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Network monitoring and management · November 2026 Edition

Zabbix vs ManageEngine OpManager

One of fourteen models named Zabbix first on the direct prompt; five named ManageEngine OpManager. Both were named by all fourteen models and Zabbix carries 49 labels and ManageEngine OpManager 44, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Zabbix

accepted challenger

Named in eight categories this edition.

ManageEngine OpManager

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

First-choice share27%24%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate20%2%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels4944A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Zabbix reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Paessler PRTG Network Monitor was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Zabbix vs Auvik · Zabbix vs Paessler PRTG Network Monitor · Zabbix vs LibreNMS

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the network monitoring and management page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ZabbixFirst choices, of fourteen modelsManageEngine OpManager
Direct153 against Zabbix
Paraphrase07
Comparative021 against Zabbix
Budget-constrained120
Scale-constrained001 against Zabbix
Negative005 against Zabbix · 1 against ManageEngine OpManager
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Zabbix and ManageEngine OpManager were named in the same answer ninety-eight times, of the 358 answers naming Zabbix and the 239 naming ManageEngine OpManager. In those answers ManageEngine OpManager took the first choice eighteen times and Zabbix eleven.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Zabbix and ManageEngine OpManager stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Zabbix ManageEngine OpManager first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Zabbix on the left and ManageEngine OpManager on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Zabbix and ManageEngine OpManager stood in it.

Zabbix first, ManageEngine OpManager an alternative

1 of 14 modelsManageEngine OpManager was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Llama 4 MaverickZabbix alternatives: Checkmk, Kentik, ManageEngine OpManager, New Relic, NinjaOne

ManageEngine OpManager first, Zabbix an alternative

5 of 14 modelsZabbix was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniManageEngine OpManager alternatives: Datadog Network Monitoring, LogicMonitor, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
Grok 4.20ManageEngine OpManager alternatives: Auvik, NinjaOne, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
Mistral SmallManageEngine OpManager alternatives: Datadog Network Monitoring, Kentik, LogicMonitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Qwen 3.7 FlashManageEngine OpManager alternatives: LogicMonitor, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, Zabbix
MiniMax M2.5ManageEngine OpManager alternatives: Datadog Network Monitoring, LogicMonitor

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashLogicMonitor alternatives: Auvik, Datadog Network Monitoring, ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
Perplexity SonarPaessler PRTG Network Monitor alternatives: Auvik, ManageEngine OpManager, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
DeepSeek V4 FlashAuvik alternatives: LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
Kimi K2Auvik alternatives: LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
GLM 4.7 FlashXPaessler PRTG Network Monitor alternatives: LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, Zabbix
Muse Glimmer 30BLogicMonitor alternatives: LiveNX, ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor

Neither was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
GPT-6 LunaAuvik alternatives: LogicMonitor, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Zabbix leads by eleven points.
Zabbix13%#3 of 11
ManageEngine OpManager2%#6 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Zabbix leads by two points.
Zabbix27%#1 of 12
ManageEngine OpManager24%#2 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: ManageEngine OpManager leads at enterprise.
ManageEngine OpManager15%#2 of 15
Zabbix2%#9 of 15
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Zabbix

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.

“Free/Open Source. Extremely powerful and customizable, but requires significant Linux/sysadmin expertise to maintain and tune. Only choose this if you have strong engineering talent.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · soft negative
“The best network monitoring tool for a company with a limited budget is Zabbix, as it is open-source and free to self-host” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about ManageEngine OpManager

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.

“Part of a product line with frequent critical flaws ... High attack surface if not hardened.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“1. ManageEngine OpManager - a holistic network management software for performance monitoring, fault diagnosis, and troubleshooting.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.