Instana Infrastructure Monitoring vs Zabbix comparison

"The product is easy to deploy."

"The product's initial setup is easy."

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

"The best thing about Zabbix is the integration and the APIs that are included are very fast"

"During my testing, the features that I like the most are that it can be integrated with my system, and it provides me with reports of all of my servers."

"The initial setup, while not simple, is easier than other products."

"The performance and bandwidth are valuable features."

"We have found that Zabbix is more easy to use than other applications."

"The most valuable feature is network traffic monitoring."

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

"Instana Infrastructure Monitoring needs to support monitoring of the .NET framework since it is one of the areas where the solution currently has shortcomings."

"The product’s scalability is an area with certain limitations, making it an area where improvements are required."

"I want Zabbix to improve the UX/UI. Zabbix doesn't use a JavaScript chart for images, and I want them to improve this."

"Documentation terminology could be improved."

"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."

"We had some scalability issues with a large number of nodes."

"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."

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

"Zabbix could improve when it comes to large-scale use cases. Additionally, the inventory could be better when connecting to other solutions, such as ServiceNow. There show to be better integration with other platforms and storage."

"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 cost of the tool is around 130 USD per month."

"The solution is open source so is free."

"We purchased Zabbix for a good price, including support"

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

"The tool's licensing is good."

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

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

"The product is an open source and free solution."

"For pricing, it's free. We don't pay anything for it. They open-source the code, and people pay for support."