We performed a comparison between Wireshark and Zabbix based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetAlly, Auvik, Wireshark and others in Network Troubleshooting."The GUI is easy to use."
"The solution is easy to install and use."
"Wireshark's best feature is that it's adaptive, which means it's the go-to tool for network-related developers."
"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 most valuable feature of Wireshark is the ability to choose a destination of flow that has not been working as expected."
"Being able to dissect email data and figure out what is inside email messages was the most valuable feature. Such a feature is pretty helpful for an ongoing forensic investigation or when there is a potential insider threat that you are trying to investigate. It allows you to see the network activity of the users you are investigating. It also gives you more visibility into your network. It was very easy to set up. There is a lot of information out there on Google and YouTube about how to use it. There is also community support. If you have any trouble, it is pretty easy to find an answer online. You will have to do some digging only if you have a very specific use case."
"Wireshark is very user-friendly; even someone with basic IT knowledge can use it."
"It has a good syntax to put the commands in and get information out of."
"Setup was straightforward. Initial deployment took two or three months."
"The most valuable feature is monitoring."
"Templates are good. We download them from the official Zabbix site or the community. If the information we need isn't available, we create custom templates based on client requirements."
"It's a very reliable platform and we've never had any issues regarding the scalability or the stability of Zabbix."
"The calculations part is the most valuable."
"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."
"Zabbix is scalable."
"You need some basic knowledge to work with Wireshark. Maybe it could be more user-friendly just for new users. Just for the new generation."
"Wireshark is similar to an OS defense tool, meaning that it runs on an OS such as Ubuntu and Fedora, but I'm unsure if it's compatible with Windows or if it's a straightforward process to run it on Windows. Right now, my team needs to run Wireshark from a dongle to use it, so it's an OS-dependable tool, and that's an area for improvement. I was unable to use Wireshark on Windows, and I couldn't capture it, as I'm unsure how to configure the wireless card into monitoring mode on Windows. The process was straightforward on Linux, but it wasn't the case on Windows OS. It seems Wireshark isn't compatible with all OS. For example, you can analyze the log, and you can analyze it on the Windows server, but you can't do a capture in Windows. Configuring Wireshark for Windows isn't as easy as configuring it for Linux."
"It is difficult to scale this solution."
"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."
"The initial setup depends upon the basics. You need to have a clear understanding of the basics."
"Wireshark could be improved by adding more monitoring features."
"The system could be improved upon by adding a better and more powerful data processing engine."
"I wish the filters were a little bit more prepopulated."
"Sometimes, the documentation is a little bit written in Estonia – a country in Europe. The language barrier and translation to English can sometimes make it difficult to understand what they're trying to get at. It's just a language thing."
"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."
"There is a bit of a learning curve during installation."
"The documentation could be improved."
"The stability could be better."
"Zabbix does not draw automatic mapping of the network, this is something they should add in the future. There is a lot of effort that is involved in tailoring some of the settings which could be made easier."
"I would like for this solution to be more cloud-friendly."
"The reports are not great and should be improved."
Wireshark is ranked 4th in Network Troubleshooting with 61 reviews while Zabbix is ranked 1st in Network Monitoring Software with 101 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, Colasoft Capsa, ClearSight Analyzer and Microsoft Network Monitor, whereas Zabbix is most compared with Centreon, Checkmk, SolarWinds NPM, Nagios Core and Nagios XI.
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