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Compare Progress WhatsUp Gold and Zabbix 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (58.6% of reviews)
Mid-Market (52.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Free With One-Time Purchase
Progress WhatsUp Gold
Star Rating
(344)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (58.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Free Trial is available
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Star Rating
(195)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (52.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free With One-Time Purchase
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Zabbix excels in compliance with a score of 8.9, indicating strong adherence to industry standards, while Progress WhatsUp Gold, although competitive, does not provide the same level of compliance assurance.
- Reviewers mention that Zabbix's performance monitoring is rated at 9.2, showcasing its robust capabilities in tracking system performance, whereas Progress WhatsUp Gold follows closely with a score of 9.1, but some users feel it lacks depth in certain performance metrics.
- G2 users highlight Zabbix's real-time analytics capabilities with a score of 9.2, which allows for immediate insights into system performance, while Progress WhatsUp Gold's real-time monitoring is rated at 8.9, suggesting it may not be as responsive in critical situations.
- Reviewers say that Zabbix's alerting system is highly effective, scoring 9.1, which users appreciate for its reliability and customization options, while Progress WhatsUp Gold's alerting is rated slightly higher at 9.2, but some users report it can be overwhelming due to the volume of alerts generated.
- Users on G2 mention that Zabbix's multi-network capability is rated at 8.8, making it a strong choice for organizations managing diverse networks, while Progress WhatsUp Gold's score of 8.7 indicates it is also capable, but may not handle complex multi-network environments as seamlessly.
- Reviewers mention that Zabbix's data visualization features are rated at 8.3, which some users find less intuitive compared to Progress WhatsUp Gold's score of 8.6, where users appreciate the more user-friendly dashboards and visual reports.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Zabbix
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Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
249
8.7
164
Ease of Use
8.5
258
7.3
164
Ease of Setup
8.2
182
7.4
96
Ease of Admin
8.2
178
7.9
95
Quality of Support
8.8
245
7.9
119
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
173
8.1
74
Product Direction (% positive)
8.3
246
8.4
162
Features by Category
Configuration
9.0
16
Not enough data
9.0
16
Not enough data
9.2
16
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Automation Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network
9.1
16
Not enough data
8.8
16
Not enough data
8.9
16
Not enough data
8.3
16
Not enough data
Logistics
9.1
16
Not enough data
8.5
16
Not enough data
8.8
14
Not enough data
Security - Network Automation
8.8
16
Not enough data
9.0
16
Not enough data
8.8
16
Not enough data
9.0
16
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
8.6
21
Not enough data
9.0
21
Not enough data
8.4
20
Not enough data
8.1
21
Not enough data
8.3
21
Not enough data
8.3
21
Agentic AI - Database Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
9.1
131
9.2
44
9.2
140
9.2
45
7.9
104
6.8
38
8.7
110
8.9
42
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
8.4
117
8.8
43
8.7
112
8.5
44
8.2
98
7.8
40
Analytics - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
9.3
30
Not enough data
8.7
26
Not enough data
9.0
27
Not enough data
9.2
30
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
8.9
28
Not enough data
9.0
28
Not enough data
9.2
26
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
Not enough data
9.0
29
Not enough data
8.8
30
Not enough data
8.1
23
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automation
8.3
42
Not enough data
8.0
41
Not enough data
8.4
48
Not enough data
8.4
51
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
51
Not enough data
8.1
47
Not enough data
8.7
60
Not enough data
8.6
55
Not enough data
Incident Management
8.8
55
Not enough data
8.8
56
Not enough data
8.4
52
Not enough data
Visibility
Not enough data
8.2
31
Not enough data
8.8
31
Not enough data
8.2
30
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
9.0
28
Not enough data
8.0
28
Not enough data
8.3
29
Not enough data
8.8
30
Agentic AI - Hardware Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
8.7
57
Not enough data
9.0
56
Not enough data
8.5
56
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.4
52
Not enough data
8.5
52
Not enough data
8.9
53
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
8.4
87
8.8
40
8.9
88
8.8
41
8.3
83
8.5
40
Monitoring and Management
8.6
73
8.8
40
8.1
66
8.0
36
8.4
76
8.4
36
8.8
86
8.8
41
9.0
90
8.9
25
8.4
79
8.6
23
Cloud environment support
8.0
56
8.3
22
8.2
58
8.6
20
Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
9.2
14
Not enough data
9.2
15
Not enough data
8.7
14
Not enough data
