SecuMon vs Zabbix: managed SaaS vs self-hosting
Get monitoring without managing a Zabbix server, its database, upgrades and scaling.
SecuMon, the managed SaaS alternative to self-hosted Zabbix. No Zabbix server to operate, native MSP multi-tenant, sovereign Québec hosting — the power of Zabbix without the operational burden.
Feature comparison
Quick view of the main differences between the two solutions, to help you choose.
| Feature | SecuMon | Zabbix | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data residency in Québec / Canada | Hosted at OVH Beauharnois | ||
| CAD pricing | |||
| Native Québec Law 25 compliance | |||
| French (Québec) support | |||
| Public API | |||
| SSO Zitadel / OIDC | OIDC / SAML supported | ||
| SMB plan (<50 employees) | |||
| MSP / partner plan | |||
| Managed SaaS (no server to operate) | Zabbix = self-hosted (server + MySQL/PG DB) | ||
| Unified logs + metrics + traces | Zabbix = mostly metrics + items, logs/traces limited | ||
| Simplified native MSP multi-tenant | Zabbix multi-tenant = manual host/user groups | ||
| Modern UI (embedded Grafana) | Zabbix UI = utilitarian but dated | ||
| Sovereign AI anomaly detection | |||
| Native OpenTelemetry | |||
| Native SecuAAS suite integration |
Legend: ✓ included, ✗ not available, − partial or optional. Based on public editor sites at time of writing.
Frequently asked questions
Zabbix is free, why pay for SecuMon?
The Zabbix license is indeed free. But real TCO includes: server + DB (often clustered for HA), security patches, major upgrades (often breaking), DB tuning for retention, training, Grafana dashboards to maintain. For an SMB or MSP managing 50+ hosts, monthly operational cost often exceeds SecuMon's SaaS flat rate.
Are my existing Zabbix templates reusable?
Not directly, as SecuMon uses a different stack (Prometheus / OpenTelemetry). But we provide equivalent dashboards for common cases (Linux host, Windows host, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Nginx, etc.) and support migration of custom items.
Zabbix is very flexible with triggers, is SecuMon?
SecuMon uses Prometheus AlertManager for alerting rules (PromQL + Loki LogQL). It's a mature standard, more expressive than Zabbix triggers on modern cases (anomaly detection, multi-source correlation).
Can we keep existing Zabbix and SecuMon side by side?
Yes. Gradual migration is possible: SecuMon owns new services while Zabbix continues on legacy. Alerts can be routed to a single hub (PagerDuty, OpsGenie, email).
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