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We performed a comparison between Icinga and Zabbix based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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Pros
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."

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"There's a module called Icinga Director, which helps us configure the product using an intuitive interface through clicks instead of creating a text configuration. It's very helpful for us.""I like the ability to amend and adjust things really easily, which is useful in a case where you could make it auto-discover and then set a template to say all of these applications or servers under this template have an automatic threshold set that you’d set up manually.""We have found the solution to be stable.""Icinga does the job and is fairly stable.""Macros and the ability to connect it to Google Maps are valuable features.""The best thing about the solution is how it highlights errors, the issues, and what needs my attention. The solution directs me to areas that I should look for first.""It is really easy in Icinga to create your own plugin and integrate it without any fuss. And it works just perfectly fine.""An affordable solution for small organizations to do basic network monitoring."

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"The initial setup was very quick. The first time it was long because I didn't know it yet. I was only using Windows. The first time was very difficult because of the operating system.""The product is very stable.""It is a great product. The SNMP protocol tracking feature is good. I really like how it tracks SNMP. The alerts are also great.""Zabbix is very easy to implement.""It not only provides the preconfigured item monitoring feature, but it is also easy to configure custom items.""They've already added extra features, such as noise-canceling and facial recognition, which is great.""The integration capabilities and APIs are the best part.""Simple network monitoring that is easy to install and manage."

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Cons
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."

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"The user interface should be improved.""Icinga is a complex solution that's hard to learn. It's a powerful product for monitoring, but new users will have a hard time figuring out what to do.""The solution lacks many features important to higher-level IT management and network support.""In general, the product does not look good. However, it does what it is supposed to do. So, the improvements should focus on usability and UI.""Icinga’s automation could be improved.""One thing that Icinga lacks is the capability to create advanced and customized dashboards within the tool itself.""I think the software is quite good, but we have had problems with getting it to recognize certain areas and amend certain checks, where we needed so we would have to create backend scripts for those checks. Though, being open source, it has the support to create backend scripts, it would be better to have these scripts in-built.""The tool currently fails to provide notifications to users."

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"The GUI could be more intuitive. Also, we'd like streaming telemetry. Zabbix might have this feature, but I haven't seen it yet. It took us a long time to get started because the documentation isn't very descriptive. We had to go through various sources like YouTube and forums to get this solution working.""The user interface could be better.""The System Center Operations Manager can be improved.""There are a lot of areas for improvement, specifically in the dashboards and reports functionalities.""The main problem with Zabbix is that you have to spend time writing templates for all of the products that you have.""Outside of the normal standard monitoring, I would like to extend patching, importing patching, and supporting patching for Windows Servers.""We would like to see the addition of automatic push functionality to this product. This would save time when monitoring our servers and networks as, at present, we have to manually install the Zabbix agent on any hardware to be monitored.""It could be more stable."

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  • "The product is inexpensive compared to other DBM products."
  • "This is an open-source solution with paid support."
  • "It's an open-source solution."
  • "We're using the free version of Icinga."
  • "Even though Icinga's financial cost is low, it is an expensive product regarding the resources required to maintain and operate it."
  • "The solution is free to use."
  • "The solution is cheap."
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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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    Top Answer:The best thing about the solution is how it highlights errors, the issues, and what needs my attention. The solution… more »
    Top Answer:I wasn't involved with the finance side of the product. I just tested the product and gave feedback to the IT team in… more »
    Top Answer:I didn't have a problem with Icinga since I just use it for monitoring purposes. I haven't faced any issues with Icinga… more »
    Top Answer:In terms of customization and integration, we have more flexibility. We can automate configurations, define deletion… more »
    Top Answer:Zabbix itself is free, but professional support is paid. They have different pricing tiers based on the category and… more »
    Top Answer:There are areas of improvement. The database grows really fast. So, when you install Zabbix, you have to deal with some… more »
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    Overview

    Juniper Mist Premium Analytics is a comprehensive network analytics solution that provides organizations with valuable insights into their network performance and user experience. The primary use case of this product is to enable IT teams to proactively monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize their network infrastructure.

    The most valuable functionality of Juniper Mist Premium Analytics is its AI-driven insights and recommendations. Leveraging machine learning algorithms, it analyzes vast amounts of network data to identify anomalies, predict potential issues, and suggest remediation actions. This proactive approach helps organizations minimize network downtime, improve user experience, and optimize network performance.

    By providing real-time visibility into network performance, Juniper Mist Premium Analytics helps organizations quickly identify and resolve network issues. It offers detailed analytics on network traffic, application performance, and user behavior, allowing IT teams to pinpoint the root cause of problems and take immediate action. This not only reduces troubleshooting time but also enhances overall network reliability.

    Furthermore, Juniper Mist Premium Analytics enables organizations to optimize their network infrastructure. It provides insights into network capacity utilization, application usage patterns, and user behavior, allowing IT teams to make informed decisions about network design, resource allocation, and capacity planning. This helps organizations to ensure that their network is efficiently utilized and can support the growing demands of their users.

    Icinga monitors infrastructures of all sizes with the integrated cluster system secured by SSL, Integrates with DevOps tools and uses an object based configuration or provision on users' monitoring code through the REST API. Icinga has a lightweight and extensible web interface to keep an eye on your environment and provides modules that extend the functionality of Icinga Web 2. Additionally, it offers a fully preconfigured monitoring stack or just add an external perspective.

    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.

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    Puppet Labs, Audi, Spacex, Debian, Snapdeal, McGill, RIPE Network Coordination Centre
    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 Company18%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Government8%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm29%
    Computer Software Company29%
    Educational Organization14%
    University14%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company19%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Government7%
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    Computer Software Company25%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Aerospace/Defense Firm8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization33%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Comms Service Provider6%
    Government6%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise63%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business47%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise37%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise61%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business49%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise30%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise41%
    Large Enterprise41%
    Buyer's Guide
    Icinga vs. Zabbix
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Icinga vs. Zabbix and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Icinga is ranked 20th in Cloud Monitoring Software with 8 reviews while Zabbix is ranked 2nd in Cloud Monitoring Software with 25 reviews. Icinga is rated 7.6, while Zabbix is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Icinga writes "Excels as a monitoring tool for Linux and AIX servers, providing health checks, service monitoring, process tracking, and overall system health management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zabbix writes "Very mature, easy to scale, and free to use". Icinga is most compared with Checkmk, Nagios Core, Nagios XI, Centreon and PRTG Network Monitor, whereas Zabbix is most compared with Centreon, Checkmk, SolarWinds NPM, Nagios XI and Splunk Enterprise Security. See our Icinga vs. Zabbix report.

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