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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95% willing to recommend

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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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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

110

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (11th), Network Monitoring Software (1st), Server Monitoring (1st), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (1st), Cloud Monitoring Software (4th)

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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Priya Jaiswar

Developer at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Unified monitoring has reduced outages and enables proactive fixes with automated remediation

My favorite best feature is the ability to manage complex hybrid environments from a single dashboard. Zabbix natively supports monitoring everything from Linux servers and Windows servers to network devices and cloud infrastructure. The view I rely on the most on a day-to-day basis is a custom dashboard combining the problem widget and graph widget. The problem widget gives me an immediate filtered snapshot of the active alerts across all our servers. I pair that with the graph widget, which allows me to track performance metrics and compare values over time, such as monitoring storage and capacity trends on our Synology appliance. Having all of this in a single pane of glass saves me from constantly digging through logs. I also rely heavily on custom dashboards that combine the problem widget and the top host widget. The problem widget gives me an immediate filtered list of any active alerts across the entire environment. I pair that with the top host widget, which instantly shows me which servers are consuming the highest resources. Having all of these related metrics side-by-side in a single view allows me to spot the issue and identify the exact server causing it without having to dig through separate tools. Zabbix has built-in machine learning for continuous anomaly detection and proactive trend prediction. It establishes a baseline by analyzing historical data, allowing it to forecast impending issues, such as predicting exactly when a system will run out of resources before critical thresholds are breached. From a governance and security perspective, it delivers enterprise-grade security by supporting full data encryption and integration with external secret vaults to protect sensitive credentials. From a governance perspective, it features detailed configuration change tracking and role-based user permissions, which allows administrators to secure different teams or tenants within a single environment. Regarding accuracy, Zabbix's proactive alerts are highly accurate and trustworthy, provided they are fed enough historical data to establish a solid baseline. Regarding reliability and output, the prediction outputs are extremely reliable because Zabbix relies on transparent statistical mathematics, such as standard deviation and weighted moving averages, rather than a closed black box AI model. The straightforward statistical approach allows administrators to forecast value reliability and predict exactly how much time they have before a system reaches a critical problem threshold.

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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

"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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

"The most valuable feature is service assurance."

"ZABBIX is an all-in-one monitoring solution and we don't need any other monitoring tool since we use ZABBIX."

"Otherwise, it's a great tool, with a nice web interface."

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

"The solution's design has recently changed and it is visually pleasing with more color, for example, there is blue, black, and white."

"By using the solution, we moved from a reactionary approach to a proactive evaluation of our equipment/systems."

"It monitors almost everything."

"It's very easy to use and manage."

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Cons

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

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

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

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

"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."

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

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

"My advice for anybody who is implementing Zabbix is to seek the help of somebody who has actually done it before; otherwise, it's not worth their time."

"Reporting is weak, if you want something better you must write your own SQL scripts."

"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."

"There are a lot of things that can use improvement which is why we are seeking a new solution."

"The event correlation could be better."

"If anything could be improved, it would be some of the terminology that is used in the documentation."

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

"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"There are no licenses."

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

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

"Its licensing is fair. It seems to be much cheaper than others."

"The solution is open source so is free."

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

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

"Zabbix and Grafana are both open source products, we only needed to go to their website and download the application and we began to use them. The solutions are free."

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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

Financial Services Firm

15%

Outsourcing Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Construction Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

12%

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	57
Midsize Enterprise	24
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?

The initial configuration has a steep learning curve because Zabbix is so flexible and customizable. Setting up the right templates, pre-shows, and scripts requires a lot of deep Linux and system k...

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What is your primary use case for Zabbix?

On a day-to-day basis, I use Zabbix to monitor our entire infrastructure stack, including our Linux servers, Active Directory, domain controller, and Synology NAS storage array. A specific problem ...

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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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