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SolarWinds

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

Composite Score

7.7 /10

CX Score

7.9 /10

12 Reviews Write a Review

What is SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor?

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM) is designed to monitor your applications and their supporting infrastructure, whether running on-premises, in the cloud, or in a hybrid environment. Don’t let slow applications and downtime impact your end users and business services. Pinpoint the root cause of application issues across various layers of the IT stack.

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SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

86 Likeliness to Recommend

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Since last award

91 Plan to Renew

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Since last award

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor?

9% Negative

0% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Inspires Innovation
Saves Time

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Access Rights Management

Storage Monitoring

Patching Automation

Auto-Discovery

Network Performance Management

Centralized Dashboard

Server Performance Monitoring

Event Correlation & Management

Applications Monitoring

Deployment Model

Capacity Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 85

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Reviews

Diego F.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Easy to use, but a bit pricey.

Likeliness to Recommend

4 /10

What differentiates SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor from other similar products?

Good Application Interface

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The interface

What do you dislike most about this product?

The price is too high

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It was expensive. I recommend taking a look at all similar products before choosing one.

Pros

Efficient Service
Caring
Saves Time
Respectful

Cons

Less Performance Enhancing
Commodity Features

Tibor K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2022

Curated dashboard as well as good system metrics

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor from other similar products?

It allows monitoring and handling all of the cloud computing services and the organization's complete infrastructure from a single place. This helps ensure the availability of apps and services operating on complex and dispersed infrastructure

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Gives us the ability to create dashboards that show our data in a stunning visual format. Their alerting system allows us to link alerts to several notification services

What do you dislike most about this product?

Rather than a pay-as-you-go pricing plan like its competitors, SolarWinds has a pricey one-time licensing fee, but the functions are excellent and not limited in scope or breadth

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Scalable Application Performance Management platform that includes agents that automatically monitor applications, producing both application performance metrics and detailed distributed transaction traces

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Glenn I.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Communications
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2022

All your monitoring needs

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor from other similar products?

Very powerful tool for monitoring and alerting

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The custom alerts and SMTP traps

What do you dislike most about this product?

can create a lot of 'noise' in the dashboard

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Review others on market like SCOM before deciding on Solarwinds

Pros

Helps Innovate
Saves Time
Respectful
Altruistic

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SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

91 Plan to Renew

2 Since last award

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Access Rights Management Ability to track and manage user access of sensitive data and systems

Storage Monitoring Monitor storage performance and capacity.

Patching Automation The automated deployment and installation of server patches

Auto-Discovery Automate discovery of systems and assets on your network.

Network Performance Management Includes network performance analysis, bandwidth monitoring, and capacity planning.

Centralized Dashboard Summarize the overall status of your data center, including alerts, performance, and capacity.

Server Performance Monitoring Monitor and report server performance (e.g., memory, CPU, and disk utilization).

Event Correlation & Management Correlate and filter events (e.g., setting thresholds) to identify and report only meaningful alerts.

Applications Monitoring Monitor applications and associated infrastructure, including databases, middleware, and messaging components.

Deployment Model Deployment model(s), e.g. on-premise, cloud, hybrid, suit business needs

Capacity Management Monitor system utilization and provide alerts when pre-defined thresholds are reached.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Reviews

Diego F.

Easy to use, but a bit pricey.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Tibor K.

Curated dashboard as well as good system metrics

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Glenn I.

All your monitoring needs

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Access Rights Management

Storage Monitoring

Patching Automation

Auto-Discovery

Network Performance Management

Centralized Dashboard

Server Performance Monitoring

Event Correlation & Management

Applications Monitoring

Deployment Model

Capacity Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features