AppDynamics Server Monitoring vs Zabbix comparison

AppDynamics Server Monitoring

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

Zabbix and AppDynamics Server Monitoring are competitors in the domain of performance and server monitoring solutions. Based on feature range and pricing, Zabbix appears to hold the upper hand due to its open-source nature and extensive feature set at no cost.

Features: Zabbix offers automated network and item discovery, low-level discovery, and extensive alerting options. It is highly customizable and scalable, integrating well with tools like Grafana. AppDynamics Server Monitoring features dynamic learning capabilities, robust end-to-end monitoring, and real-time alerts, focusing on server metrics and user session monitoring.

Room for Improvement: Zabbix could improve its dashboard customization, reporting functionalities, and predictive analytics. Its interface may benefit from enhanced navigation. AppDynamics Server Monitoring users seek improvements in pricing, analytics, and integration, especially with custom applications. Enhanced dashboards and a competitive pricing structure would add value.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Zabbix supports versatile deployment across on-premises and hybrid cloud environments. It offers substantial community support, with optional paid professional support. AppDynamics Server Monitoring ensures smooth deployment in on-premises, hybrid, and public cloud settings. Integrating with certain applications can be challenging, yet professional support is recognized for being responsive.

Pricing and ROI: Zabbix is completely free and open-source, offering significant cost savings with no licensing fees. Initial investments are minimal, leading to quick ROI through reduced operational costs. AppDynamics Server Monitoring, positioned as a premium product, involves higher costs that may be counterbalanced by reduced troubleshooting time and comprehensive monitoring capabilities, potentially delivering substantial value in certain scenarios.

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AppDynamics Server Monitoring vs. Zabbix

December 2024

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Categories and Ranking

AppDynamics Server Monitoring

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

16th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Zabbix

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

103

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (9th), Network Monitoring Software (1st), Server Monitoring (1st), Cloud Monitoring Software (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of AppDynamics Server Monitoring is 0.6%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zabbix is 12.4%, down from 12.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Infrastructure Monitoring

Featured Reviews

Rahul -Jain

SDET ANALYST SENIOR at TSYS

User-friendly and provides good response time from the end-to-end server

We are not using the alerts as we have different mechanisms called resilience testing or kiosk testing. The DevOps team uses the alerts. During production, they will get alerts when they see the CPU utilization going beyond the 60% or 70% benchmark they have set. AppDynamics and Dynatrace are the only two tools that provide accurate or stable end-to-end response time. These two tools can show you everything that's going on from the back end. If we are doing performance testing or any testing, these two tools can provide us with every detail about what's happening in the back end from the server side that we can't see. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

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ASM Naushad Alam

Network Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Allows any number of customizations but lacks functionality for finding root causes

We have not yet purchased the commercial version so have a lack of technical ability. We do not yet fully know the key points or key features of the solution. We just use what we use along with WhatsUp Gold. Based on our use only, stability is rated a seven out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The solution's most valuable feature is the response time from the end-to-end server."

"I like Business iQ the most, so far. It has great analytics configurations and I can get real-time updates. We have eCommerce releases every week. So the one use case that I use Business iQ is to compare before and after release performance using AppDynamics."

"What I like most about AppDynamics Server Monitoring is that it's easy to manipulate and easy to implement. All solutions have the same features, but what sets AppDynamics Server Monitoring apart is that it's really quick to implement. AppDynamics Server Monitoring has a great interface. As a developer, it doesn't matter whether it's SolarWinds, Dynatrace, or any APM you're using, but it would matter to the customer. A product must be easy to manipulate or use, for example, AppDynamics Server Monitoring, for the customer, but for developers like my team, there's no pressure, even if a solution requires coding."

"The event alerting feature or the trigger system is what I like most about AppDynamics Server Monitoring. Whenever an issue occurs, the tool automatically generates an even trigger that tells engineers in the company to take action, so it's an essential feature of AppDynamics Server Monitoring. Another valuable feature of the tool is end-to-end monitoring, which means if you need to debug, you can go transaction by transaction, where the issue lies, and how it's linked. For example, if it's a low-performance issue, you can look into it more through AppDynamics Server Monitoring in terms of which area takes too much time to execute. You can also see the SQL queries and the kind of query going on through the tool."

"The product has the ability to drill down to the errors whenever we have issues."

"The product provides a nice end-user experience."

"We can view the server activities, including issues in the process, with a single click."

"The auto-discovery of the logs is the most valuable feature. It requires minimal configuration, we just need to set up on once and it automatically detects through the code."

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"The most valuable feature is the monitoring of virtual machines."

"The most valuable feature is the protocol to manage anything."

"The solution is open-source, easy to manage, and user-friendly making it easy for anyone to use."

"The most valuable feature is monitoring."

