About Zabbix
Zabbix is an open source monitoring platform for networks, servers, cloud resources and applications. Its 8.0 LTS release adds AI features, application performance monitoring and OpenTelemetry support.
What it does
Zabbix discovers hosts and services automatically, collects metrics and checks them against thresholds, and sends alerts when something needs attention. Dashboards show the state of the environment, and logs can be monitored alongside metrics. Its multi-tenant design lets a managed service provider run monitoring for many customers from one installation. A hosted Zabbix Cloud option is available for teams that do not want to run the servers themselves.
Key features
- Automatic discovery of hosts and services
- OpenTelemetry and application performance monitoring
- Multi-tenant setup for service providers
- Dashboards and alerting
- Hosted Zabbix Cloud option
Who it's for
IT operations teams and enterprises that want a mature, self-hosted monitoring system without per-device licence fees. Managed service providers are a strong fit because of the multi-tenant design.
Pricing and good to know
The project is open source under AGPL-3.0, and the website describes support pricing as fixed with no licence fees and no per-device charges. Zabbix Cloud and commercial support are paid services. Setting up a large installation takes planning, and the web interface is the usual way to manage it.
Highlights
- Automatic discovery of hosts and services
- Thresholds and alerts for metrics
- Multi-tenant monitoring for providers
- Hosted Zabbix Cloud option
