# Datadog vs Zabbix

| Attribute | Datadog | Zabbix |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 55.2 (59% (medium)) | 53.6 (21% (low)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Observability Tools.","source":"https://www.datadoghq.com","question":"What is Datadog?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Datadog offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.datadoghq.com","question":"Is Datadog free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Datadog supports the web, iOS and Android. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.datadoghq.com","question":"What platforms does Datadog support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Datadog, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.datadoghq.com","question":"Can Datadog be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 7 integrations for Datadog, including Google Vertex AI, Google Cloud Security Command Center, Google Cloud SQL, Google Cloud Run, Dataflow, OpenTelemetry and OpenLineage. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.datadoghq.com","question":"What does Datadog integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Datadog. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Datadog not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.datadoghq.com/security","question":"What security certifications does Datadog have?","confidence":0.7}]` | `[{"answer":"Zabbix is a distributed monitoring solution that collects metrics and logs from IT infrastructure, applications, and network devices. It provides dashboards for visualization and delivers alerts through multiple channels when issues are detected. It is indexed under Observability Tools.","source":"https://www.zabbix.com","question":"What is Zabbix?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Zabbix is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $325 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.zabbix.com","question":"Is Zabbix free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Zabbix supports the web, Windows, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.zabbix.com","question":"What platforms does Zabbix support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Zabbix can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.zabbix.com","question":"Can Zabbix be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 41 integrations for Zabbix, including SNMP, Java, IPMI, SSH, Telnet, NETCONF, SFTP and ODBC, plus 33 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.zabbix.com","question":"What does Zabbix integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for Zabbix. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Zabbix not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.zabbix.com","question":"What security certifications does Zabbix have?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Zabbix is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in Latvia.","source":"https://www.zabbix.com","question":"Where is Zabbix available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-based platform for monitoring application performance, logs, network activity, and user behavior, combined with security capabilities for threat detection and remediation. | A distributed monitoring solution that provides visibility across cloud infrastructure, networks, applications, services, and IoT devices, available for deployment either on-premises or as a managed cloud service. |
| features.capabilities | `{"apm":true,"rum":true,"logs":true,"hosting":"cloud","metrics":true,"on_call":true,"tracing":true,"alerting":true,"dashboards":true,"otel_native":true}` | `{"logs":true,"hosting":"both","metrics":true,"alerting":true,"dashboards":true}` |
| integrations.count | 7 | 45 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Google Vertex AI"},{"name":"Google Cloud Security Command Center"},{"name":"Google Cloud SQL"},{"name":"Google Cloud Run"},{"name":"Dataflow"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"OpenLineage"}]` | `[{"name":"SNMP"},{"name":"Java"},{"name":"IPMI"},{"name":"SSH"},{"name":"Telnet"},{"name":"NETCONF"},{"name":"SFTP"},{"name":"ODBC"},{"name":"ICMP"},{"name":"TCP"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Modbus"},{"name":"MQTT"},{"name":"HTTP"},{"name":"HTTPS"},{"name":"VMware"},{"name":"vCenter"},{"name":"Veeam Backup and Replication"},{"name":"Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager"},{"name":"RabbitMQ"},{"name":"GCP"},{"name":"MSSQL"},{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"MS Teams","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Pushover","native":true,"category":"alerting","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"ilert","native":true,"category":"alerting","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"ManageEngine ServiceDesk","native":true,"category":"itsm","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Kubernetes","native":true,"category":"infrastructure","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"PagerDuty","category":"on_call","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Hipchat","category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"alerta","category":"monitoring","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"AWS CloudWatch","category":"cloud","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Azure","category":"cloud","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Docker","category":"infrastructure","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Elasticsearch","category":"logging","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"InfluxDB","category":"metrics","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Graylog","category":"logging","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Jenkins","category":"ci_cd","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Oracle DB","category":"database","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"CloudStack","category":"cloud","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Nextcloud","category":"storage","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"HAProxy","category":"infrastructure","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Service Now","category":"itsm"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"LV","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` | `{"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","currency":"USD","sourceUrl":"https://www.datadoghq.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T11:06:35.140Z","freeTrialDays":14}` | `{"type":"open_source","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Silver","summary":"$325/month, billed annually","features":["Online support","1 support contact","8x5 support availability","1 day initial response time","Unlimited monitored devices and metrics"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":325,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Online support with business-hours availability and one primary support contact","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Gold","summary":"From $825/month, billed annually","features":["Phone and online support","2 support contacts","8x5 support availability","4 hour initial response time","Distributed monitoring","Online education","5 Zabbix Online Training Vouchers (Tier 1)","1 Zabbix Summit full ticket","Unlimited monitored devices and metrics"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":825,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Phone and online support during business hours with two support contacts, includes distributed monitoring and training","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Platinum","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Phone and online support","3 support contacts","24x7 support availability","2 hour initial response time","Distributed monitoring","Remote troubleshooting","Performance tuning","Environment review","Upgrades by Zabbix team","40 hours remote consultancy","30 Zabbix Online Training Vouchers (Tier 1)","10 Tier 2 training vouchers","3 Zabbix Summit full tickets"],"commitment":"annual","description":"24/7 support with three contacts, includes performance tuning, environment review, and 40 hours of remote consultancy","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing, enterprise-grade support","features":["Phone and online support","7 support contacts","24x7 support availability","1.5 hour initial response time","1 hour emergency response time","Assigned Customer Success Manager","Remote troubleshooting","Performance tuning","Environment review","Upgrades by Zabbix team","80 hours remote consultancy","100 Zabbix Online Training Vouchers (Tier 1)","30 Tier 2 training vouchers","High availability","Unlimited deployments","Multiple legal entities","Hands-on assistance"],"commitment":"annual","description":"24/7 premium support with seven contacts, assigned customer success manager, hands-on assistance, and 80 hours of consultancy","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Global","summary":"Custom pricing, premium global support","features":["Phone and online support","20 support contacts","24x7 support availability","1 hour initial response time","1 hour emergency response time","Assigned Customer Success Manager","Remote troubleshooting","Performance tuning","Environment review","Upgrades by Zabbix team","High availability","Unlimited deployments","Multiple legal entities","Hands-on assistance","Annual Q&A session with product owners"],"commitment":"annual","description":"Premium global support with twenty contacts and strategic assistance across unlimited deployments and multiple entities","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free open-source software with optional subscriptions from $325/month (Silver). All subscriptions include support SLAs and 5 years of security fixes.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.zabbix.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-16T21:34:30.194Z","freeTrialDays":5,"startingPrice":{"amount":325,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | low |
| pricing.transparent | no | no |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Observability Tools)

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

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:28:39.292Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*