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Zabbix×Prometheus×
AttributeZabbixOpen sourcePrometheusOpen source
Overview
Primary focusOpen-source infrastructure and network monitoring with agent-based checksOpen-source, pull-based metrics monitoring and alerting toolkit
DeploymentSelf-hosted / WebSelf-hosted
Source modelOpen sourceOpen source
Pricing modelopen sourceopen source
API availableYesYes
Windows desktopNot specifiedYes
Mobile appNot specifiedNot specified
OverviewZabbix monitors servers, network devices, applications and cloud services using agents, SNMP, and other collection methods, with built-in alerting, templates, and high-availability clustering.Prometheus scrapes time-series metrics from instrumented targets, stores them locally, and evaluates alerting rules with PromQL, forwarding alerts to Alertmanager. It has no built-in dashboarding or long-term storage layer of its own.
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ZabbixOpen source
Primary focus
Open-source infrastructure and network monitoring with agent-based checks
Deployment
Self-hosted / Web
Source model
Open source
Pricing model
open source
API available
Yes
Windows desktop
Not specified
Mobile app
Not specified
Overview
Zabbix monitors servers, network devices, applications and cloud services using agents, SNMP, and other collection methods, with built-in alerting, templates, and high-availability clustering.
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PrometheusOpen source
Primary focus
Open-source, pull-based metrics monitoring and alerting toolkit
Deployment
Self-hosted
Source model
Open source
Pricing model
open source
API available
Yes
Windows desktop
Yes
Mobile app
Not specified
Overview
Prometheus scrapes time-series metrics from instrumented targets, stores them locally, and evaluates alerting rules with PromQL, forwarding alerts to Alertmanager. It has no built-in dashboarding or long-term storage layer of its own.
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