Cisco UCS Manager vs Zabbix comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

Zabbix and Cisco UCS Manager are both key players in IT infrastructure management. Zabbix, with its extensive feature set and open-source flexibility, seems to have an edge due to its cost-effectiveness and comprehensive capabilities.

Features: Zabbix offers automated network and inventory discovery, diverse notification options, and strong integration capabilities, all delivered at no cost. Cisco UCS Manager provides effective management of computing resources, comprehensive compatibility with Cisco hardware, and reliable performance.

Room for Improvement: Zabbix could improve its user interface intuitiveness, reporting capabilities, and reduce false positives. Enhancements in AI and ML integrations would be beneficial. Cisco UCS Manager could enhance its automation, simplify its interface, and improve the firmware upgrade process and support for hyper-converged systems.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Zabbix's open-source model offers flexible deployments across clouds and benefits from a strong community for troubleshooting while official support is available for purchase. Cisco UCS Manager is recognized for dependable hardware support, though deployment can be complex with a steeper learning curve. Its technical support is effective but may incur higher costs.

Pricing and ROI: Zabbix's open-source model eliminates licensing costs, providing immediate ROI with substantial savings on support and licensing. Cisco UCS Manager is more costly, designed for advanced data center management with expenses in hardware and licensing, yet offers value in its stability and reliability for critical IT infrastructure.

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Cisco UCS Manager vs. Zabbix

December 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco UCS Manager

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

15th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

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 Cisco UCS Manager is 1.7%, up from 1.5% 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

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Edwin Mwosa

IT Infrastructure Manager at KTDA

Enhanced network oversight with rapid issue identification and good efficiency

We mainly use Cisco UCS Manager to integrate and manage our Cisco switches across the building. We also utilize it for network integration. It provides an integrated solution for our Cisco environment, streamlining our operations and managing multiple Cisco devices like switches and routers Cisco…

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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 most valuable features are flexibility and management."

"From a usability and functionality perspective, Cisco UCS Manager is very good."

"A main feature of Cisco UCS Manager is its reliability, as all of the computing blades are in cluster mode."

"I can quickly manage the provisioned servers."

"Creating UCS service profiles for quickly deploying servers and replicating that configuration to another server makes it easier for deployment."

"What I like most about Cisco UCS Manager is the ease of administration. It also allows the central management of maintenance, installation, and configuration activities."

"Cisco Infrastructure is one of the top vendors and no one can beat them in terms of switching and routing."

"I can deploy something in my 50-odd servers all in one go, in parallel, whereas if I was to do that individually, it could be a nightmare."

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"It has good graphs of what is going on within the operating system."

"It has an intuitive UI with beautiful graphs and customizable maps."

"The solution allows you to configure and customize how you want to collect information from servers or other systems."

"Zabbix can use old data to current data to set the threshold. We can use previous data to set the threshold."

"There is a problems page that shows us every warning or problem that occurs on our VMs globally. The map screen is also really useful because this is something that was missing. I don't know every other tool in the market. So, I don't know if this is a good point of only Zabbix, or other tools are also doing it, but from my point of view, this is the most useful page that I use, along with the problems page that efficiently lists the problem, recovery time, ending hours, starting hours, and so on."

"It's a flexible solution."

"Dashboard and the customization of the items and triggers are the most valuable features."

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

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Cons

"Cisco UCS Manager is not a scalable solution because once you have 160 blades, it cannot be expanded more."

"Upgrading the firmware is a difficult procedure."

"The automation within the solution needs to be simplified."

"I want to be able to schedule multiple sequential updates in one go."

"The interface and the way it is constructed is very complex. They should work to simplify it. It's quite difficult for somebody who doesn't know the product very well. Users should be able to get proficient with it faster. There's definitely room for improvement there."

"In the next release, I would like to see improvements made to their security."

"Cisco UCS Manager should have a simplified deployment in the sense of not having multiple machines, demilitarized zones, and on-premise options."

"The solution's pricing is high and could be reduced."

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"Implementing Zabbix is difficult. I've deployed many solutions over the years, and Zabbix is the hardest to implement. You have to do some development to get it to work with IBM, Micro Focus, or HP products."

"The only issue we have had with Zabbix is when we decided to make an update or upgrade."

"I had problems using Zabbix when working with SUSE Enterprise; many companies use SUSE."

"The solution needs to add remote features."

"It would be helpful if they translated the documentation to Cyrillic languages."

"Its UI should be improved. They did some improvements in version 5, but it could benefit from some more work. Its integrations should also be improved. They've been active for one year, and they seem to have noticed that. It has new integrations, but it could benefit from more integrations. As far as I know, there is no model to push statistics, metrics, or events towards Zabbix. This type of API isn't yet there, whereas some other tools provide an API for this."

"Its UI needs to be improved a little bit more so that an end-user is also able to handle it. I can handle it, but others should also be able to handle it in a better way. It becomes complex when we are growing and need to add proxies. We need more scalability features and documentation for different use cases. A lot of articles are available, but they need to be in proper documentation. For example, when you have thousands of servers that have to be monitored in different regions of the world, there should be some kind of documentation to describe how you can create proxies and add them. Sometimes, when you are using the database, it can get overloaded. When the network is growing, the number of transactions becomes very high, and the database gets overloaded. There should be information about how to reduce the load on the MySQL database, which is what Zabbix is using. The market is growing a lot, and it should be enhanced for a lot more things. We are currently bringing enhancements at our end for different use cases. For example, when dockerization is going on, how can we check the logs inside the Dockers. We should also be able to monitor and check the number of logins and add features such as SSO login and two-factor authentication as a protocol. These are the security features and concerns that we have to deal with. Currently, we are developing modules to add features to Zabbix, but they should also work on these features."

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing for Cisco UCS Manager is okay for its market, so it's a four out of five for me."

"We need to take a license for each port, which amounts to a big sum."

"You buy the hardware and then you get Cisco UCS Manager for free."

"With product discounts which can be negotiated, the product is a great value."

"Cisco UCS Manager’s annual licensing fee is expensive."

"Cisco UCS is more expensive than Dell and HP, but it is more reliable. I see less issues and it's quite stable."

"It's an open-source solution that can be used free of charge."

"If you have 20,000 hosts, the support costs around €95,000 for a year."

"The solution is open source so is free."

"My manager is very happy because it doesn't cost anything."

"Its licensing is fair. It seems to be much cheaper than others."

"It is free, which allows us to reduce costs."

"There is a license required for this solution and we pay annually for our license."

"It is reasonable."

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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

Computer Software Company

31%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Educational Organization

39%

Computer Software Company

11%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cisco UCS Manager?

When one server fails, we can attach the service profile to a new server, which saves a lot of time.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco UCS Manager?

Cisco UCS Manager pricing is on the expensive side. I would rate its affordability at three out of ten. It is not very affordable.

What needs improvement with Cisco UCS Manager?

I would like to see improved visibility into the operating system, enabling us to identify issues directly from the operating system itself. This integration could prevent the need to switch betwee...

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

Cisco UCS Manager helps significantly reduce management and administration expenses by automating routine tasks to increase operational agility. Customers can extend the benefits of Cisco UCS Manager globally across an enterprise to thousands of servers in multiple domains with Cisco UCS Central Software.

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.

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