Zabbix vs Progress Flowmon

Zabbix9.4Visit Progress Flowmon8.6Visit

Higher score Zabbix #1 in Network Monitoring 9.4/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Zabbix

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Progress Flowmon #8 in Network Monitoring 8.6/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 2 of 3 features Try Progress Flowmon

• Zabbix fits best

  Broad, extensible infrastructure monitoring

• Progress Flowmon fits best

  Flow analytics and capacity planning

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Side by side

Feature	Zabbix 9.4/10 Visit ↗	Progress Flowmon 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.4	8.6
Ranking	#1 in Network Monitoring	#8 in Network Monitoring
Best for	Broad, extensible infrastructure monitoring	Flow analytics and capacity planning
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	€245/mo	Pricing on request · 30-day trial
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	30 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, Linux, Windows, macOS	Web
Integrations	12 integrations	9 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Zabbix 0/3 · Progress Flowmon 2/3
Synthetic checks	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Traffic monitoring	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Topology maps	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Device limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Alert channels	Not checked yet	Email
Deployment	Not checked yet	Hybrid
Our review
Pros	Free open-source self-hosted edition with no license fee Monitors infrastructure, networks, services, VMs, logs, and cloud platforms Supports discovery, automation, root-cause analysis, and distributed monitoring	Ingests NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, jFlow, cflowd and NetStream Combines topology, response-time measurement and predictive capacity analysis Adds ML anomaly detection, packet capture and REST API automation
Cons	Self-hosted deployment requires infrastructure managed by your team Zabbix Cloud Nano is limited to 50 new values per second Silver support is billed annually at €245 per month	Pricing is quote-based and routed through Progress's partner network No perpetual free plan is documented More traffic-centric than general network monitoring suites
Our verdict	Zabbix is an open-source monitoring and observability platform for IT teams, enterprises, and service providers. It covers servers, networks, applications, databases, virtual machines, containers, cloud services, and system services. Teams… Read the review →	Progress Flowmon is a network and security monitoring platform for NetOps and SecOps teams managing on-premises, cloud or hybrid environments. It collects flow data from infrastructure such as firewalls, routers and switches, along with… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Zabbix — where it wins

  • Free open-source self-hosted edition with no license fee
  • Monitors infrastructure, networks, services, VMs, logs, and cloud platforms
  • Supports discovery, automation, root-cause analysis, and distributed monitoring

  Where it doesn't

  • Self-hosted deployment requires infrastructure managed by your team
  • Zabbix Cloud Nano is limited to 50 new values per second
  • Silver support is billed annually at €245 per month

• Progress Flowmon — where it wins

  • Ingests NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, jFlow, cflowd and NetStream
  • Combines topology, response-time measurement and predictive capacity analysis
  • Adds ML anomaly detection, packet capture and REST API automation

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing is quote-based and routed through Progress's partner network
  • No perpetual free plan is documented
  • More traffic-centric than general network monitoring suites

• Zabbix9.4/10 · Free plan

  Broad infrastructure monitoring with a free self-hosted edition and paid cloud options.

  Visit ZabbixFull verdict →
• Progress Flowmon8.6/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

  A traffic-focused platform for flow analytics, topology and capacity planning.

  Try Progress FlowmonFull verdict →