SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer vs Zabbix comparison

"What I like the most is the bandwidth assessment."

"The most valuable features are the bandwidth analyzer, the monitoring, the network analyzer, it has overall good performance, and an easy deployment."

"For managing the traffic, it provides you a response about whether the traffic is down, up, or heavy, which is a very powerful feature. It has a good response time. We have been using this solution for many years, and we don't have any problem with this solution."

"We conduct network traffic analysis for a couple of key reasons. First, we look for traffic anomalies, such as unexpected increases or decreases in network traffic within specific segments. This helps us determine if the network needs to be re-architected."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to look for any increases in bandwidth over time so that we can plan before it becomes critical."

"It is great at telling you if your devices are working and it keeps an eye on your network's overall performance."

"The solution helps manage networks."

"For stability, I would give SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer a rating of ten out of ten."

"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 solution allows for good integration with other products."

"It's a flexible solution."

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

"Setup was straightforward. Initial deployment took two or three months."

"The calculations part is the most valuable."

"SNMP monitoring, source discovery, and alert triggering are most valuable."

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

"This solution does not do a very good job when I am trying to look deeper into my internal network, in particular with respect to individual ports."

"As people always complain about the pricing for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer, it's an area for improvement in the solution. People find it expensive. Another area for improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is support, as it could be better."

"There is a lack of documentation ......as well as a lack of dashboards."

"It is very slow to pick the dynamics of the network."

"The solution should improve its automation feature. It's quite limited compared to other products."

"What needs improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is performance because sometimes, my team struggles too much for the solution to perform correctly for a specific deployment in my organization. Having a more detailed view in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is another area for improvement, but that's more part of the protocol than the actual solution."

"The problem is that SolarWinds is trying to bolt in too much and that can leave bugs, which you have to then sort out, leaving the product unstable. SolarWinds needs to try and slow down and improve the stability of the product, as opposed to bringing out more and more features."

"It does not flow. It cannot do our metric performance monitoring. So it is very limited. They can do it but in a very limited fashion. It is only good for SNMP-based alerts."

"The user interface could be better."

"I think the reporting part of Zabbix can be improved in terms of more user-friendly graphics to display the collected data. Many simple users who don't know how to use Zabbix properly might get confused by the reporting, although at the same time it is very versatile for my company."

"Zabbix technical support is sold separately."

"As far as improvements, sometimes I get a bit frustrated when I move from a previous version to a new one because some configuration has changed—I need to investigate the documentation to deal with some configuration. But it doesn't take much time, so it's okay."

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

"Zabbix is not easy to configure, and upgrading is also an issue."

"There are areas of improvement. The database grows really fast. So, when you install Zabbix, you have to deal with some issues, like the database. We become pretty big very fast."

"Outside of the normal standard monitoring, I would like to extend patching, importing patching, and supporting patching for Windows Servers."

"The pricing is really good."

"We have licenses for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer. In terms of pricing, its license is not that expensive versus other tools such as HP."

"The licensing for this solution is based on the number of nodes."

"The solution's licensing is high-priced."

"Pricing for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is very high. I have a customer that needs the solution but doesn't have the budget for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer because the problem is that you can't use the solution only. You have to buy requirements such as the SolarWinds NPM first, and some companies don't have the budget for all the required components and modules. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer can cost up to $10,000, and some customers don't have that budget. Another product has all the modules that SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer has, with a very low price, that can be a replacement, which is ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer. PRTG is another solution that can replace SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer."

"The price of this solution is exceptional."

"While the pricing is fair, it could be better."

"NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is reasonably priced."

"We use the open-source version of Zabbix."

"It’s free of cost."

"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."

"Zabbix is an open-source tool, and it's free to use."

"It is reasonable."

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

"We are using the free, open-source version."

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