We performed a comparison between Microsoft Configuration Manager and Zabbix based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Server Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."This solution helps us by automating the patching of our system."
"What's valuable is the basic management of the systems, being able to control who can access the systems."
"We have found the scalability to be quite good."
"It has the ability to perform mass distribution."
"With the right administrator, application deployment can do wonders."
"Offers good patching."
"Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is very scalable."
"You can remote control or RDP. That has been the most valuable because we can go into one console and can get to anything we want. Instead of going to all these different consoles, we centralized everything."
"The solution's design has recently changed and it is visually pleasing with more color, for example, there is blue, black, and white."
"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 integration with third-party tools and the alerts are most valuable."
"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."
"Zabbix is an excellent performance monitoring tool."
"The solution allows you to configure and customize how you want to collect information from servers or other systems."
"Dashboard and the customization of the items and triggers are the most valuable features."
"They need to improve the support for the Mac operating system."
"The availability of technical support could improve."
"Our company would prefer not rebooting computers while people are using them. There seems to be no strategy behind it."
"Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager can improve by allowing us to schedule the scripts, we don't have a script scheduling option and have to do it manually."
"Initial setup was complex. There's a lot that goes into it."
"I currently need to increase my compliance level in the patching processes which this solution could improve on."
"In terms of the monitoring, the timeframe it takes to actually report back on the compliance of a device after it has been patched is a bit too long."
"The reports are too busy. They could be simpler. I'm a technician, so I don't care how pretty the reports look. They should be easy to read. I'm designing this for production folks. They need to read the reports quickly when they're patching in the middle of the night."
"As far as improvements, sometimes I get a bit frustrated when I move from a previous version to a new one because some configuration has changed—I need to investigate the documentation to deal with some configuration. But it doesn't take much time, so it's okay."
"There are a lot of areas for improvement, specifically in the dashboards and reports functionalities."
"The stability could be better."
"Zabbix technical support is sold separately."
"The only improvement I would suggest, revolves around its AI and ML capabilities."
"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."
"Outside of the normal standard monitoring, I would like to extend patching, importing patching, and supporting patching for Windows Servers."
"They should open an SSH session from the web interface."
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Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Server Monitoring with 78 reviews while Zabbix is ranked 1st in Server Monitoring with 98 reviews. Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2, while Zabbix is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Seamless system updates, useful integration, and reliable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zabbix writes "Allows any number of customizations but lacks functionality for finding root causes". Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Microsoft Intune, BigFix and NinjaOne, whereas Zabbix is most compared with Centreon, Checkmk, SolarWinds NPM, Nagios XI and Nagios Core. See our Microsoft Configuration Manager vs. Zabbix report.
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