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Compare IBM Turbonomic and Zabbix 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (45.9% of reviews)
Mid-Market (52.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Free With One-Time Purchase
IBM Turbonomic
Star Rating
(282)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (45.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansZabbix
Star Rating
(204)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (52.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free With One-Time Purchase
Browse all 3 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that IBM Turbonomic excels in automation and resource management, with users praising its ability to provide automated recommendations for scaling and rightsizing VMs, which helps reduce cloud costs and improve performance visibility.
- Users say Zabbix stands out for its cost-effectiveness, particularly its free version that appeals to companies with limited budgets. Reviewers appreciate its comprehensive monitoring capabilities across various IT systems, making it a versatile choice for diverse environments.
- According to verified reviews, IBM Turbonomic offers a more intuitive user experience, with higher ratings for ease of use and setup. Users highlight the tool's ability to manage resource adjustments in real time, minimizing the need for manual checks.
- Reviewers mention that Zabbix provides excellent monitoring capabilities for a wide range of IT assets, including servers, networks, and databases. Its centralized reporting feature is particularly noted for helping users easily understand system performance.
- G2 reviewers indicate that IBM Turbonomic has a stronger focus on enterprise-level solutions, making it a preferred choice for larger organizations looking for advanced resource optimization and operational efficiency.
- Users highlight that while Zabbix is highly flexible and detailed in its monitoring, it may not match the real-time analytics and AI-driven insights that IBM Turbonomic offers, which can be crucial for businesses needing immediate performance adjustments.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
IBM Turbonomic
Free Trial
Free Trial
Get started with Turbonomic for a 30-day evaluation with unlimited optimization of your application resources and cloud costs for your AWS, Azure and GCP accounts.
- Public cloud optimization
Zabbix
Free & open source Zabbix
Free
With One-Time Purchase
Zabbix can monitor anything - networks, cloud, websites, IoT, and more.
Any time and anywhere. Zabbix is free and open source. Download it and start using it.
- Free and open source, easy scalable.
Free Trial
IBM Turbonomic
Free Trial is available
Zabbix
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
207
8.8
172
Ease of Use
8.4
216
7.4
172
Ease of Setup
8.3
170
7.5
104
Ease of Admin
8.5
141
8.0
102
Quality of Support
8.9
182
8.0
127
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
140
8.2
80
Product Direction (% positive)
8.6
199
8.5
170
Features by Category
Operations
8.8
110
Not enough data
8.7
104
Not enough data
8.4
84
Not enough data
8.5
101
Not enough data
Cost Optimization
8.6
103
Not enough data
8.6
101
Not enough data
8.5
94
Not enough data
Administration
8.1
98
Not enough data
8.3
107
Not enough data
8.5
84
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Cloud Cost Management
7.7
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Functionality
8.8
8
8.7
25
8.8
8
9.1
25
8.3
8
8.4
24
7.9
8
8.2
25
8.8
8
8.3
25
7.7
8
8.3
25
Agentic AI - Database Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
9.3
47
Not enough data
9.2
48
Not enough data
6.9
40
Not enough data
9.0
44
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Management
Not enough data
8.8
45
Not enough data
8.5
47
Not enough data
7.8
42
Analytics - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Security - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
5.3
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
5.7
5
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.7
35
9.2
33
8.4
32
8.7
29
8.1
30
8.9
30
8.8
32
9.1
33
7.0
9
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
34
8.9
31
8.5
30
8.9
30
8.5
33
9.1
28
8.7
9
Not enough data
Analysis
7.9
34
8.9
32
7.9
34
8.8
33
8.3
34
8.0
25
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
7.3
8
Not enough data
7.3
8
Not enough data
7.5
8
Not enough data
7.3
8
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
6.7
8
Not enough data
6.5
8
Not enough data
Functionality
8.1
24
Not enough data
8.3
23
Not enough data
8.5
24
Not enough data
Management
8.7
23
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
25
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Cloud Management Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
8.3
17
Not enough data
8.5
16
Not enough data
8.8
16
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
17
Not enough data
8.6
17
Not enough data
Management
8.6
17
Not enough data
8.8
17
Not enough data
8.8
17
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.9
11
Not enough data
8.6
11
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AIOps Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
Not enough data
8.2
33
Not enough data
8.9
33
Not enough data
8.3
32
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
9.0
29
Not enough data
7.9
29
Not enough data
8.3
30
Not enough data
8.9
31
Agentic AI - Hardware Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
Not enough data
8.6
43
Not enough data
8.8
43
Not enough data
8.5
42
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
8.8
42
Not enough data
7.9
38
Not enough data
8.4
38
Not enough data
8.8
44
Not enough data
8.9
27
Not enough data
8.3
25
Cloud environment support
Not enough data
8.3
24
Not enough data
8.5
22
Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
8.5
9
9.2
20
8.9
9
9.2
20
8.1
9
8.6
19
7.8
9
7.6
9
Management
8.3
9
9.1
20
8.7
9
8.8
22
9.1
9
8.8
20
9.4
9
9.3
22
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
Not enough data
5.3
5
Not enough data
5.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
6.7
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Performance Management
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
Monitoring
9.0
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
8.5
13
Not enough data
8.8
14
Not enough data
8.8
14
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
8.9
15
Response
Not enough data
8.8
15
Not enough data
8.7
15
Not enough data
8.1
12
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
12
Functionality
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
14
Alerts management
7.7
8
Not enough data
7.3
8
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.1
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Automation
7.1
8
Not enough data
7.3
8
Not enough data
Analysis
7.3
8
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
7.2
9
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
8.1
9
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
7.1
8
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visualization & Dashboards - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Features - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Platform
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
21
Not enough data
8.2
21
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Security
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
25
Not enough data
8.1
25
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise IT Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
IBM Turbonomic and Zabbix are categorized as Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, Database Monitoring, and Enterprise Monitoring
Unique Categories
IBM Turbonomic is categorized as Cloud Management Platforms, Cloud Cost Management, Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM), Container Monitoring, Enterprise IT Management, IT Alerting, and AIOps Platforms
Zabbix is categorized as Server Monitoring, Hardware Monitoring, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Network Monitoring, and Observability Software
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
IBM Turbonomic
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Zabbix
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
18.0%
Computer Software
12.9%
Financial Services
5.9%
Telecommunications
5.5%
Computer & Network Security
4.7%
Other
52.9%
Information Technology and Services
30.0%
Telecommunications
16.0%
Computer Software
12.0%
Computer & Network Security
6.0%
Internet
4.0%
Other
32.0%
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