HPE System Management vs SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor comparison

Cancel
You must select at least 2 products to compare!
Comparison Buyer's Guide
Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between HPE System Management and SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Microsoft, ServiceNow and others in Server Monitoring.
To learn more, read our detailed Server Monitoring Report (Updated: April 2024).
767,847 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Featured Review
Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use.
Here are some excerpts of what they said:
Pros
"The managing and monitoring are the solution's most valuable features. They are something I find quite helpful in my work.""This is a good product and I recommend it.""This solution has improved our organization through the provision of efficient resource utilization and capacity planning.""I think it's stable, scalable, and flexible.""The product's initial setup phase is easy with the help of the framework consisting of Microsoft Azure.""The interface is in continuous development and improves version by version."

More HPE System Management Pros →

"It's good at monitoring system-specific things like ports, services.""The solution is great for monitoring. If something is going wrong, we can immediately find the root cause.""SSL Certificate Monitoring and Expiry Alerting""The solution has good alerts. Notifications are sent via email to technicians. You can filter the kinds of alerts you want to receive as well. It's excellent.""Extremely user friendly: Any IT professional can learn how to admin NPM in a short time.""AppInsight for SQL: Enables us to see the relevant error log entries on the same page as performance parameters.""The application dependency feature identifies issues between applications and servers or within the network where the application is hosted. It highlights related problems, whether related to packet processing or other issues, enabling the creation of alerts and reports accordingly.""Management Console - Managing service to each server enrolled in the Solarwinds is much easier. Using a web base console, you can control your service much convenient way. There is no need to login remotely. It save a lot of time and effort."

More SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor Pros →

Cons
"The return on investment report is too difficult to understand.""The product should increase the processing capacity and allow speedy deployment, as both of them are areas with certain shortcomings where improvements are required.""I think that support integration could be improved.""The quality of service and support for this solution needs to be improved.""Our customers would like to see the price lowered.""If the solution could provide better integration to make it easier to manage everything on different servers, that would be helpful. Whatever servers a company has, be it IBM, Dell, etc., if the System Management could be a platform that links all of them together, it would make management across different server types easier."

More HPE System Management Cons →

"The stability, flexibility, and ease of use could be improved.""In terms of the dashboards on offer, they should work to improve them. The types of dashboards that you get in terms of the graphs on offer aren't ideal right now.""I would like to see support for non-Windows or non-Microsoft domains, especially Apache and other non-Windows servers.""Nodes in Azure are able to be monitored with the use of agents, but this does not apply to cloud service offerings that are not node based.""Mapping interactions between systems.""The setup was complex. We had local support to assist us.""Solarwinds should come up the same monitoring system for other certificate expiration alert apart from SSL.""The product does not explain why a problem occurred."

More SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor Cons →

Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The support is yearly-based and the license is permanent."
  • "The price of this product is fair."
  • "The license was included when we purchased the server."
  • "My company has invested 30,00,000 USD in the product."
  • More HPE System Management Pricing and Cost Advice →

  • "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."
  • More SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor Pricing and Cost Advice →

    report
    Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Server Monitoring solutions are best for your needs.
    767,847 professionals have used our research since 2012.
    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The product's initial setup phase is easy with the help of the framework consisting of Microsoft Azure.
    Top Answer:The product should increase the processing capacity and allow speedy deployment, as both of them are areas with certain shortcomings where improvements are required.
    Top Answer:The application dependency feature identifies issues between applications and servers or within the network where the application is hosted. It highlights related problems, whether related to packet… more »
    Top Answer:Among the major monitoring solutions, especially considering that free monitoring tools are available, it is relatively affordable. When compared to other licensed models in the market, it stands out… more »
    Top Answer:The current script monitoring feature has limitations, especially when dealing with custom scripts.
    Ranking
    19th
    out of 42 in Server Monitoring
    Views
    836
    Comparisons
    702
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    532
    Rating
    8.0
    11th
    out of 42 in Server Monitoring
    Views
    1,699
    Comparisons
    1,115
    Reviews
    9
    Average Words per Review
    427
    Rating
    7.4
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    System Management, Operations Center, HP System Management
    SolarWinds SAM
    Learn More
    Overview
    HP System Management, is a solution that consolidates and correlates fault and performance events across your entire physical and virtual IT infrastructure.

    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.

    Sample Customers
    Infotec
    Andr. L. Riis AS, NetSuite
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company21%
    Healthcare Company8%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Government7%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Construction Company13%
    Recruiting/Hr Firm7%
    Energy/Utilities Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization41%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Government8%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise38%
    Large Enterprise25%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise55%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business36%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise49%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business11%
    Midsize Enterprise48%
    Large Enterprise41%
    Buyer's Guide
    Server Monitoring
    April 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Microsoft, ServiceNow and others in Server Monitoring. Updated: April 2024.
    767,847 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    HPE System Management is ranked 19th in Server Monitoring with 8 reviews while SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is ranked 11th in Server Monitoring with 38 reviews. HPE System Management is rated 8.2, while SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of HPE System Management writes " Offers reliability and helps with the virtualization part". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor writes "We use this product for base and application monitoring. ". HPE System Management is most compared with Lenovo XClarity Controller, Zabbix, Microsoft Configuration Manager and Tanium, whereas SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is most compared with Azure Monitor, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Prometheus and ServiceNow Discovery.

    See our list of best Server Monitoring vendors.

    We monitor all Server Monitoring reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.