Grafana Enterprise Stack vs Zabbix comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

Zabbix and Grafana Enterprise Stack compete in the monitoring and analytics category. Grafana Enterprise Stack takes the upper hand with its flexible features despite the higher investment.

Features: Zabbix offers extensive monitoring capabilities, open-source flexibility, and quick alerting with built-in templates. Grafana Enterprise Stack provides advanced data visualization, customization options, and in-depth dashboarding suitable for detailed analytics.

Room for Improvement:Zabbix can enhance its data visualization features, expand its customer support options, and simplify integration with third-party tools. Grafana Enterprise Stack could improve its cost structure, streamline its initial setup, and offer more user-friendly interfaces for non-technical users.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Zabbix has a straightforward deployment model supported by a community, ideal for users who prefer a DIY approach. Grafana Enterprise Stack provides professional-grade deployment and dedicated support, suiting businesses that value comprehensive integration and reliability.

Pricing and ROI:Zabbix's open-source nature allows low initial setup costs, providing good ROI for budget-conscious users. Grafana Enterprise Stack entails a larger upfront investment, justified by its advanced analytical features, offering substantial long-term value for enterprises focused on analytics.

To learn more, read our detailed Grafana Enterprise Stack vs. Zabbix Report (Updated: April 2025).

Grafana Enterprise Stack vs. Zabbix

April 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Grafana Enterprise Stack

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

25th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Zabbix

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

1st

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

105

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (8th), Network Monitoring Software (1st), Server Monitoring (1st), Cloud Monitoring Software (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Grafana Enterprise Stack is 0.8%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zabbix is 13.2%, up from 11.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Infrastructure Monitoring

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Gregory Diana

Managing Director at Exponential Energy (Pty) Ltd

Offers very good charting capabilities and capable of automatically generating dashboards, even for a large number of data points

In terms of what Grafana provides, it just provides the charting tools. Everything else is third-party. It's like Node-RED. Node-RED is free, and you can choose an application, but that application depends on the person who's supporting it. If they decide not to support it, then you're stuck. However, I believe that it can't be improved or changed because people have to make money and make a living from it. Nothing will ever be changed. It depends on the software. Same as Windward. Windward just decided it could not support a large number of customers, so it focused on high-income, low-volume clients. Whereas Node-RED has millions of followers and fantastic support, the same as Grafana. Grafana is partly free, but it's your problem. That's how all these companies work. If you're big and you pay a lot of money, they'll pay attention to you.

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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

"Grafana has enough features around dashboard management. It's got enough plugins to create your dashboards."

"The tool's most valuable feature is real-time monitoring. It helps in securing the application or the node by allowing us to monitor and manage resource consumption during peak times. For instance, from 10 AM to 2 PM, we may experience high memory utilization. It helps us to solve these issues."

"The most valuable feature of Grafana Enterprise Stack is the dashboards."

"Grafana's most valuable feature is its ability to provide a graphical representation of data collected from various sources."

"It is truly reliable."

"Grafana's full observability stack, known as LGTM, is highly valuable."

"The dashboards are pretty good."

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"It not only provides the preconfigured item monitoring feature, but it is also easy to configure custom items."

"It's a flexible solution."

"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."

"Zabbix is an excellent performance monitoring tool."

"It's a very reliable platform and we've never had any issues regarding the scalability or the stability of Zabbix."

"Zabbix is quite stable once it is set up. We haven't had any post-setup issues."

"Health and communication links availability."

"It meets my organizational needs. It's pretty easy to use."

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Cons

"In terms of what Grafana provides, it just provides the charting tools. Everything else is third-party."

"The solution should include integration with Power BI."

"The connection between metrics, logs, and traces could be improved."

"The connection between metrics, logs, and traces could be improved. Currently, one needs to ingest labels and timestamps for them to be connected, however, drilling down sometimes takes time."

"I find Grafana really hard to configure. It's difficult to build the dashboard, and it's non-intuitive. In my opinion, it's very difficult to work with Grafana."

"I have encountered occasional issues with false inputs or incorrect data in Grafana."

"The tool needs to show only fewer updates."

"Integrating AI capabilities for automated self-healing and reduced manual interventions would be valuable."

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

"Zabbix is powerful, but it is difficult to understand initially. There are many things that can be improved, but we might not be using Zabbix to its fullest extent. The software has more features than we need."

"If you want to use all of the features then you have to pay a licensing fee."

"Improvement is needed as per customer requirements."

"Implementation is always tailored to the customer and the kind of information we need from the client to carry it out can make them very uncomfortable. Sometimes the clients are not ready to share it."

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

"There are not too much documentation or manuals. We found the tutorials very easy to understand but do not go deep enough in the use of Zabbix. We need more manuals, proper use, documentation, etc."

"The graphical user interface could be customized a little bit more, and also the dashboard could be more friendly."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I use the tool's free license."

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

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

"I was using the free, Community Edition."

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

"Zabbix is free but if you use it in production then you have to pay for it."

"I use the tool's free version."

"We pay the subscription for support by year."

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

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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

Energy/Utilities Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Educational Organization

34%

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Grafana Enterprise Stack?

The tool's most valuable feature is real-time monitoring. It helps in securing the application or the node by allowing us to monitor and manage resource consumption during peak times. For instance,...

What needs improvement with Grafana Enterprise Stack?

From an analytics perspective, the integration of AI would be a beneficial improvement for Grafana Enterprise Stack.

What is your primary use case for Grafana Enterprise Stack?

Our primary use case for Grafana Enterprise Stack includes monitoring cluster utilization, taking care of impact avoidance, conducting upgrades, ensuring storage memory does not become full, and id...

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?

The cost is minimal. It is literally free.

What needs improvement with Zabbix?

For me, Zabbix is very straightforward. I cannot think of any improvements needed. It's a very mature product. The only issue I can note is that it's Linux-based, and Linux documentation is not the...

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Overview

Grafana Enterprise Stack is a powerful tool for real-time data monitoring and visualization. With its flexible and scalable features, it is widely used for creating dashboards, analyzing metrics, and gaining insights into infrastructure, databases, and applications.

Its valuable features include powerful visualization capabilities, extensive data source integrations, customizable dashboards, a user-friendly interface, and a robust alerting system. Users appreciate its flexibility, scalability, and ability to integrate with different data sources, making it suitable for a wide range of industries and use cases.

Grafana Labs

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

1. Uber 2. PayPal 3. eBay 4. Sony 5. Red Hat 6. IBM 7. Cisco 8. Adobe 9. Expedia 10. Booking.com 11. Airbnb 12. LinkedIn 13. Twitter 14. Netflix 15. Spotify 16. Pinterest 17. Slack 18. GitLab 19. Docker 20. Atlassian 21. Salesforce 22. Microsoft 23. Google 24. Amazon 25. Facebook 26. Apple 27. Intel 28. Oracle 29. SAP 30. VMware 31. HP 32. Dell

1. IBM 2. Dell 3. Cisco 4. HP 5. Oracle 6. Microsoft 7. Amazon 8. Google 9. Facebook 10. Twitter 11. LinkedIn 12. Netflix 13. Adobe 14. VMware 15. Salesforce 16. SAP 17. Intel 18. AT&T 19. Verizon 20. T-Mobile 21. Vodafone 22. Ericsson 23. Nokia 24. Siemens 25. General Electric 26. Honeywell 27. Philips 28. Sony 29. Samsung 30. LG 31. Panasonic 32. Toshiba