What does Managed Zabbix cost?

Managed Zabbix is priced according to target architecture, number of systems, data volume, integrations, and availability requirements. Monitoring only starts separately at €79.90 net per customer environment and month. Management of an existing Linux server including response starts at €149.90 net per month.

Are you a Zabbix partner?

No. WZ-IT is not an official Zabbix partner but an independent service provider for planning, setup, migration, and operations of Zabbix environments.

Do you take over existing Zabbix installations?

Yes. We take over existing Zabbix installations at their current location or migrate them to an agreed target environment. Existing checks and alert paths are cleaned up; we assess the transfer of historical data based on the current installation.

Where is the monitoring data stored?

The Zabbix environment can run in German data centers or on your existing infrastructure. Data paths, alert channels, integrations, and availability targets are documented for the specific architecture; a DPA is available.

What is the difference to Zabbix Cloud?

Zabbix Cloud is the vendor's hosted instance with automatic platform updates. With Managed Zabbix by WZ-IT, the target environment, setup, maintenance, alert paths, and operational responsibility are agreed to fit your infrastructure. Incident response is included only where explicitly covered by the service level.

Which systems can be onboarded?

Linux and Windows servers, Proxmox clusters, container environments (Docker), databases, network devices via SNMP, as well as web applications and APIs via HTTP checks. Basically anything that can run a Zabbix agent or provides metrics via SNMP, IPMI or HTTP.

How does onboarding work?

In four steps: in the initial consultation we clarify environment and alert channels. Then we roll out the Zabbix agents (or connect via SNMP/HTTP), create host groups and templates, and set up triggers with escalation chains. Finally you get access to your Zabbix views (with Grafana integration on request) and we test the entire alert chain once end to end. Typical duration: a few business days.

Do you offer Zabbix hosting in Germany?

Yes. We offer Zabbix hosting in German data centres and can also maintain templates, triggers and escalation chains. Redundancy, data flows, subprocessors and availability targets are documented and agreed for the specific architecture.

Managed Zabbix: hosting, setup, and operations

WZ-IT plans, installs, migrates, and operates Zabbix in an agreed target environment in Germany or on your existing infrastructure.

New and existing Zabbix environments
German hosting available
24/7 proactive monitoring available

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Scope of Service

What Managed Zabbix at WZ-IT means

WZ-IT provides the agreed lifecycle for your Zabbix environment, from setup or takeover to updates, maintenance, backup, and documented alert paths.

Set up

Onboarding & Templates
We set up Zabbix in the agreed target environment and connect servers, VMs, databases, and network devices in a structured way.
Triggers & Escalation Chains
Alerts that mean something: we maintain trigger thresholds, dependencies and escalation chains - so a full cache does not wake anyone at night, but a dying RAID does.

Alert & analyse

Alerting Integrations
Alerts where your team works: email, Mattermost or Slack, PagerDuty for on-call or webhooks into your own systems - prioritized by severity.
Dashboards (optional Grafana)
The Zabbix frontend ships with overviews and dashboards out of the box. On request we connect Grafana to the Zabbix metrics - for individual views, historical trends and read-only access for your team.

Maintain & protect

Upgrades & Maintenance
We keep the Zabbix stack current: version upgrades, database maintenance, housekeeping and backups of the monitoring system itself - you will not notice any of it.
HA Architecture
Where availability targets require it, we design Zabbix redundantly. Architecture, data location, and operational responsibility are agreed in advance.

Starting point

Who Managed Zabbix is for

Four typical scenarios where operations by us pay off - from a single root server to an MSP fleet.

Your own servers at Hetzner, OVH or netcup
You rent the hardware and want to use Zabbix as your own platform. We provide setup, integration, and ongoing operations.
Managed Hetzner
Proxmox clusters
Nodes, VMs, Ceph and backups covered: we monitor Proxmox environments with the official template - on request including full operations from €179.90 per node.
Managed Proxmox
Taking over existing Zabbix
Your Zabbix is running but nobody maintains it? We take over the installation at its current location or migrate it to an agreed target environment.
MSPs & agencies
You manage customer servers and want to outsource your own Zabbix environment? We plan tenant separation, alert paths, and ongoing platform operations.

Operating Models

Managed Zabbix, Zabbix Cloud or self-hosted?

