SmartBear vs SolarWinds

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SmartBear
Based on 206 reviews.
SolarWinds
Based on 352 reviews.
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Overview
SmartBear Software is a software company which provides tools for software developers, quality assurance engineers and IT professionals. SmartBear Software is the unification of AutomatedQA, Eviware, the original Smart Bear Software and Pragmatic Software. Currently, SmartBear provides code review, automated testing, performance/load testing, API testing, performance profiling and development management tools. These include:
SolarWinds Inc. develops enterprise information technology infrastructure management software for IT professionals. In 2007, SolarWinds raised funding from Austin Ventures, Bain Capital and Insight Venture Partners. SolarWinds completed its initial public offering of $112.5 million in 2009. In 2012, SolarWinds' total revenue reached $269 million. In June 2014, the company purchased the Swedish web-monitoring company Pingdom.
Sample Customers
AlertSite
JetBlue, Payless ShoeSource, Hilton Inc., StubHub, Symantec, Newegg, Sapient, AstraZeneca, Dell, Quest Diagnostics
SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor
Andr. L. Riis AS, NetSuite
SolarWinds AppOptics
TraxoCovea Insurance BTE TechnologyDatarista
Solarwinds Web Performance Monitor
commscope, COCC,
SolarWinds Pingdom
Spotify, MailChimp, Slack, Twitter
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Top Industries
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Educational Organization
41%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
6%
Comms Service Provider
5%
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