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Comparison

Thanos vs Zabbix

On the evidence we track, Thanos leads this comparison with a composite score of 59/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Thanos59
Zabbix54
Score
vioscaleAI score
Thanos59 / 100medium · 52%
Zabbix54 / 100low · 21%
Pricing
Free tier
Thanos✓
Zabbix✓
Model
Price level
Thanosfree
Zabbixlow
Transparent
Thanos–
Zabbix✗
Integrations
Count
Thanos8
Zabbix45
Security
Gdpr
Thanos–
Zabbix✓
Scorecard
Thanos8.3
Zabbix–
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
Thanos1,266
Zabbix–
Github stars
Thanos14,234
Zabbix–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Thanos52
Zabbix–
Release
Cadence days
Thanos6
Zabbix–
History
Thanos20 items
Zabbix–
License
Spdx
ThanosApache-2.0
Zabbix–
Language
Primary
ThanosGo
Zabbix–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Thanos6 items
Zabbix7 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Thanos

Leader

CNCF Incubating project extending Prometheus with global query view across multiple servers, unlimited retention via object storage, and downsampling capabilities.

Independently observed

Zabbix

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.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Thanos

Leader
Open source
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
Thanos✓
Zabbix✓
Windows
Thanos✗
Zabbix✓
Linux
Thanos✗
Zabbix✓
CLI
Thanos✓
Zabbix✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Thanos✗
Zabbix✓
Self-hosted
Thanos✓
Zabbix✓
On-premise
Thanos✗
Zabbix✓

Integrations

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

In common (3)
  • Prometheus
  • GCP
  • Azure

Thanos

Leader
9 total - 6 not shared
  • Grafana
  • OpenTSDB
  • S3
  • Swift
  • Tencent COS
  • Alertmanager
Independently observed

Zabbix

43 total - 40 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
  • MSSQL
  • Slack
  • MS Teams
  • Pushover
  • ilert
  • +16 more
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Thanos or Zabbix: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

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