Zabbix
Zabbix is an enterprise-class, open-source observability solution designed to monitor virtually everything across IT and OT environments, including cloud services, net…
Our verdict
Who it's for
The universal, open-source observability solution for IT & OT infrastructure.
Who should look elsewhere
Requires technical expertise for on-premise deployment and advanced configuration
Pros
- +100% open-source with no license fees, leading to exceptionally low TCO
- +Highly adaptable and scalable, suitable for diverse and large enterprise environments
- +Comprehensive monitoring capabilities for a wide range of IT and OT infrastructure
- +Flexible deployment options: on-premise, managed cloud, or third-party cloud
- +Strong security features and compliance focus, trusted by global enterprises
Cons
- −Requires technical expertise for on-premise deployment and advanced configuration
- −Initial setup and customization might be complex for new users without prior experience
Key features
- ✓Flexible metric collection from any source (networks, cloud, OS, logs, databases, applications, IoT, web pages, APIs)
- ✓Zabbix Agent for in-depth monitoring across various operating systems
- ✓Agent-less monitoring using protocols like SNMP, IPMI, SSH/Telnet, ODBC, ICMP, TCP, Prometheus, Modbus, MQTT
- ✓Synthetic monitoring for emulating real-life web transactions and API checks
- ✓Custom data collection methods via CLI, external scripts, and plugins
- ✓Data transformation and normalization (JSONPath, XPath, regex, calculations)
- ✓Problem detection and alerting with customizable triggers and actions
- ✓Data visualization with dashboards and graphs for a single pane of glass view
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-premise | $0 | month | Download and install; You run the hardware; Free option after trial on the Cloud comparison table |
| Cloud Nano | $50 | month | From $50/month; 50 new values per second |
| Cloud Micro | $100 | month | From $100/month; 100 NVPS |
| Cloud Small | $250 | month | From $250/month; 250 NVPS |
| Cloud Medium | $750 | month | From $750/month; 1,000 NVPS |
| Cloud Large | $1875 | month | From $1,875/month; 2,500 NVPS |
| Cloud xLarge | $2500 | month | From $2,500/month; 5,000 NVPS |
| Cloud 2xLarge | $5000 | month | From $5,000/month; 10,000 NVPS |