Compare SCCM vs. Zabbix
SCCM is ranked 2nd in Server Monitoring with 13 reviews while Zabbix is ranked 1st in Server Monitoring with 11 reviews. SCCM is rated 8.2, while Zabbix is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of SCCM writes "Enables us to set up schedules, according to security needs, to automate server and desktop patching". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zabbix writes "Reasonable network monitoring which works okay if you don't mind the glitches". SCCM is most compared with BigFix, Ansible and Quest KACE Systems Management, whereas Zabbix is most compared with Centreon, Icinga and Nagios XI. See our SCCM vs. Zabbix report.
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It gives us visibility inside applications. It helps us to dig down and find the root cause of any issue within the network. It is easy to implement but requires good planning. It is reliable when it comes to monitoring. The benefit is easy installation. Thus, the model approach of the product and out-of-the-box probes, which deliver direct value. You can integrate clouds, hybrid infrastructure, and on-premise infrastructure into one product. It is the foundation for our monitoring solution. Having all of our information within one tool set; our alerts, our monitors, and the things that our operations team needs to function. It reduced cycles for a lot of quick out-of-the-box functionality. It also allowed us to get away from being stuck in SNMP, VTP V2, based off of agent deployment. | The most valuable features are Remote Connect, SUP, Cloud functionality, Report, Query, and third-party patching. This solution has made life easy with respect to patching, compliance, and OSD. This has made the management of our environment easier. This solution helps us by automating the patching of our system. The most valuable feature is the graphical-based reports of software updates that have been successful, the ones that have failed, and a summary of where the failures are what security breaches may occur. It is a good choice for deployment that performs very well. It saves a lot of money when you can install things automatically and they are installed the exact same way on every computer. There is a faster time to rollout. If we get a new PC, it can be ready for productivity right away. | We detect problems before the customer does and before it actually happens using the predictive functions in Zabbix. Simple network monitoring that is easy to install and manage. Zabbix can use old data to current data to set the threshold. We can use previous data to set the threshold. We use it to monitor and manage our servers. Every new asset placed in the environment can be automatically detected, predicting human failures. It can send messages to our ticketing system. It has good graphs of what is going on within the operating system. We are able to do problem determination on runaway processes. |
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There is also room for improvement in the reporting. It is not really good enough, according to our customers. So what we now usually do is use Power BI to get them the kinds of reports they want. Reporting capability can be improved especially when it comes to availability. We want to see more investment in the UI and the dashboard. How we can get more native information from CA's solutions. They need to continue to advance the filter capabilities, and provide more input fields. I would like to see auditability. We've built our own audit functionality to ensure that every CI has the desired model configuration applied to it. And we run that on a daily basis. If that became part of the product, I think it might be a little bit less intensive in terms of resource, because we're doing it with scripts. It is a little complex to use versus other softwares. The biggest feature that I've been hoping they would enhance on is inventory management: things like adding/removing nodes. | The cost of the product can be improved. This solution needs to be supported on all Operating systems. Not everything is readily available, and there are a lot of commands that are only executable via PowerShell. This solution should be simpler, and more consistent across modules/sections. I would like to see an agentless version of the solution. The setup was complex and I faced a lot of problems initially because I was new to the solution. Our company would prefer not rebooting computers while people are using them. There seems to be no strategy behind it. Marketing: Our management doesn't understand that there is a piece of software which helps them automate and manage the entire network, as far as operating systems on computers. | I would like to see a more flexible mobile client, and better HA out of the box. The product delivers false positives during reporting because of flapping. Other reasonably priced alternatives may have better performance. I want Zabbix to improve the UX/UI. Zabbix doesn't use a JavaScript chart for images, and I want them to improve this. Correlation of events would be a wonderful addition. I would like to better be able to monitor Oracle processes. |
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Information Not Available | The licensing is good because they have various options, depending on what you are looking for. SCCM comes with its own version of SQL Server. If you use that SQL Server with SCCM and don't use it for another applications than you get an SQL Server for free. Overall, I think it's fine. It's pretty much in-line because there are ways to offset it with the Office 365 licensing. Pricing and licensing are a downside of SCCM. It's expensive. I'd have to confirm this, but I think they changed the licensing to core-based instead of socket-based. It's not cheap, because you have to buy the software, you have to buy SQL. Another thing we learned from talking to Microsoft is that they provide you a license for SQL if you run it on the same box as the primary server. If you run it outside that box, you have to buy SQL. Microsoft does recommend you running it on the same box because of performance. But then, in order to run SQL, SCCM, and everything on the same box, you better have some resources. It's an expensive solution. There's no doubt about it. Pricing and licensing are horrible. You have to not look at dollar value to use SCCM. It's super-duper expensive but it works. The acquisition cost is expensive, it's labor-intensive. But it works. | It is free, which allows us to reduce costs. It is worth every cent to pay or even study to do your own installation. |
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| CA Nimsoft Monitor, CA UIM, DX Infrastructure Manager | System Center Configuration Manager | |
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| CA (A Broadcom Company) | Microsoft | Zabbix |
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CA UIM provides a single, unified platform that allows you to monitor your entire IT environment, both inside and outside the data center. It offers the ease-of-use and simplicity associated with point IT monitoring tools, featuring a unique powerful architecture with a lightweight footprint. At the same time, it delivers enterprise scalability and multi-tenancy that power some of the most complex infrastructures. | With System Center Configuration Manager, you can manage PCs and servers, keeping software up-to-date, setting configuration and security policies, and monitoring system status while giving your employees access to corporate applications on the devices that they choose. | Zabbix is the ultimate enterprise-level software designed for real-time monitoring of millions of metrics collected from tens of thousands of servers, virtual machines and network devices. Zabbix is Open Source and comes at no cost. |
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Learn more about CA UIM (DX Infrastructure Manager) | Learn more about SCCM | Learn more about Zabbix |
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| CBNCloud, IIJ Global Singapore, AT&S, AXSOS, Aozora Bank, HCL Technologies, IntelliNet, Securex | Bank Alfalah Ltd., Wªrth Handelsges.m.b.H, Dimension Data, Japan Business Systems, St. Lucie County Public Schools, MISC Berhad | Bodybuilding.com, LLC., ITtelligent Consulting Services,Eltele AS, Total Server Solutions, LLC., ChinaNetCloud |
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Financial Services Firm25% Healthcare Company15% Insurance Company13% Comms Service Provider10% Comms Service Provider34% Software R&D Company18% Financial Services Firm10% Healthcare Company8% | Software R&D Company29% Comms Service Provider11% Government8% Media Company5% | Financial Services Firm18% Comms Service Provider9% Non Tech Company9% Media Company9% Software R&D Company29% Comms Service Provider16% Media Company7% Financial Services Firm6% |
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