to set-up and learn. You can have them up and running in a matter of minutes. And then there are those which are completely cloud based. They can be free of cost or charge some money depending on the software. The good thing about these is that you don’t have to install any extra software, and it can be managed completely online but then again these have limited features and you cannot exploit them to the full extent as you can do with the open-source and to some extent the enterprise software, so I won’t suggest you to use these, because these are generally not the complete solutions and require other support software to achieve the same. Below I have listed the outstanding pros and cons of the various Network analyzers that you can look into Nagios Pros: Nagios offers an extensive set of collector plug-ins that allows users to gather performance and availability data from a broad range of operating systems, including  Windows and Netware Nagios… Read more →
    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The product’s scalability is an area with certain limitations, making it an area where improvements are required.
    Top Answer:I use the solution in my company, especially if an application is down and it is considered to be a P1 issue or a critical issue. The network team will blame the application team, while the… more »
    Top Answer:The template system in Zabbix is very beneficial as it saves time in configuration.
    Top Answer:Zabbix's licensing and pricing are good for our needs.
    Top Answer:To improve Zabbix, adding more features to support the monitoring of modern workloads like containers would be beneficial. Many environments are shifting away from traditional setups to remote and… more »
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    Overview

    Instana ensures that your application delivery organization has the data, visibility and information they need to manage the performance of critical business applications across the DevOps lifecycle. Built to handle the dynamic nature of containerized, microservice architectures, Instana automates infrastructure and application monitoring helping you to ensure the performance and quality of custom applications and accelerate your CI/CD cycle.

    Zabbix is an open-source monitoring software that provides real-time monitoring and alerting for servers, networks, applications, and services. 

    It offers a wide range of features including data collection, visualization, and reporting. 

    With its user-friendly interface and customizable dashboards, Zabbix helps organizations ensure the availability and performance of their IT infrastructure.

    Sample Customers
    booxware, drivenow, scopevisio, enevo, TimoCom, mobitech
    1. IBM 2. Dell 3. Cisco 4. HP 5. Oracle 6. Microsoft 7. Amazon 8. Google 9. Facebook 10. Twitter 11. LinkedIn 12. Netflix 13. Adobe 14. VMware 15. Salesforce 16. SAP 17. Intel 18. AT&T 19. Verizon 20. T-Mobile 21. Vodafone 22. Ericsson 23. Nokia 24. Siemens 25. General Electric 26. Honeywell 27. Philips 28. Sony 29. Samsung 30. LG 31. Panasonic 32. Toshiba
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Government8%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company24%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Aerospace/Defense Firm7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization34%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    Government6%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise67%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business49%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise31%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise43%
    Large Enterprise40%
    Buyer's Guide
    Instana Infrastructure Monitoring vs. Zabbix
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Instana Infrastructure Monitoring vs. Zabbix and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
    772,679 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Instana Infrastructure Monitoring is ranked 37th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 2 reviews while Zabbix is ranked 1st in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 101 reviews. Instana Infrastructure Monitoring is rated 9.6, while Zabbix is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Instana Infrastructure Monitoring writes "Has the capability to automatically integrate with a large number of products". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zabbix writes "Allows any number of customizations but lacks functionality for finding root causes". Instana Infrastructure Monitoring is most compared with IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM), Amazon CloudWatch, Opsview, Checkmk and Splunk APM, whereas Zabbix is most compared with Centreon, Checkmk, Nagios Core, Amazon CloudWatch and SolarWinds NPM. See our Instana Infrastructure Monitoring vs. Zabbix report.

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