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PROS

Zabbix is stable and reliable, providing robust performance monitoring and seamless integration with Cisco hardware.
Zabbix offers excellent scalability and flexibility, supporting extensive monitoring without additional costs.
Zabbix is a highly cost-effective open-source platform with no licensing fees, ideal for organizations of all sizes.
Zabbix provides valuable features like automatic discovery, alerting, and detailed real-time monitoring for various devices and applications.
Zabbix is widely recommended for its comprehensive and easy-to-implement monitoring capabilities, ensuring proactive management and problem detection.

CONS

Zabbix generates false information and needs better event correlation.
It lacks dashboards and integrations, limiting its cloud-specific monitoring capabilities and connection to public clouds.
Its configuration and implementation process is complex, with a steep learning curve and scalability issues.
Zabbix's documentation needs improvement, with better translation and more detailed instructions for troubleshooting.
Reporting features are weak, requiring manual configurations, and could benefit from automation and enhanced analytics.
 

Zabbix Pros review quotes

PJ
Developer at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 9, 2026
Because the core Zabbix platform is open source and we self-host it, we pay zero in software licensing fees, and even with unlimited hosts and metrics, this saves us tens of thousands of dollars annually compared to commercial tools that charge per device.
KamranBhatti - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Nov 10, 2025
The alerting systems are very good in Zabbix, and it has helped us to reduce time for reaction.
AR
CTO at Oic
Jan 15, 2025
The resource usage, CPU utilization, disk usage, network monitoring, network performance, and alerting features are invaluable.
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B Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Information Technology Zara & Inditex at Cenomi
Jul 9, 2026
I use the solution to provide a perfect environment for remote connectivity with my clients.
SY
Network Engineer at Ogma Consulting
Aug 5, 2025
Zabbix is fully scalable, with no limitations in that regard.
IK
CTO at Four Nine Agency
Apr 28, 2025
Zabbix has high scalability. I would rate it a nine out of ten.
BeeYospiam - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Specialist at NTT Security
Apr 5, 2024
Templates are good. We download them from the official Zabbix site or the community. If the information we need isn't available, we create custom templates based on client requirements.
TK
Systems Specialist at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees
Apr 19, 2024
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.
ASM Naushad Alam - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 16, 2022
The solution allows you to configure and customize how you want to collect information from servers or other systems.
Simon KONAN - PeerSpot reviewer
Network engineer at DIRECTION GÉNÉRALE DES IMPÔTS - DGI
Aug 27, 2024
The best feature is that Zabbix can report everything, and everything in Zabbix is free.
 

Zabbix Cons review quotes

PJ
Developer at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 9, 2026
The initial configuration has a steep learning curve because Zabbix is so flexible and customizable.
KamranBhatti - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Nov 10, 2025
The potential and customization is a little difficult because you have to learn scripts.
AR
CTO at Oic
Jan 15, 2025
The only issue I can note is that it's Linux-based, and Linux documentation is not the best.
Learn what your peers think about Zabbix. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: September 2026.
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B Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Information Technology Zara & Inditex at Cenomi
Jul 9, 2026
When it comes to troubleshooting or technical support, there is usually some time lag.
SY
Network Engineer at Ogma Consulting
Aug 5, 2025
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.
IK
CTO at Four Nine Agency
Apr 28, 2025
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.
BeeYospiam - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Specialist at NTT Security
Apr 5, 2024
The reporting features need improvement, especially detailed inventory reporting. Since it's freeware, reporting may not be a major focus.
TK
Systems Specialist at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees
Apr 19, 2024
Sometimes, the documentation is a little bit written in Estonia – a country in Europe. The language barrier and translation to English can sometimes make it difficult to understand what they're trying to get at. It's just a language thing.
ASM Naushad Alam - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 16, 2022
The solution needs to add features for finding loopholes or problems and their root causes.
Simon KONAN - PeerSpot reviewer
Network engineer at DIRECTION GÉNÉRALE DES IMPÔTS - DGI
Aug 27, 2024
The only issue we have had with Zabbix is when we decided to make an update or upgrade.