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SolarWinds

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

Composite Score

7.6 /10

CX Score

8.0 /10

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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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Awards & Recognition

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor won the following awards in the Systems Management category

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Latest Award, 2025

6 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2025

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2024

5 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2024

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.

90 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

2
Since last award

75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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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.

+96 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?

4% Negative

0% Neutral

96% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Inspires Innovation
Saves Time

Feature Ratings

Average 78

Patching Automation

Storage Monitoring

Applications Monitoring

Network Mapping

Access Rights Management

Server Performance Monitoring

Capacity Management

Multi-Site Functionality

Network Configuration Management

Network Performance Management

Event Correlation & Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 78

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Reviews

Tibor K.

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

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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

ALPER S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Banking
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2022

an integrated excellent infrastructure tool

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

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

I can say that the application is multi-layered and integrated with the infrastructure. With the application, not only network and system infrastructure managements; An application integrated with virtualization management, security management, database management and help desk solutions.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It allows you to monitor and manage your network without exhausting your network over protocols and standards such as SNMP, Netflow and WMI. It allows you to manage network performance and availability through a simple interface with instant and long-term information retrieval. In addition, it allows you to analyze the traffic in your network infrastructure end-to-end with (Deep Packet Inspection), Netflow, port management features. It allows you to manage your servers (multi-vendor), products that can manage with policy, virtualized environments such as vmWare, Hyper-V, on a single platform.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I don't have any negative reviews. I have said before, I am sharing with you my product information that I have seen and experienced positively.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would definitely recommend the product. There is also a similar (zabbix) application. My suggestion is that you research this app and choose this app (solarwinds). an app that deserves it.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Ratings

90 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

2 Since last award

75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+96 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

Patching Automation The automated deployment and installation of server patches

Storage Monitoring Monitor storage performance and capacity.

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

Network Mapping Visually map your network (e.g. devices and node relationships) to assist with monitoring and managing your network.

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

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

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

Multi-Site Functionality Centralized management of resources across multiple remote locations.

Network Configuration Management Provide configuration change tracking, configuration backup scheduling, and compliance monitoring for defined standards.

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

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Reviews

Tibor K.

Curated dashboard as well as good system metrics

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Glenn I.

All your monitoring needs

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

ALPER S.

an integrated excellent infrastructure tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Patching Automation

Storage Monitoring

Applications Monitoring

Network Mapping

Access Rights Management

Server Performance Monitoring

Capacity Management

Multi-Site Functionality

Network Configuration Management

Network Performance Management

Event Correlation & Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration