Comparison

Thanos vs Zabbix

On the evidence we track, Thanos leads this comparison with a composite score of 57/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Thanos57

Zabbix52

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	ThanosLeader	Zabbix
Vioscale score	57 / 100medium · 54%	52 / 100low · 17%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	8	22
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	8	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fthanos-io%2Fthanos&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	1,266	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	14,188	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	51	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	6	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · HQ LV

Score

Vioscale score

Thanos57 / 100medium · 54%

Zabbix52 / 100low · 17%

Pricing

Free tier

Thanos✓

Zabbix✓

Model

Thanosopen_source

Zabbixopen_source

Price level

Thanosfree

Zabbixfree

Transparent

Thanos–

Zabbix✓

Integrations

Count

Thanos8

Zabbix22

Security

Gdpr

Thanos–

Zabbix✓

Scorecard

Thanos8

Zabbix–

Vulnerabilities

ThanosCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fthanos-io%2Fthanos&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Zabbix–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Thanos1,266

Zabbix–

Github stars

Thanos14,188

Zabbix–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Thanos51

Zabbix–

Release

Cadence days

Thanos6

Zabbix–

History

Thanos20 items

Zabbix–

License

Spdx

ThanosApache-2.0

Zabbix–

Language

Primary

ThanosGo

Zabbix–

Market

Availability

Thanos–

ZabbixAvailable worldwide · HQ LV

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Observability Tools
Capability	Thanos	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	Self-hosted only	Cloud + self-hosted

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 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.

Thanos

Leader

Open source

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

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 2026-08-16verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Thanos	Zabbix
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Thanos✓

Zabbix✓

macOS

Thanos✗

Zabbix✓

Windows

Thanos✗

Zabbix✓

Linux

Thanos✗

Zabbix✓

CLI

Thanos✓

Zabbix✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Thanos✗

Zabbix✓

Self-hosted

Thanos✓

Zabbix✓

On-premise

Thanos✗

Zabbix✓

Hybrid

Thanos✗

Zabbix✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)

Prometheus
GCP

Thanos

Leader

8 total - 6 not shared

Grafana
OpenTSDB
S3
Azure
Swift
Tencent COS

Independently observed

Zabbix

22 total - 20 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

Independently observed

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