SolarWinds
Observability, Database, and IT Service Management
- Also known as
- solarwinds
What is SolarWinds?
SolarWinds provides unified observability, database performance monitoring, incident response, and IT service management solutions built for hybrid IT environments. The platform combines monitoring, alerting, and automation capabilities with AI-powered features.
SolarWinds pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From $1,789; free trials (14-30 days); free tools available
Security Event Manager
SIEM tool with centralized log collection, automated threat detection, and compliance reporting
What SolarWinds does
The capabilities that matter for it management software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Incident management
- ✓
- Change / release management
- ✓
- Problem management
- -
- CMDB / IT asset management
- ✓
- Self-service portal
- -
- On-call scheduling / escalation
- -
- Alert routing
- ✓
- Remote monitoring & control
- -
- Patch management
- ✓
- AIOps / workflow automation
- ✓
- ITIL-aligned / PinkVerify
- -
- Hosting
- Cloud + self-hosted
- Public API
- -
- Free tier
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
SolarWinds alternatives
Other it management software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- PagerDutyThe AI-First Operations Platformmedium · 63%
- OpsgenieAlerting and on-call management for incident responselow · 25%
- ManageEngine ServiceDesk PlusAI-driven ITSM service desklow · 19%
- NinjaOneOne platform to manage every device, protect every endpoint, and support every employeemedium · 59%
- Jira Service ManagementDeliver service at high velocitylow · 26%
- FreshserviceService, operations, and assets unifiedlow · 48%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for SolarWinds, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 87 | 16.00 | 1387.5 | ✓ |
| Pricing Transparency | 45 | 16.00 | 720.0 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 14.00 | 700.0 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 25 | 10.00 | 250.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 0 | 30.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 5 | 14.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"hosting":"both","free_tier":true,"cmdb_asset":true,"alert_routing":true,"aiops_automation":true,"patch_management":true,"change_management":true,"incident_management":true} | mediumsource · 2026-08-04 · 60% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-04 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-04 · 75% |