SolarWinds
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Features
43 features across 18 categories
AI(3)
Automatically detect and identify anomalies in system performance
AI-generated summaries of incidents and alerts
AI-powered operational capabilities for proactive decisions and faster issue resolution
Alerting(2)
Cut alert noise with context-rich alerts and automated workflows
Proactive alerting system for database issues
Asset Management(2)
Comprehensive IT asset management and tracking
Configuration Management Database for tracking IT assets and relationships
Automation(1)
AI-powered automation for workflows and service management tasks
Cloud(1)
Monitor across multiple cloud providers including Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform
Database Management(7)
AI-assisted tools for database optimization and performance tuning
Monitor databases across Windows, Linux, Azure, AWS, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server
Monitor, diagnose, and optimize databases across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments
Real-time monitoring and tuning of database queries
SQL query performance monitoring, analysis, and tuning
Find and fix SQL Server performance problems with visibility across SSAS, Azure SQL Database, and Azure Synapse SQL Pools
Expert advice with table tuning and query optimization recommendations
File Transfer(1)
Managed file transfer with unlimited concurrent sessions
IT Service Management(1)
Enterprise service management capabilities for ticketing and workflow
Incident Response(5)
Correlate events across systems for faster incident response
Fair on-call scheduling and rotation management
Consolidate, manage, and prioritize incoming incidents and tickets
Intelligently route incidents to the right team members
Manage on-call schedules and rotations for incident response teams
Integration(2)
Extensible with open-source framework and public API
Out-of-the-box integrations with third-party tools
Logging(1)
Syslog server for centralized logging and management
Monitoring(8)
Track and monitor application performance and health
Monitor user experience and digital application performance
Proactive error budgeting and management
Visibility across hybrid IT landscapes including custom apps, microservices, Kubernetes, and containers
Collect, manage, and analyze logs across infrastructure
Monitor and troubleshoot network infrastructure performance
Real-time Service Level Objective tracking and monitoring
Unified data collection and visualization across metrics, traces, logs, and user experience
Network Management(1)
Tools for network configuration and topology mapping
Remote Management(1)
Remote access and control capabilities
Reporting(1)
Comprehensive reporting capabilities across all modules
Security(1)
Address security and compliance monitoring needs
Service Management(4)
Centralize knowledge management and documentation
Standardized service request and fulfillment processes
Meet Service Level Agreements with automated SLA tracking
Automated ticketing management and tracking
Storage(1)
Multi-vendor storage monitoring, performance and capacity planning with alerting
Pricing
SolarWinds Observability SaaS
- ✓Hybrid IT visibility across apps, microservices, containers
- ✓AI-powered anomaly detection and insights
- ✓Unified metrics, traces, logs, user experience
- ✓SaaS-delivered observability
SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted
- ✓AI-powered full-stack observability
- ✓Deep visibility across networks, servers, applications, databases
- ✓Multi-cloud monitoring (Azure, AWS, GCP)
- ✓Flexible licensing and deployment
Database - SolarWinds SQL Sentry
- ✓SQL Server performance management
- ✓Monitor 800+ SQL Server instances
- ✓Visibility across SSAS, Azure SQL Database, Azure Synapse SQL Pools
- ✓Deep actionable performance metrics
Database - Database Performance Analyzer
- ✓Cross-platform database monitoring
- ✓SQL query performance monitoring and tuning
- ✓Agentless with 1% or less overhead
- ✓Table tuning and query advisors
Database - General Pricing
- ✓Support for Windows, Linux, Azure, AWS
- ✓MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server support
- ✓AI-assisted optimization
- ✓Real-time query tuning
- ✓Proactive alerts
IT Service Management - Service Desk SaaS
- ✓Modern IT service management solution
- ✓Incident management and consolidation
- ✓Service catalog for standardized processes
- ✓Fully integrated IT asset management
- ✓Supports unlimited users
IT Service Management - Web Help Desk
- ✓Affordable help desk ticketing
- ✓Asset management
- ✓Automated ticketing management
- ✓Knowledge management
- ✓Support unlimited end users
IT Service Management - General Pricing
- ✓Streamlined employee support
- ✓Consolidated incident management
- ✓Integrated IT asset management
- ✓AI-powered workflows
Incident Response SaaS
- ✓Context-rich alerts and automated workflows
- ✓AI-powered summaries
- ✓Fair on-call scheduling
- ✓Intelligent alert routing
- ✓Real-time SLO tracking
- ✓Proactive error budgeting
Incident Response - General Pricing
- ✓Real-time network visibility and automation
- ✓Fast recovery and mitigation
- ✓Actionable insights
- ✓AI-assisted post-incident analysis
Storage Resource Monitor
- ✓Multi-vendor storage monitoring
- ✓Performance and capacity planning
- ✓Alerting and hotspot detection
- ✓Health and reporting
Dameware Remote Everywhere
- ✓Remote access and control
Dameware Mini Remote Control
- ✓No monthly fees
- ✓Connect to unlimited end devices
Dameware Remote Support
- ✓No monthly fees
- ✓Connect to unlimited end devices
Engineer's Toolset
- ✓Network engineering tools
Kiwi CatTools
- ✓Network configuration management
Kiwi Syslog Server NG
- ✓Syslog management
- ✓No monthly fees
Network Topology Mapper
- ✓Network topology mapping
Serv-U File Transfer Protocol Server
- ✓File transfer protocol server
- ✓Supports unlimited concurrent sessions
Serv-U Managed File Transfer Server
- ✓Managed file transfer
- ✓Supports unlimited concurrent sessions
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Integrations
5 known integrations