We performed a comparison between Meraki Dashboard and Zabbix based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Despite the fact that Zabbix is free, Meraki Dashboard is the winner in this comparison. It is a robust and high-performing solution that received high marks for its single management pane. In contrast, Zabbix users feel that it isn’t very user-friendly.
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"It's a simple, functional solution."
"It is a reliable product. It provides a lot of information that is easy to read."
"We like how Meraki Dashboard lets you manage all the devices in a single pane of glass. The dashboard is intuitive and easy to use. They are constantly updating the functionality. Switches from other vendors have the same features for the life of the device, but Meraki is always improving."
"It is very stable and we have been using it for five years."
"We like the visibility this solution gives us of the infrastructure."
"I would say the ease of use is the most valuable feature. It's very easy to set up and get up and running."
"Everything is in a single pane and you can look at your network in one centralized place."
"Scalability is one of Meraki Dashboard's strongest features. We have thousands of users if we're counting the end-users on our clients' network, but we have hundreds of clients."
"Zabbix is an excellent performance monitoring tool."
"It is a great product. The SNMP protocol tracking feature is good. I really like how it tracks SNMP. The alerts are also great."
"I really enjoy network traffic triggers that allow us to check traffic threshold from ISP."
"In terms of customization and integration, we have more flexibility. We can automate configurations, define deletion rules, and customize based on the needs. The client interface allows for further configuration, making it quite comprehensive."
"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."
"We are able to monitor our virtual infrastructure, virtual machines, windows servers, databases, and the network using a simple network management protocol. We are able to pull almost all the metrics that we want, receive notifications, and have them integrate with telegrams for certain devices that are critical, such as UPSs."
"Setup was straightforward. Initial deployment took two or three months."
"Zabbix is scalable."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The wait time to speak with a Meraki support engineer is always long, but they get the job done."
"The cost of the solution is high and can be improved."
"They could offer API functionality for Meraki Dashboard. It will help us develop software immediately using available solutions."
"It is not appropriate for large, enterprise businesses."
"We would like to be able to test the health of WAN connections."
"I would like to receive decent notification alerts regarding the license's expiry. Or any help on correcting or optimizing licenses, because in certain circumstances you can add a license but it's the wrong licensing. However, the Dashboard adds the license in some way, and you do not utilize it. You can simply extend the license's expiration date."
"This solution can be quite complicated to configure and manage, unless you have a technical person with specific knowledge working on it."
"What needs improvement in Meraki Dashboard is its configuration. It'll also be better if the tool has more functionality, and that is what I'd like to see in its next release."
"One of the things we don't like is that Zabbix has a license structure with a price that is high compared to the competition. It's very high, for example, compared to something like Microsoft Teams."
"The System Center Operations Manager can be improved."
"If you want to use all of the features then you have to pay a licensing fee."
"I would like to see a more flexible mobile client, and better HA out of the box."
"It would be helpful if they translated the documentation to Cyrillic languages."
"The networking monitor is not too easy to work with."
"Zabbix is not easy to configure, and upgrading is also an issue."
"It should be easy to modify the front end."
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Meraki Dashboard is ranked 9th in Network Monitoring Software with 30 reviews while Zabbix is ranked 1st in Network Monitoring Software with 25 reviews. Meraki Dashboard is rated 8.6, while Zabbix is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Meraki Dashboard writes "Provides reports on hacking attempts, threats to devices, and how well access points are working". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zabbix writes "Very mature, easy to scale, and free to use". Meraki Dashboard is most compared with SolarWinds NPM, ThousandEyes, Mist AI and Cloud, Cisco DNA Center and Cisco Secure Network Analytics, whereas Zabbix is most compared with Centreon, Checkmk, SolarWinds NPM, Nagios XI and Nagios Core. See our Meraki Dashboard vs. Zabbix report.
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