Micro Focus OpenView [EOL] vs Zabbix comparison

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OpenText and Zabbix are both solutions in the Server Monitoring category. Additionally, 70% of OpenText users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Zabbix users who would recommend it.

Micro Focus OpenView [EOL]

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70% willing to recommend

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95% willing to recommend

Micro Focus OpenView [EOL]

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We performed a comparison between Micro Focus OpenView [EOL] and Zabbix based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Categories and Ranking

Micro Focus OpenView [EOL]

Average Rating

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Zabbix

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

109

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (11th), Network Monitoring Software (1st), Server Monitoring (1st), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (2nd), Cloud Monitoring Software (3rd)

Featured Reviews

Reviewer2892

Vice President of Infrastructure Management at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

Provides proactivity to prevent mission-critical problems

Application logs Oracle/SQL-based systems monitoring Application log monitoring. It minimizes the duration of outages and gives specific alerts to localize the problem (log monitoring). It provides proactivity to prevent mission-critical problems. Correlation Suppression methods Management…

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KamranBhatti

Network Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Helps reduce response time but has room to improve customization complexity

We are not working on simple standalone solutions like Kaspersky DDoS Protection or Hybrid Cloud Security. Once you understand Zabbix, then it is easy to customize those web pages and graphs for our customer use. It is fully automated to your requirements. Zabbix is working fine with no issues, and I am satisfied with it. We have combined Zabbix and SolarWinds. The integration works fine, and it is easy to integrate Zabbix with the IT environment. We were trying to purchase MDR (Managed Detection and Response), but we are not working on that. I don't have real experience with MDR. We are using Falcon software for that. We are working with Falcon Complete, not with Sandbox. We are not using Kaspersky for business or cloud protection. For that, we are using Zabbix CrowdStrike Falcon Complete solution. I have given this review an overall rating of 8.

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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

"Network Node Manager is good and so is Operations Manager, although they are a bit archaic now."

"A single pane of glass (one GUI to monitor health of the entire enterprise) is the holy grail of enterprise monitoring and management and HP Operations excellently provides that for applications, systems and networks."

"The most valuable feature is that it is easy to use."

"It is proactive in heading off failures that would be catastrophic to the business."

"It minimizes the duration of outages and gives specific alerts to localize the problem, providing proactivity to prevent mission-critical problems."

"It just makes it possible for the on-call tech to relax and wait for stuff to notify them of problems instead of having to, over the weekend, constantly sign in."

"It supports efficiency and a speedy resolution of issues."

"It has a flexible, enterprise-scale monitoring system."

"The basic setup is very easy."

"Simple network monitoring that is easy to install and manage."

"We are now more pro-active before an issue appears to our customer because all the layers are now converged by Zabbix monitoring."

"It is a very good product, and it is for a good reason that we have chosen Zabbix as part of our monitoring portfolio."

"This is a product I can recommend to others."

"The most valuable feature is the protocol to manage anything."

"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."

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

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Cons

"Customer Service: Average. I feel that HP don't always look after their clients as well as they could post-sale."

"The products are not plug and play even though HP has improved implementation over the years."

"BSM/OMi is not stable. It takes time for event dashboard to refresh."

"The setup was more complex than it needed to be. It required modifications for our unique circumstances at the time."

"We would like to see support for more interfaces."

"With the new Operations Manager, it’s a sexier interface but it doesn’t lend itself as much to being robust."

"It is a bit expensive, but the benefit of this product compensates for its price."

"The product does take considerable care and feeding especially in the later case."

"It becomes complex when we are growing and need to add proxies. We need more scalability features and documentation for different use cases."

"The main problem with Zabbix is that you have to spend time writing templates for all of the products that you have."

"In the area of the solution where you write the command, it is not very user-friendly and could be improved."

"Zabbix technical support is sold separately."

"The System Center Operations Manager can be improved."

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

"Multitenancy."

"The low discovery functionality is still very young so this feature has a lot of room for improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"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."

"We pay the subscription for support by year."

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

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

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

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

"The solution is free to use but they offer support as a paid service. If you can go read the manuals and do the fine-tuning based on your needs, you do not need to pay anything and you will have a full solution."

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

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Comparison Review

it_user174738

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

Outsourcing Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Construction Company

11%

Retailer

Comms Service Provider

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	1
Large Enterprise	9

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	56
Midsize Enterprise	23
Large Enterprise	35

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zabbix?

I think Zabbix is economical, whereas SolarWinds is expensive. SolarWinds has a lot of secure features, but Zabbix is providing everything free of cost. Zabbix is economical, and you can install it...

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What needs improvement with Zabbix?

I am using only Area Operations, but I don't prefer it. I installed Zabbix for the 3000 devices. Area Operations is not good.

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What is your primary use case for Zabbix?

I am still working with VMware and Area Operations, but I installed Zabbix now. I think Zabbix is better than VMware Area Operations. It's really good. I'm working with both Zabbix and VMware now.

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Also Known As

HPE BTO, HPE Business Technology Optimization, HPE OpenView

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Overview

The Micro Focus OpenView Performance manager, agents, and monitor combine to provide a powerful and flexible distributed management solution. This solution is a single interface for centrally monitoring, analyzing, and forecasting resource utilization for distributed multivendor environments, enabling you to offer the best possible level of service in a cost-effective manner.

OpenText

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.

Zabbix

Sample Customers

MTS India

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

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