Wireshark vs Zabbix comparison

"The most valuable feature is the traffic gate, which shows which IPs are getting more bandwidth or traffic."

"The transmission and reception issues are valuable."

"The most valuable feature of Wireshark is the ability to choose a destination of flow that has not been working as expected."

"It's easy to troubleshoot issues because there's a large online community."

"The drill-down available for packet analysis is great. It gives a network security engineer insight into what is going on at the packet level and enables better troubleshooting."

"It is a stable product. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."

"Wireshark's best feature is that it's adaptive, which means it's the go-to tool for network-related developers."

"Wireshark saves a lot of time, especially with network troubleshooting."

"It has improved our server performance monitoring overall. We know right away when there are problems. It has built-in statistics, so we can go back and see if there's spiking. We can check what's happening every day around the same time and check the configuration to see if there's something that's running and needs to be fixed."

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

"Zabbix helps to save time."

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

"The level of discovery-based configuration that lets us auto-configure the monitoring for various systems is a valuable feature."

"It meets my organizational needs. It's pretty easy to use."

"Zabbix is quite stable once it is set up. We haven't had any post-setup issues."

"I like being able to use proxy servers for different locations. The agents are pretty cool. They're easy to roll out. The standard out-of-the-box templates are also pretty easy to use. The integration with other learning products is also good. I have, in the past, used Slack, but we've integrated it with Microsoft Teams. We also use it for SMS with a service called Redcoat. It is very flexible. It does what I need it to do, and my manager is very happy because it doesn't cost anything. We are nearing 4,000 hosts inside Zabbix, and we've got another 6,000 access points to add to it. We've thrown everything at it, and it has managed to keep going. I am very impressed with the tool, and I'd shake their hand very hard if I got to say the compliments to the Zabbix team. They keep improving it and doing refreshes, which is one good thing about it. There is also online information as well as books that you can purchase if you're willing to read enough. There is a lot to pick up, but it is a pretty complete solution."

"Its user interface was a little less friendly. They can make its user interface a little bit more friendly. It is for technical people, and most of the technical people would be able to figure it out, but it would be good to improve its user interface. They can maybe build artificial intelligence into it. Currently, it takes a lot of manpower to analyze and dissect all the data."

"Wireshark could make the filtering rules easier to apply and offer a drag-and-drop option as opposed to type and text."

"I have not used Wireshark to an advanced point where I could provide a detailed opinion on improvements needed."

"I would like to see Wireshark improve the ease of application of the command. The command is very powerful, but not easy to apply."

"It is difficult to scale this solution."

"The system could be improved upon by adding a better and more powerful data processing engine."

"The solution’s user interface could be improved."

"A room for improvement in Wireshark is its ease of use for beginners. It could be better. Another room for improvement in the tool is for it to provide more details about the traffic load. At the moment, Wireshark is adequate for me, so there isn't anything I'd like added to it in its next version."

"The initial setup could be complex if you don't have templates. If creating templates from scratch, it's quite difficult, but if you are using already pre-created templates and setups for your needs, it looks very good."

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

"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 solution needs to add features for finding loopholes or problems and their root causes."

"The reporting is lacking because this is an open-source tool, and nowadays, management's expectation is that the reports should be of high quality and every information should be presented in a concise manner."

"I had problems using Zabbix when working with SUSE Enterprise; many companies use SUSE."

"I have experienced stability issues approximately five or ten times."

"The documentation gets a bit messy between versions and is not too detailed, which is a bit painful for first-timers, especially when they run into issues."

"Wireshark is open-source and free of charge."

"I've never personally had to pay for it, making it a highly valuable internet resource that's accessible for use. While they offer some paid versions, our firm has utilized the free version for the past three years."

"Wireshark is free software, so you don't have to pay any licensing fee. Individual people can use it and then donate to Wireshark."

"Wireshark is free software, so you can download it and use it for free with no licensing fees."

"Wireshark is an open-source product, so it's free to use."

"Wireshark is open source and gives great value and functionality to the network investigation."

"Wireshark is free of charge, and there's no license involved."

"It is an open-source solution."

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

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

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

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

"This solution is open-source and free to use."

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

"This is an open-source solution that can be used free of charge."

"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."