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 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."
"The product is simple to implement."
"Packet-capture files can be hard to use due to their size. Wireshark has a tool called tshark that can parse the files with out opening them so that you can take large captures, say 2-10GB, and return only relevant information."
"The filter option provided by Wireshark is its most valuable feature...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Wireshark's best features are that it lets us see what traffic is in the network and what data should be encrypted."
"I can save the traffic and analysis when I want to. Also, it's especially helpful to follow the stream (TCP, UDP, etc.)."
"I have found the most valuable feature you can design your sniffer the way you want to."
"The transmission and reception issues are valuable."
"It not only provides the preconfigured item monitoring feature, but it is also easy to configure custom items."
"The overall functionality of Zabbix is very good. The monitoring of bank applications that Zabbix provides is great. The information is displayed on a dashboard that is easily viewed."
"Simple network monitoring that is easy to install and manage."
"Our customers also like that they don't have to use multiple modules. Micro Focus and major vendors typically require you to buy several modules and plugins. Our customers do not like that. We offer them a single product for all their monitoring needs."
"The most valuable feature is that it provides network segregation for server monitoring."
"The best thing about Zabbix is the integration and the APIs that are included are very fast"
"The most valuable feature is service assurance."
"Zabbix is very easy to implement."
"Wireshark's UI isn't easy to handle and doesn't have as nice a view as Omnipeek."
"Wireshark is restricted when any sort of encryption is involved, such as XSL encryption or DLX."
"It is not an easy program. You will need to study to use it to its full capabilities (follow a course)."
"This product needs to improve the UI."
"I wish the filters were a little bit more prepopulated."
"There is a disadvantage when it comes to sampling intervals. Additionally, I've heard from a colleague that Wireshark might be less effective in the voice domain."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
"The product is great but I wish there were more of an emphasis on the command line tools."
"An area for improvement would be the ease of doing aggregation from the value or different devices."
"It should be easy to modify the front end."
"Zabbix claims that there is an auto-discovery process but my team member was facing difficulty and was told that it's not really automatic, and there are some manual steps."
"There are a lot of areas for improvement, specifically in the dashboards and reports functionalities."
"I would like to better be able to monitor Oracle processes."
"The performance reporting could be improved."
"The documentation could be improved."
"It would be helpful if they translated the documentation to Cyrillic languages."
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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