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Comparison

Datadog vs Zabbix

No clear leader: Datadog (55.7) and Zabbix (52.1) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Datadog56
Zabbix52
Score
Vioscale score
Datadog56 / 100medium · 64%
Zabbix52 / 100low · 17%
Pricing
Free tier
Datadog✓
Zabbix✓
Model
Price level
Datadogunknown
Zabbixfree
Transparent
Datadog✗
Zabbix✓
Integrations
Count
Datadog7
Zabbix22
Security
Disclosure policy
Datadog✓
Zabbix–
Gdpr
Datadog✓
Zabbix✓
Iso27001
Datadog✓
Zabbix–
Soc2
Datadog✓
Zabbix–
Reliability
Status page
Datadog✓
Zabbix–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for observability tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Signals
Metrics
Datadog✓
Zabbix✓
Log management
Datadog✓
Zabbix✓
Distributed tracing
Datadog✓
Zabbix-
Application performance monitoring
Datadog✓
Zabbix-
Real-user monitoring
Datadog✓
Zabbix-
Response
Alerting
Datadog✓
Zabbix✓
On-call / incident management
Datadog✓
Zabbix-
Insight
Dashboards
Datadog✓
Zabbix✓
Standards
OpenTelemetry-native
Datadog✓
Zabbix-
Deployment
Hosting
DatadogCloud only
ZabbixCloud + self-hosted

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Datadog

A cloud-based observability and security service that integrates infrastructure monitoring, application performance tracking, log analysis, and real-user session monitoring. Designed to help teams detect issues, troubleshoot problems, and secure applications by providing a single view across metrics, traces, logs, and user interactions.

Independently observed

Zabbix

A comprehensive monitoring solution that collects metrics from any source and provides visibility across infrastructure, applications, networks, and services, deployable either on-premises or as a managed cloud service

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Datadog

Subscription14-day trial
as of verify ↗

Zabbix

from $325/moOpen sourceFree tier5-day trial

Free open-source software with optional subscriptions from $325/month (Silver). All subscriptions include support SLAs and 5 years of security fixes.

  • Silver$325/month, billed annually
    • Online support
    • 1 support contact
    • 8x5 support availability
    • 1 day initial response time
    • Unlimited monitored devices and metrics
  • GoldFrom $825/month, billed annually
    • Phone and online support
    • 2 support contacts
    • 8x5 support availability
    • 4 hour initial response time
    • Distributed monitoring
    • +4 more
  • PlatinumContact sales
    • Phone and online support
    • 3 support contacts
    • 24x7 support availability
    • 2 hour initial response time
    • Distributed monitoring
    • +8 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Phone and online support
    • 7 support contacts
    • 24x7 support availability
    • 1.5 hour initial response time
    • 1 hour emergency response time
    • +12 more
  • GlobalContact sales
    • Phone and online support
    • 20 support contacts
    • 24x7 support availability
    • 1 hour initial response time
    • 1 hour emergency response time
    • +10 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Datadog✓
Zabbix✓
iOS
Datadog✓
Zabbix✗
Android
Datadog✓
Zabbix✗
macOS
Datadog✗
Zabbix✓
Windows
Datadog✗
Zabbix✓
Linux
Datadog✗
Zabbix✓
CLI
Datadog✗
Zabbix✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Datadog✓
Zabbix✓
Self-hosted
Datadog✗
Zabbix✓
On-premise
Datadog✗
Zabbix✓
Hybrid
Datadog✗
Zabbix✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Datadog

7 total
  • Google Vertex AI
  • Google Cloud Security Command Center
  • Google Cloud SQL
  • Google Cloud Run
  • Dataflow
  • OpenTelemetry
  • OpenLineage
Independently observed

Zabbix

22 total
  • SNMP
  • Java
  • IPMI
  • SSH
  • Telnet
  • NETCONF
  • SFTP
  • ODBC
  • ICMP
  • TCP
  • Prometheus
  • Modbus
  • MQTT
  • HTTP
  • HTTPS
  • VMware
  • vCenter
  • Veeam Backup and Replication
  • Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager
  • RabbitMQ
  • GCP
  • MSSQL
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.

Datadog vs Zabbix: an evidence-based comparison · Vioscale