9.0
5
Management
Not enough data
9.2
15
Not enough data
8.6
16
Not enough data
8.9
15
Not enough data
9.4
16
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.9
57
8.6
12
9.1
58
9.0
13
9.3
59
9.0
13
8.3
46
8.8
7
9.1
56
9.0
14
Response
8.8
61
8.9
14
9.1
57
8.8
14
8.6
51
8.2
11
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
8.5
49
Feature Not Available
8.6
45
8.8
11
Functionality
8.4
45
8.5
12
8.4
45
8.2
11
8.4
43
Feature Not Available
8.3
42
8.5
13
Functionality
9.6
14
Not enough data
9.3
14
Not enough data
9.6
15
Not enough data
9.2
14
Not enough data
9.6
15
Not enough data
9.3
14
Not enough data
9.6
15
Not enough data
9.6
15
Not enough data
Management
8.6
25
Not enough data
8.9
25
Not enough data
9.0
25
Not enough data
8.7
26
Not enough data
8.9
26
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.9
27
Not enough data
8.9
27
Not enough data
8.8
27
Not enough data
Support
8.8
26
Not enough data
8.1
27
Not enough data
8.5
27
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Management Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visualization & Dashboards - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Features - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Progress WhatsUp Gold and Zabbix are categorized as Server Monitoring, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), and Network Monitoring
Unique Categories
Progress WhatsUp Gold is categorized as Dark Web Monitoring, Log Monitoring, Network Traffic Analysis (NTA), Network Automation Tools, and Network Management Tools
Zabbix is categorized as Hardware Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, Enterprise Monitoring, Database Monitoring, and Observability Software
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Progress WhatsUp Gold
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Zabbix
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
12.5%
Hospital & Health Care
6.0%
Education Management
5.1%
Higher Education
4.8%
Utilities
4.5%
Other
67.3%
Information Technology and Services
30.2%
Telecommunications
16.7%
Computer Software
12.5%
Computer & Network Security
5.7%
Internet
4.2%
Other
30.7%
Most Helpful Reviews
Progress WhatsUp Gold
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Almerares F.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Simplicity in configuration and use whit web interface
Most Helpful Critical Review
Nishma G.
Verified User in Computer & Network Security
It is very expensive and I find the interface clunky.
Zabbix
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Juan Fernando V.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
What I like about Zabbix that it is aimed at providing information infrastructure that monitors and services or processes, when you know that IT resources have and the information from these, you have time where they can best develop strategies and the...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Computer Software
I find it hard to use, it is a little glitchy
Almerares F.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Simplicity in configuration and use whit web interface
Juan Fernando V.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
What I like about Zabbix that it is aimed at providing information infrastructure that monitors and services or processes, when you know that IT resources have and the information from these, you have time where they can best develop strategies and the...
Nishma G.
Verified User in Computer & Network Security
It is very expensive and I find the interface clunky.
Verified User in Computer Software
I find it hard to use, it is a little glitchy
Discussions
Can we monitor F5 load balancer and VPN Tunnels through WhatsUp Gold tool?
1 comment
Official Response from Progress WhatsUp Gold
Yes, you can monitor anything the device could populate data about. Note that, directly out of the box there are no built-in F5 specific monitors. However,...Read more
What is the best option for reporting to cell phones without paying for some of the SMS services needed for this? What is the best option to make sure we don't get alot of alerts that are basically white noise.
1 comment
Official Response from Progress WhatsUp Gold
Hi Eric, I would love to assist you with this further. Do you mind clarifying your end goal or problem so we can direct you better?
Thanks,
The Progress...Read more
What is WhatsUp Gold monitoring tool?
1 comment
NP
Progress WhatsUp Gold is a network monitoring and management software designed to help IT professionals keep track of their network's performance,...Read more
Has a way zabbix to work without agents?
2 comments
JO
Zabbix does not require agents to use, you can setup templates to use SNMP data, however you'll gain more insight by using the appropriate agent on the...Read more
What is Zabbix used for?
2 comments
RP
Overall infrastructure monitoring with lots of additional features like alerting, prediction monitoring.Read more
What can you monitor with Zabbix?
1 comment
LS
Every windows and linux device. You have to install an agent on all the devices you want to monitorRead more
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