Compare SCCM vs. Zabbix
SCCM is ranked 4th in Server Monitoring with 11 reviews while Zabbix which is ranked 1st in Server Monitoring with 10 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, Nagios XI and Icinga. See our SCCM vs. Zabbix report.
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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. With the SCCM inventory, we found a lot of rogue applications. We were able to identify them, find out who was running them, and either put them on our application list or remove them. It gives us the ability to set up schedules, according to what our security requirements are, to automate the patching of our servers and desktops. | 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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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. Troubleshooting in general needs improvement. There's just a ton of logs to go through, and so finding the error log that corresponds with that you're doing can sometimes be difficult. There is a reboot issue with the patching. Sometimes, if patching runs into any issue whatsoever, it doesn't reboot but it doesn't tell you it errored out. It just sits there and we don't find out until the next day whether it patched or not. That was a big issue for us. We're working through that. They added some stuff in there now where you can actually tell reboot is pending. But we still need some kind of notification that if something fails or is pending, we know. We shouldn't have to go in and look. They don't have anything for that right now. | 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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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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Also Known As | |
| System Center Configuration Manager | |
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| Microsoft | Zabbix |
Overview | |
| 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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Sample Customers | |
| 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 |
Top Industries | |
Financial Services Firm8% Software R&D Company8% 8% Transportation Company7% | Financial Services Firm18% University9% Energy/Utilities Company9% Software R&D Company9% Comms Service Provider15% Financial Services Firm13% University10% K 12 Educational Company Or School9% |
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Small Business35% Midsize Enterprise24% Large Enterprise41% | Small Business41% Midsize Enterprise19% Large Enterprise41% Small Business18% Midsize Enterprise15% Large Enterprise67% |
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