We performed a comparison between Wireshark and Zabbix based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetAlly, Wireshark, Auvik and others in Network Troubleshooting."The feature to incorporate Voice over IP (VoIP) incidents into network traffic analysis is valuable. Capturing voice or SIP communication allows for examination of interactions between SIP clients and SIP servers. This helps the team investigate or analyze issues related to call center servers and operators."
"I find Wireshark a very useful tool. Its best feature is that it allows me to deeply understand what's going on at the packet level, as well as any adverse signatures that I can analyze. When I need to create an IPS rule, I need to check the traffic deeply to get more insights about the actual traffic, what's the name of certain flags, etc., and I'm able to do all that through Wireshark. The tool is also user-friendly."
"The strongest feature of this solution, is the ability it gives us to carry out deep-packet inspections on our network, particularly when a function isn't performing as it should."
"You can use Wireshark to see the traffic packet format, the IP layers, the fields, and the enabled flags."
"The solution is easy to install and use."
"It has good basic features."
"The session-level filtering features are valuable."
"It gives us the ability to pinpoint problems and to communicate network problems with software and hardware vendors."
"Zabbix is quite stable once it is set up. We haven't had any post-setup issues."
"The flexible licensing model is one of the solution's most valuable aspects. It really allows for great flexibility for companies."
"We have found that Zabbix is more easy to use than other applications."
"It provides high scalability, alerting, notification, templating, and end-to-end security."
"Every new asset placed in the environment can be automatically detected, predicting human failures."
"The integration with third-party tools and the alerts are most valuable."
"The most valuable features are the monitoring and the ease with which we can set it up at customer sites with our custom Zabbix proxy and tools."
"The solution is stable."
"DNS could be improved."
"It is not an easy program. You will need to study to use it to its full capabilities (follow a course)."
"I would like to see Wireshark improve the ease of application of the command. The command is very powerful, but not easy to apply."
"The Wireshark search function shows green for a correct search and red for an incorrect search. If there were a way to provide a description about what a search - and the similar ones which are available - can do, while a person is typing it, it would make the product easier to use and simultaneously decrease the learning curve."
"I would like better control of bandwidth from the service provider."
"Wireshark could be improved with a delay option when getting data automatically."
"A room for improvement in Wireshark is its ease of use for beginners. It could be better. Another room for improvement in the tool is for it to provide more details about the traffic load. At the moment, Wireshark is adequate for me, so there isn't anything I'd like added to it in its next version."
"We would like the product to be developed so that it doesn't rely on internet access for installation. We would like to see all of the components required to be integrated into the installer."
"Zabbix can use better documentation and support for troubleshooting."
"The solution needs to add remote features."
"In terms of user-friendliness, large maps could be more interactive. We should be able to click on some areas and move some objects. It would make it simpler to see things while analyzing some dedicated parameters."
"Zabbix isn't very good at automation just yet."
"Correlation of events would be a wonderful addition."
"In an upcoming release, there should be automated reports which we are currently doing manually. For example, if we collect a report file every day and want to send it to a moderator for review. We are expecting this feature to come out soon but it would be valuable to have now."
"The documentation could be improved."
"Implementation is always tailored to the customer and the kind of information we need from the client to carry it out can make them very uncomfortable. Sometimes the clients are not ready to share it."
Wireshark is ranked 3rd in Network Troubleshooting with 61 reviews while Zabbix is ranked 1st in Network Monitoring Software with 98 reviews. Wireshark is rated 9.0, while Zabbix is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Wireshark writes "User-friendly with an easy setup and a nice interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zabbix writes "Allows any number of customizations but lacks functionality for finding root causes". Wireshark is most compared with Nagios XI, SolarWinds NPM, ClearSight Analyzer, Microsoft Network Monitor and Colasoft Capsa, whereas Zabbix is most compared with Centreon, Checkmk, SolarWinds NPM, Nagios XI and Nagios Core.
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