Lenovo XClarity Controller vs Zabbix comparison

"The Lenovo configuration tool helps us with the computation of the RAID Controller and the installation of the operating system."

"The most valuable feature of Lenovo XClarity is the ease of use because of the interface browser that is highly compatible and it has mobile web management."

"I would rate Lenovo XClarity Controller ten out of ten."

"The remote management capability was also good."

"The product's most valuable feature is its ability to provide insights into server status and alerts."

"The initial setup was very quick. The first time it was long because I didn't know it yet. I was only using Windows. The first time was very difficult because of the operating system."

"The most valuable function for me is the auto-discovery of interfaces in devices. When you integrate devices into the tool, it automatically finds the interfaces, which is very helpful for my job. Integration and configuration run smoothly in my experience with Juniper and Aruba devices."

"The product is very stable."

"The integration with third-party tools and the alerts are most valuable."

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

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

"The resource usage, CPU utilization, disk usage, network monitoring, network performance, and alerting features are invaluable."

"The basic setup is very easy."

"It worked very slowly. It was not well on performance."

"Sometimes we do not receive the complaint from the Controller. However, software issues are managed and processed with the help of the Lenovo technical team, and they sort them out."

"Lenovo XClarity can improve the dashboard integration. For example, graphs could be better. Additionally, more integration with other vendors is needed. For example, VMware has integration with a lot of vendors."

"They could enable notifications on emails and phones regarding control panel information."

"Sometimes we do not receive the complaint from the Controller."

"The solution needs to add features for finding loopholes or problems and their root causes."

"They should open an SSH session from the web interface."

"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."

"There are a lot of areas for improvement, specifically in the dashboards and reports functionalities."

"In the next release, I'm hoping for features targeted towards larger users with more customizable options. Despite this, I think pre-canned reports that can be used straight out of the box would be beneficial rather than having to configure each report individually. Additionally, a deeper dive into software configurations on the machines would be useful, although I understand there may be challenges in implementing this due to scripting requirements. More documentation would also be appreciated."

"Having a more customizable interface and dashboard would be an improvement."

"Zabbix can use better documentation and support for troubleshooting."

"One of the things we don't like is that Zabbix has a license structure with a price that is high compared to the competition. It's very high, for example, compared to something like Microsoft Teams."

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

"It is open source. If you want to have a subscription or official support, you can pay for it. They have different plans, which are not that expensive. The plans are based on per monitoring server, not per monitored equipment. So, it is not at all expensive, and you can also live without the support if you want a cheaper option."

"It’s free of cost."

"It is a true open-source solution, so there are no licensing costs."

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

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

"There are no licenses."

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