Statseeker vs Zabbix comparison

"The most important feature for us is the interface statistics, because our customer normally asks us for bandwidth utilization reports. Statseeker has very descriptive transmit and receive information."

"Grouping, Threshold/alerts, Netflow analyser, Private MIB object support are most valuable as they can provide more visibility into network performance, and for network troubleshooting."

"Whether it is a down network switch or a down router, we can get back online faster for the customers."

"This solution helps in terms of troubleshooting, and you can do capacity planning with it."

"We were having some issues with a certain site, and it was only Statseeker that showed us what the problem was."

"The most important feature is just the fact that it doesn't aggregate the information up, and I can look at detailed information going back quite a long time."

"It is fairly simple and easy to use as an all-purpose network monitor."

"It also allows us to predict the capacity on WAN circuits, as well as other circuits, to help us plan for upgrading."

"The solution allows for good integration with other products."

"Zabbix is a cost-effective solution. We're a small organization with a few dozen devices to monitor, and it was available for free. We can see what we need. We haven't done an in-depth analysis on it, but we're currently okay with the product."

"It's one of the best products available."

"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."

"Like other common Linux distributions, some of the most valuable features of this solution are the ease of use and deployment. It's simple and has a lot of packages and a lot of software."

"The most valuable feature is that it provides network segregation for server monitoring."

"Our customers also like that they don't have to use multiple modules. Micro Focus and major vendors typically require you to buy several modules and plugins. Our customers do not like that. We offer them a single product for all their monitoring needs."

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

"It could use more features on Netflow analyser, such as time series graphs and a single network export UDP port and UDP forwarding."

"I would like to see fully automatic updates so that our version is always current."

"I'd say the interface could improve a little bit. I find with new users, I tend to have to spend a bit of time walking them through how to use the interface. It could be a little more user friendly."

"The inclusion of configuration management features and SIP links would improve this solution."

"The main issue I've seen, in the last six months to a year, is when I upgrade I seem to be hitting bugs. The upgrade won't go smoothly and I have to engage support. These things happen when you upgrade, it's not the end of the world, but from a stability point of view, the only time I've so far, is during upgrades."

"The interface could be more user-friendly and it would be nice if there were enhanced options for reporting."

"The user interface needs a great deal of improvement."

"It would be very nice to have the Cisco ACI option included in the regular license."

"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."

"Zabbix isn't very good at automation just yet."

"The product delivers false positives during reporting because of flapping. Other reasonably priced alternatives may have better performance."

"The performance reporting could be improved."

"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."

"The networking monitor is not too easy to work with."

"The reporting features need improvement, especially detailed inventory reporting. Since it's freeware, reporting may not be a major focus."

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

"We now feel the pricing is a good value. Previously we had a just a normal license but now we've got an Enterprise license. Since the Enterprise, it's been a lot better value. We did think it was pretty expensive before, but with the Enterprise license it's almost less than half that price. If you have a number of accounts within the organization that use Statseeker, I would suggest get the Enterprise license."

"It would definitely be a yearly licensing cost, but I don't know what it is."

"The licensing cost is yearly and it's $5,000 to $8,000, I think."

"It's probably $5K a year for the license."

"Compared to other solutions such as Zabbix and AKiPS, this solution is very well priced."

"We pay a yearly maintenance fee of approximately $40,000 USD."

"The yearly cost varies as per the number of devices being monitored. The cost for 25,000 devices is about $4500."

"This tool would probably be priced well if it had deeper NetFlow capabilities, but for our use case, in particular, we're only recovering ports after ninety days and looking at circuit congestion, it's pretty pricey."

"It is reasonable."

"It's free software released under the GNU/GPL license."

"The solution is free. However, many open-sourced tools start out free but eventually start charging."

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

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

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

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

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