ObserverLIVE vs Zabbix comparison

"VIAVI is very strong when it comes to packet analysis, especially with SDN, ACI, and Cx."

"Zabbix is good for discovery."

"The basic setup is very easy."

"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."

"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."

"Every new asset placed in the environment can be automatically detected, predicting human failures."

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

"The flexible licensing model is one of the solution's most valuable aspects. It really allows for great flexibility for companies."

"The product is very stable."

"VIAVI needs to include a Simple Network Monitoring Protocol (SNMP) for end-to-end monitoring solutions."

"The System Center Operations Manager can be improved."

"The dashboard and the graph section could be a little bit more professional."

"The only issue we have had with Zabbix is when we decided to make an update or upgrade."

"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."

"If you want to use all of the features then you have to pay a licensing fee."

"In an upcoming release, there should be automated reports which we are currently doing manually. For example, if we collect a report file every day and want to send it to a moderator for review. We are expecting this feature to come out soon but it would be valuable to have now."

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

"The stability could be better."

"The tool's licensing costs are yearly."

"The tool's licensing is good."

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

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

"There are no licenses."

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

"Zabbix is open-source so if one wishes to implement it in-house, they must have qualified professionals to set up and optimize databases, Linux/Unix OS, PHP, Apache, and depending on what is monitored, a full-stack network and systems administrator may be needed."

"There is a license required for this solution and we pay annually for our license."