Three ways to a running Zabbix - the difference is who carries the responsibility.

Criterion	Managed Zabbix at WZ-IT	Zabbix Cloud	Self-hosted
Setup	Setup in the agreed target environment	Instance in a few clicks - the monitoring configuration stays with you	Build it yourself: server, database, proxies, templates
Maintenance & upgrades	WZ-IT handles updates, maintenance, and backup of the Zabbix environment	Automatic updates to the current Zabbix version by the vendor	Your own upgrades, DB maintenance and backups of the monitoring system
Trigger tuning	We maintain triggers, dependencies and escalation chains	Yourself - the platform runs the instance, not your triggers	Yourself - thresholds and escalation cost time continuously
Response to alerts	Optionally our team with a defined response time	Your team	Your team - including nights and weekends
Data location	German hosting or your existing infrastructure	Vendor cloud, region selectable from 5 available	Your choice - your infrastructure
Cost profile	Managed Zabbix by scope; monitoring only from €79.90	Subscription in 7 tiers by instance size	No license costs, but ongoing staff effort

Zabbix Cloud product details (zabbix.com/zabbix_cloud): deployment in a few clicks, automatic updates, 7 subscription tiers, 5 regions. As of July 2026.

Offer

Three tiers - from monitoring to full operations

Choose between operations for your own Zabbix environment, monitoring only, or full Linux server management.

Managed Zabbix

We set up your Zabbix environment or take over an existing installation and provide the agreed platform operations.

by scope

Setup or takeover
Updates, maintenance, and backup
Alert paths based on requirements

Monitoring only

WZ-IT proactively monitors the agreed systems 24/7. Relevant alerts go to your team; your team responds.

from €79.90/ month

24/7 proactive monitoring
Agreed health signals and services
Alerts to your team

Full server operations

Patching, hardening, backup management, and 24/7 proactive monitoring with an agreed response - your servers remain with your provider.

from €149.90/ month

Updates & security hardening
Backup management; restore tests by scope
24/7 P1 option & SLA

Monitoring with standalone incident response is scoped individually. Full management of an existing Linux server starts at €149.90 net per month. More about server management

Connected operations

Operate cloud, data centre, and on-premises as one system

A managed service can be the entry point. When additional sites, clouds, or platforms are added, they join the same operating model through documented network paths, responsibilities, and service levels.

Compose the system in the configurator View hybrid and multi-cloud operations

Operating locations

Cloud, bare metal, Proxmox, and on-premises systems remain where data, performance, and control require them.

Private connectivity

NetBird, site-to-site links, and existing enterprise networks connect approved services through controlled paths.

Workloads

Linux servers, open-source applications, Proxmox, App Nodes, and local AI are designed as dependent system components.

Operating model

Monitoring, updates, backups, documentation, and incident response follow one coordinated responsibility and service-level model.

Open Source

Why Open Source Monitoring

Zabbix is fully open source - with tangible commercial consequences.

No sensor or host licenses
Zabbix charges no license fees per host, sensor or metric (zabbix.com/features). Your infrastructure can grow without monitoring license costs growing with it - a structural difference to PRTG (billed per sensor) or Checkmk (billed per service).
No lock-in
Zabbix runs on established standard components such as Linux and PostgreSQL or MySQL. Configuration and history can be exported, which keeps a future change of operator technically possible.
Open license: AGPLv3
Since version 7.0 Zabbix is licensed under AGPLv3, previously GPLv2 (zabbix.com/license). The source code is openly available - security and compliance reviews are possible without an NDA.

Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to the most important questions

Knowledge

Further guides

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Reviews & projects

Operations that visibly relieve customers

Customer feedback on monitoring, updates, maintenance, support and stable production systems.

WZ-IT moved our studio infrastructure from decentralised individual devices to a central platform: every site is securely connected via VPN, new devices are onboarded automatically and an entire site is provisioned from a template, without manual steps on location. What impressed me most is the breadth and depth of their knowledge: Timo and Robin are not a typical IT provider who sets up a server and leaves. The two of them think their way into highly complex infrastructure and software topics, work through every requirement we put in front of them, and build networking, provisioning and operations so that everything fits together in the end. WZ-IT is an excellent partner for complex software, network and architecture projects.

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