We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS Manager 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."From a usability and functionality perspective, Cisco UCS Manager is very good."
"The most valuable features are flexibility and management."
"It is more robust than other solutions. So, the stability is good."
"The hardware is very powerful and it is a stable solution."
"The interface is ergonomic and native. We can use UCS Manager to do all the configurations for the servers, including storage, networking, and all the other components we need inside the fabric. It's simple and flexible."
"We can configure the Cisco UCS Manager, the profiles and interactions with the resource we manage."
"Cisco UCS has different layers of security, and you can do multiple installations of your LIAMs on top of the server and Blade. You can install VMware, Windows Server, Hyper-V, etc."
"What I like most about Cisco UCS Manager is the ease of administration. It also allows the central management of maintenance, installation, and configuration activities."
"The basic setup is very easy."
"The most valuable feature is that it provides network segregation for server monitoring."
"The most valuable feature is the monitoring of virtual machines."
"The solution is quite mature and very stable."
"The template system in Zabbix is very beneficial as it saves time in configuration."
"It is a great product. The SNMP protocol tracking feature is good. I really like how it tracks SNMP. The alerts are also great."
"The calculations part is the most valuable."
"It's a very reliable platform and we've never had any issues regarding the scalability or the stability of Zabbix."
"I found it a bit of a challenge to get training on UCSM. I've been trying to get that for some time now. I feel like I have to figure it out a lot of things myself. For years I've to log calls with support whenever I've got challenges that I cannot resolve. If I had some training or more manuals, I'd be better able to handle more things on my own."
"I want to be able to schedule multiple sequential updates in one go."
"The installation and upgrade sytems need to be improved."
"What's lacking in Cisco UCS Manager is the performance dashboard. If a blade has any performance issues, you should be able to create a dashboard on Cisco UCS Manager. Currently, this feature isn't present."
"Cisco UCS Manager is not a scalable solution because once you have 160 blades, it cannot be expanded more."
"The pricing can be better."
"In the next release, I would like to see improvements made to their security."
"Its user interface can be improved. It can be more user-friendly."
"There is a bit of a learning curve during installation."
"The only improvement I would suggest, revolves around its AI and ML capabilities."
"Look and feel."
"There's a small module of APM, however, it is not an enhanced version. People usually ask for a full-fledged APM solution."
"The server monitoring could be better."
"The graphical user interface could be customized a little bit more, and also the dashboard could be more friendly."
"I think the reporting part of Zabbix can be improved in terms of more user-friendly graphics to display the collected data. Many simple users who don't know how to use Zabbix properly might get confused by the reporting, although at the same time it is very versatile for my company."
"The product could be more secure and more stable."
Cisco UCS Manager is ranked 29th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 21 reviews while Zabbix is ranked 1st in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 101 reviews. Cisco UCS Manager is rated 8.0, while Zabbix is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco UCS Manager writes "Used to manage servers, monitor or manage firmware upgrades, and push policies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zabbix writes "Allows any number of customizations but lacks functionality for finding root causes". Cisco UCS Manager is most compared with Cisco Intersight, Nutanix Prism, HPE OneView, Datadog and Moogsoft, whereas Zabbix is most compared with Centreon, Checkmk, Nagios Core, Amazon CloudWatch and SolarWinds NPM. See our Cisco UCS Manager vs. Zabbix report.
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