Zabbix vs Prometheus + Grafana
Zero of fourteen models named Zabbix first on the direct prompt; zero named Prometheus + Grafana. Zabbix was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Prometheus + Grafana by ten and Zabbix carries 53 labels and Prometheus + Grafana 20, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eight categories this edition.
Named in nine categories this edition.
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 infrastructure monitoring page.
By framing
ZabbixFirst choices, of fourteen modelsPrometheus + Grafana
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Zabbix and Prometheus + Grafana were named in the same answer seventy-five times, of the 358 answers naming Zabbix and the 130 naming Prometheus + Grafana. In those answers Prometheus + Grafana took the first choice four times and Zabbix eleven.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Prometheus + Grafana first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Zabbix on the left and Prometheus + Grafana on the right.The direct prompt
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.Neither was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Zabbix15%#2 of 16Prometheus + Grafana3%#8 of 16Zabbix23%#2 of 16Prometheus + Grafana4%#7 of 16Zabbix2%#6 of 14Prometheus + Grafana0%#8 of 14What the models said about Zabbix
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of five in this category shown.
“Zabbix, Nagios, and comparable systems can be effective, but their technical and staffing costs may outweigh free or low license pricing as environments grow.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Interface can be confusing, jumps between config and viewing; at scale, you need significant tuning, proxy management, and history database optimization.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“starting with Zabbix, Prometheus + Grafana, or Checkmk Community gives you enterprise-grade visibility without any licensing cost” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“Zabbix – best all-in-one, no license budget ... It is the most complete free forever platform for full NOC visibility.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“For most small or budget-conscious companies monitoring servers, network devices, and services, I'd start with Zabbix.” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Prometheus + Grafana
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“Prometheus/Grafana, Zabbix, and similar stacks can reduce license costs but require ongoing operation, scaling, upgrades, configuration, and troubleshooting.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“starting with Zabbix, Prometheus + Grafana, or Checkmk Community gives you enterprise-grade visibility” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“If you have DevOps / Linux skills and use Docker/Kubernetes: Go with Prometheus + Grafana.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Startup / Cloud-Native / K8s-first | Prometheus + Grafana” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
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.