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Comparison

Groundcover vs Zabbix

On the evidence we track, Groundcover leads this comparison with a composite score of 71/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Groundcover71
Zabbix52
Score
Vioscale score
Groundcover71 / 100medium · 73%
Zabbix52 / 100low · 17%
Pricing
Free tier
Groundcover✓
Zabbix✓
Model
Groundcoverfreemium
Zabbixopen_source
Price level
Groundcovermid
Zabbixfree
Transparent
Groundcover✓
Zabbix✓
Integrations
Count
Groundcover9
Zabbix22
Security
Disclosure policy
Groundcover✓
Zabbix–
Gdpr
Groundcover✓
Zabbix✓
Hipaa
Groundcover✓
Zabbix–
Iso27001
Groundcover✓
Zabbix–
Pci
Groundcover✓
Zabbix–
Soc2
Groundcover✓
Zabbix–
Reliability
Status page
Groundcover✓
Zabbix–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Groundcover

Leader

Full-stack observability for Kubernetes and cloud environments that automatically collects logs, metrics, traces, and events using eBPF technology without code changes. Deployed within your cloud infrastructure or on-premises, with AI agents to automate investigation and troubleshooting, and predictable per-host pricing model.

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.

Groundcover

Leader
from $30/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $30/host/mo (Pro). Free tier available. Transparent per-host pricing with no ingestion-based charges.

  • FreeFree
    • 12 hour data retention
    • Slack Community support
    • No credit card required
  • Pro$30/host/mo
    • All available integrations and data sources
    • SSO support
    • Standard data retention
    • Standard support
    • BYOC deployment
  • Enterprise$35/host/mo
    • Everything in Pro plan
    • RBAC support
    • Unlimited data retention
    • Premium support
    • 24x7x365 on-call availability
  • On PremiseContact sales
    • Everything in Enterprise plan
    • Self-hosted data plane
    • Self-hosted UI
    • Isolated authentication
    • Full on-premises deployment
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
Groundcover✓
Zabbix✓
macOS
Groundcover✗
Zabbix✓
Windows
Groundcover✗
Zabbix✓
Linux
Groundcover✗
Zabbix✓
CLI
Groundcover✗
Zabbix✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Groundcover✓
Zabbix✓
Self-hosted
Groundcover✓
Zabbix✓
On-premise
Groundcover✓
Zabbix✓
Hybrid
Groundcover✓
Zabbix✓

Integrations

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

Groundcover

Leader
9 total
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Microsoft Azure
  • AWS CloudWatch
  • Slack
  • Linear
  • OpenTelemetry
  • MCP
  • Terraform
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.