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Categories/APM & Observability/SolarWinds
SolarWinds

SolarWinds

Founded by Donald Yonce & David Yonce in 1999

Monitor network performance, databases, applications, and IT service desks across hybrid systems

Pricing model

Paid

Rating

★ Positive

Time to value

Immediate

You can use SolarWinds to monitor network infrastructure, servers, applications, and databases across cloud and on-premises environments. It allows IT teams to track system uptime, detect anomalies, analyze network traffic, and diagnose database bottlenecks. You can also handle incident response workflows, set up automated alert routing, and run an IT service desk with asset tracking and ticketing. The service brings together log collection, configuration management, and user experience tracking so operations teams can identify problems and maintain reliability across all corporate technology systems.

What SolarWinds does

Configure automated alerts for high network latency thresholdsAudit user access permissions across active directory and file systemsMap network topology connections automatically across subnetsGenerate IT compliance and performance audit reportsAssign incoming help desk tickets based on agent availabilityAnalyze NetFlow and sFlow traffic to isolate bandwidth spikesTracks network bandwidth and analyzes traffic flow protocolsPinpoints database queries causing latency and performance bottlenecksCoordinates on-call schedules and automates incident alertsManages service desk tickets, hardware assets, and configuration itemsMonitors hybrid server infrastructure across on-premises and cloud setupsAudits and manages network device configurations to prevent unauthorized changesCollects and analyzes system logs to identify operational issues

Pricing breakdown

Pricing model: Paid

PlanList price
Monitoring & Observability (per node) (annual billing)$8 / mo, billed annually
Database (per database) (annual billing)$142 / mo, billed annually
IT Service Management (per technician) (annual billing)$39 / mo, billed annually
Incident Response (per user) (annual billing)$15 / mo, billed annually

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