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Anonymous User
A reliable solution for SSL offloading and to encrypt outside traffic
UmeshJoshi
Performs well and provides dynamic thresholds but complex to set up and missing code-level monitoring of applications
SolarWinds SAM has provided us with dynamic thresholds based on historical trends and requirements. The threshold gets configured automatically, so... Read more →
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  • "I have always said SolarWinds is very “proud” of their products, meaning they are expensive. I cannot afford to purchase all the licenses I need for all the SolarWinds products."
  • "When planning for the number of licenses to purchase, make sure you understand all of the elements within an application required to really understand performance well. In our case, we quickly came to the conclusion that an unlimited license for SAM was the way to go."
  • "Nagios XI, WhatsUpGold, Uptime Software, PRTG, Manage Engine, and SpiceWorks are the other tools that have lower pricing and licensing costs. However, they can't compete with SolarWinds when it comes to the features and functionality that SolarWinds can provide."
  • "I would advise potential buyers to wait until the end of the quarter, end of year, or other time to place orders. There are actually great deals to be had at those times if your budget cycle can match up."
  • "Pricing and licensing is fair for what you get. It does have a great bang-for-the-buck appeal."
  • "SAM is not per server so the pricing model can be deceiving. If you have an enterprise environment, you will quickly exceed your licensing quickly. You should know this before going in."
  • "Understanding the counts of objects to monitor will determine the licensing need. In terms of pricing, it’s not cheap but it’s not expensive as larger vendors whose products don’t have all the features or integrations."
  • "The product might cost you $30,000 USD to buy, but scaling this solution requires the purchase of additional polling engines at $20,000 USD each."

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    Questions from the Community
    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CA App Synthetic ...
    Top Answer:The product comes with expensive annual licenses. The product is very good, very reliable but it costs a lot. Barracuda offers the same kind of services at a lower price.
    What needs improvement with CA App Synthetic Monitor?
    Top Answer:If you are responsible for monitoring the logs in F5, it isn't very easy. The format is complicated compared to different vendors. For example, Fortinet and Cisco have feasible formats for sending and… more »
    What is your primary use case for CA App Synthetic Monitor?
    Top Answer:If you are sending mail or browsing anything, you don't want to send your traffic without encryption. We use SSL for traffic encryption and ASM for SSL offloading. It is a proxy server for SSL. The… more »
    What do you like most about SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor?
    Top Answer:Identifying the problem statement is easy.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SolarWinds Server...
    Top Answer:The price is too high. The tool is overpriced. We don't need all the features. The product must minimize the features and reduce the price. It all comes down to pricing. The customers find it pretty… more »
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    What needs improvement with SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor?
    Top Answer:The biggest pain point is root cause analysis. It is difficult to analyze, assess, and warn my IT department about what will happen in the next five hours. It is also difficult to use AIOps to reduce… more »
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    Ranking
    46th
    out of 111 in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
    Views
    414
    Comparisons
    273
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    468
    Rating
    8.0
    21st
    out of 111 in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
    Views
    5,175
    Comparisons
    3,398
    Reviews
    9
    Average Words per Review
    427
    Rating
    7.4
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    CA ASM
    SolarWinds SAM
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    Overview

    IT organizations require full visibility into business-critical applications regardless of where they're hosted in order to maintain service levels and proactively deal with issues before the end-user is impacted. CA App Synthetic Monitor uses synthetic transactions to provide performance insight for these applications no matter where they're hosted: outside the firewall, in the cloud or delivered via a managed service provider (MSP). Delivered as software as a service, CA App Synthetic Monitor provides end-to-end transaction response time visibility into cloud, mobile and traditional web applications using synthetic transactions delivered by a network of 95 monitoring stations across six continents, 48 countries, 93 cities and 15 time zones.

    SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM) delivers powerful application and server monitoring capabilities for IT pros, enabling them to diagnose and troubleshoot performance issues faster. Do not 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. SolarWinds SAM is affordable and easy to deploy, use, and customize. You can automatically discover your system's environment and start monitoring in about an hour. No professional services or consultation needed.

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    Lexmark
    Andr. L. Riis AS, NetSuite
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    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Construction Company13%
    Recruiting/Hr Firm7%
    Energy/Utilities Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization40%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Government8%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    Company Size
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    REVIEWERS
    Small Business36%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise49%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business11%
    Midsize Enterprise48%
    Large Enterprise41%
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    CA App Synthetic Monitor is ranked 46th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 3 reviews while SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is ranked 21st in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 38 reviews. CA App Synthetic Monitor is rated 7.0, while SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of CA App Synthetic Monitor writes "A reliable solution for SSL offloading and to encrypt outside traffic". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor writes "We use this product for base and application monitoring. ". CA App Synthetic Monitor is most compared with AppDynamics and Azure Monitor, whereas SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is most compared with Azure Monitor, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Prometheus and ServiceNow Discovery.

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