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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CA Workload Automation

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AAs the name may suggest, CA Workload Automation is CA Technologies workload automation offering.N/A

    Zabbix

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AZabbix is an open-source network performance monitoring software. It includes prebuilt official and community-developed templates for integrating with networks, applications, and endpoints, and can automate some monitoring processes.N/A
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    CA Workload AutomationZabbix
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    CA Workload AutomationZabbix
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    CA Workload AutomationZabbix
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    Broadcom
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    93%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    CA Workload AutomationZabbix
    Workload Automation
    Comparison of Workload Automation features of CA Workload Automation and Zabbix
    Feature
    CA Workload Automation
    9.6
    5 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Zabbix
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-platform scheduling10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Central monitoring10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Logging10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Alerts and notifications9.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analysis and visualization8.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application integration8.94 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    CA Workload AutomationZabbix
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.3
    (28 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    5.0
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    CA Workload AutomationZabbix
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Broadcom
    CA Workload Automation is well suited for firms having to manage and monitor multiple applications operating in multiple environments. and having SLA requirements. CA Workload Automation is less appropriate and not cost-effective for non-critical applications and/or jobs. CA Workload Automation is ideal for companies that require reliable and stable Production support for their business critical jobs to finish on time.
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    Zabbix
    Zabbix is great for monitoring your servers and seeing alerts when the system uses too much CPU or memory. This allowed the system Engineer to be proactive and add resources to these systems to avoid interrupting the services. Especially servers running operations applications and services. This is one of the best usages for Zabbix.
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    Pros
    Broadcom
    • All batch jobs can be monitored from one dashboard.
    • Provides detailed error logs.
    • We have developed packages to invoke OIC integrations through Autosys.
    • Notifications is a good feature when job fails or runs beyond cutoff time.
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    Zabbix
    • Collecting hardware data - CPU, Memory, Network, and Disk Metrics are collected and reported on.
    • Flexible design - It is very easy to build out even very large environments via the templating system. You can also start where you are - network monitoring, server monitoring, etc. and then build it out from there as time and resources permit.
    • Provides a "plugin architecture" (via XML templates) to allow end users to extend it to monitor all kinds of equipment, software, or other metrics that are not already added into the software already.
    • Very complete documentation. Almost every aspect of Zabbix has been documented and reported on.
    • Cost - Zabbix is FOSS software and always free. Support is reasonably priced and readily available.
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    Cons
    Broadcom
    • Monitoring of front-end websites.
    • More utilization insights if possible.
    • Customer service via chat in the future if possible.
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    Zabbix
    • Creating an alert & its trigger can be made easier.
    • More VM-based data collection counters should be introduced to have better VM monitoring.
    • The raw counters collection agent in every node is relatively weak. It goes down often, which needs more stability.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Broadcom
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    Zabbix
    It is free. It didn't cost anything to implement (other than my time and the cost incurred for it) and it is filling a badly needed gap in our IT infrastructure. Support is available if we have issues and can be done annually or paid for on a per incident basis as needed. Expansion, updates, and all other future lifecycle activities are likewise free of cost, so as long as someone is able to implement/maintain the software (and the OSS project is maintained) then I imagine the company will never leave it.
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    Usability
    Broadcom
    This product along with the Broadcom support team fits out needs and scheduling requirements with no issues. The support team are very aware of their product and how to support it.
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    Zabbix
    I think every organization, especially the IT department, needs a tool like this. I know of another product like Zabbix that gives a similar or the same solution, but its range makes it very useful. You can see almost all the device info in one place: disk usage, disk space, network usage, etc.
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    Support Rating
    Broadcom
    I love this product!!
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    Zabbix
    The setup is the most time-consuming portion of using zabbix. It takes a lot of effort to shape it into a usable format and even then it can get very messy. It's not exactly intuitive and as mentioned the UI seems a bit antiquated. If I was to roll out a monitoring solution from scratch, I'd probably look for alternatives which are easier to use and maintain.
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    Implementation Rating
    Broadcom
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    Zabbix
    We are a mainly Windows environment, so it would be useful if we could have used Active Directory to deploy agents. As of version 4.2, Zabbix has announced a new agent MSI file to allow exactly that. Unfortunately, we didn't have that option. Also, for Linux and MAC deployments, there is no simple way to deploy that. Using remote scripts you may be able to create something, but most places will opt for either SNMP (agentless) or manual installation of agents to add to Zabbix. A way of deploying agents via discovery would go a long way to helping in the adoption of the tool.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Broadcom
    We selected CA Workload Automation for the ease of integration and less time to setup. It has less overhead to manage the application and is a very robust application.
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    Zabbix
    We're using the Solarwinds suite as our global monitoring standard, but it is very complex and its licensing model makes it difficult to monitor a wide range of technologies. So, we're using Zabbix as a complement on our monitoring process. Zabbix is a way more flexible and has free integrations to a wide range of technologies. It is also more 'user friendly' and easy to manage.
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    Return on Investment
    Broadcom
    • CA Workload Automation has improved SLA by 50%.
    • CA Workload Automation has reduced job failures by 60%.
    • CA Workload Automation has improved staff productivity and problem resolution.
    • CA Workload Automation has improved application availability.
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    Zabbix
    • Good ROI when trying to get ahead of network related problems instead of waiting for users to complain
    • Good ROI when doing upgrades or exploratory work on a neglected network
    • Good ROI when showing usage trends to management showing higher actual usage versus what was thought to be happening
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