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Comparison

Middleware vs Zabbix

On the evidence we track, Middleware 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.

Middleware full profile →Zabbix full profile →
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★Middleware71
Zabbix52
Score
Vioscale score
Middleware71 / 100medium · 74%
Zabbix52 / 100low · 17%
Pricing
Free tier
Middleware✓
Zabbix✓
Model
Middlewarefreemium
Zabbixopen_source
Price level
Middlewarelow
Zabbixfree
Transparent
Middleware✓
Zabbix✓
Integrations
Count
Middleware450
Zabbix22
Security
Gdpr
Middleware✓
Zabbix✓
Iso27001
Middleware✓
Zabbix–
Soc2
Middleware✓
Zabbix–
Reliability
Status page
Middleware✓
Zabbix–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Middleware

Leader

A unified monitoring solution that ingests logs, metrics, and traces from infrastructure and applications, then uses artificial intelligence to identify problems and suggest automated fixes.

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.

Middleware

Leader
from $0.30/moHybridFree tier14-day trial

From $0.30/GB for logs. Free 14-day trial available. Pay-as-you-go or custom enterprise plans.

  • Free TrialFree
    • Unlimited data ingestion
    • Unlimited RUM sessions
    • Unlimited synthetic checks
    • 10 browser test runs
    • Unlimited users
    • +1 more
  • Pay As You Go$0.30/GB for logs/metrics/traces, $1 per 1K RUM sessions, $1 per 5K synthetic checks, $10 per 1K browser test runs
    • Error detection and solving with OpsAI
    • Ingestion control and data pipeline management
    • SSO and security features
    • Dedicated Slack/MS Teams support channel
    • Logs aggregation and analysis
    • +8 more
  • CustomContact sales
    • All Pay As You Go features
    • Volume discounts
    • Multi-year contract options
    • Custom data retention policies
    • Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) deployment
    • +5 more
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
Middleware✓
Zabbix✓
macOS
Middleware✗
Zabbix✓
Windows
Middleware✗
Zabbix✓
Linux
Middleware✗
Zabbix✓
CLI
Middleware✗
Zabbix✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Middleware✓
Zabbix✓
Self-hosted
Middleware✗
Zabbix✓
On-premise
Middleware✗
Zabbix✓
Hybrid
Middleware✗
Zabbix✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Prometheus

Middleware

Leader
8 total - 7 not shared
  • Slack
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud
  • Stripe
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Amazon S3
  • Azure Blob Storage
Independently observed

Zabbix

22 total - 21 not shared
  • SNMP
  • Java
  • IPMI
  • SSH
  • Telnet
  • NETCONF
  • SFTP
  • ODBC
  • ICMP
  • TCP
  • 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.