"I like being able to use proxy servers for different locations. The agents are pretty cool. They're easy to roll out. The standard out-of-the-box templates are also pretty easy to use. The integration with other learning products is also good. I have, in the past, used Slack, but we've integrated it with Microsoft Teams. We also use it for SMS with a service called Redcoat. It is very flexible. It does what I need it to do, and my manager is very happy because it doesn't cost anything. We are nearing 4,000 hosts inside Zabbix, and we've got another 6,000 access points to add to it. We've thrown everything at it, and it has managed to keep going. I am very impressed with the tool, and I'd shake their hand very hard if I got to say the compliments to the Zabbix team. They keep improving it and doing refreshes, which is one good thing about it. There is also online information as well as books that you can purchase if you're willing to read enough. There is a lot to pick up, but it is a pretty complete solution."

"I'm supervising all the IT departments, and Zabbix seems quite good for them. It provides graphics and information in real time. We get alerts about crashes on the system, enabling us to quickly repair issues. We can easily find devices with problems."

"The most valuable feature is the support for monitoring Cisco switches."

"It has improved our server performance monitoring overall. We know right away when there are problems. It has built-in statistics, so we can go back and see if there's spiking. We can check what's happening every day around the same time and check the configuration to see if there's something that's running and needs to be fixed."

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Cons

"The product’s dashboard could be more easy to implement."

"The solution's pricing could be improved and made more competitive."

"The solution’s setup is a bit complex."

"The solution has performance issues after we deploy the agent."

"AppDynamics Server Monitoring lacks investment in new technologies like Kubernetes and cloud solutions."

"An area for improvement in AppDynamics Server Monitoring is integration; in particular, it needs a better way to integrate with custom applications such as Siebel CRM. Right now, it's challenging to integrate AppDynamics Server Monitoring with Siebel CRM because it sometimes gives an error and cannot integrate properly."

"Things are being done differently in the industry now, and many of these problems are being solved with cloud databases."

"AppDynamics Server Monitoring has room for improvement in terms of pricing. If the price could be cheaper, it would be great for both the customer and the integrator. What I'd like to see in the next release of AppDynamics Server Monitoring is a better dashboard for the customer. The dashboard should be more interactive."

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"Zabbix isn't very good at automation just yet."

"In terms of user-friendliness, large maps could be more interactive. We should be able to click on some areas and move some objects. It would make it simpler to see things while analyzing some dedicated parameters."

"The dashboard and the graph section could be a little bit more professional."

"The user web interface is a little bit too basic, we need to link Zabbix to Grafana to have more options, such as graphs and charts. The interface needs to be improved. Additionally, there could be better integration with Grafana API."

"Zabbix technical support is sold separately."

"The only improvement I would suggest, revolves around its AI and ML capabilities."

"The user interface could be a bit better. They could update it a bit."

"The documentation could be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing cost is fairly high"

"The pricing for AppDynamics Server Monitoring in Africa and the Middle East is too expensive, so it's very hard to sell it to customers. If there could be different pricing or package for the region, that would be great. My company pays for the license of AppDynamics Server Monitoring on a per-agent, per-server basis. It's $700 to $1000 per server, and it's paid annually. My company is on a subscription model for the solution. On a scale of one to five, where one is expensive and five is cheap, my rating for the price of AppDynamics Server Monitoring is a two."

"The pricing for AppDynamics is expensive, but it is possible to negotiate special pricing through bids."

"AppDynamics Server Monitoring is an expensive solution."

"My understanding is that the price of this solution is quite high, compared to other products."

"The tool is expensive."

"AppDynamics Server Monitoring is an expensive solution."

"AppDynamics Server Monitoring is a very expensive product, but if you negotiate well, you get value for money...My company used to make early payments toward the licensing costs of the solution, but now my company has opted for a different licensing model."

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"The solution is open source so is free."

"It is worth every cent to pay or even study to do your own installation."

"Zabbix is a free solution but the support contact costs money."

"This is an open-source solution that can be used free of charge."

"It's free software released under the GNU/GPL license."

"This solution is completely open-source, so it is quite affordable."

"We’re using the free version, which covers all our current needs."

"The tool's licensing is good."

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it_user174738

IT Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

May 31, 2015

Nagios vs. Zabbix vs. PRTG vs. Spiceworks vs. Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor

I have researched a quite a few network monitoring tools which can be used for various monitoring purposes of not only the servers, but the intermediate routers as well. There are majorly three types of these softwares. Ones which are completely open-source, you can do almost anything you want…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

31%

Computer Software Company

21%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Educational Organization

39%

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AppDynamics Server Monitoring?

The platform is reliable in identifying the core system issues.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AppDynamics Server Monitoring?

AppDynamics Server Monitoring is an expensive solution. The solution costs 5,000 per user.

What needs improvement with AppDynamics Server Monitoring?

The solution's pricing could be improved and made more competitive.

What do you like most about Zabbix?

The template system in Zabbix is very beneficial as it saves time in configuration.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zabbix?

I use the tool's free version.

What needs improvement with Zabbix?

I'm using the free version of Zabbix, and I'd like to see more customization options, especially for setting trigger thresholds.

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Overview

Application-centric server monitoring in context of your business transactions to proactively isolate and resolve application performance issues faster with actionable, correlated application-server metrics.

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.

Sample Customers

Sony, DirecTV, UBS, The Container Store, The Neta Porter Group, Nasdaq, Cisco, eHarmony, Hallmark, Overstock, Expedia

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