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What is SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor?

SolarWinds® Server & Application Monitor (SAM) is engineered to oversee and control your applications and their underlying infrastructure, whether they are hosted on-premises or in the cloud. The performance of sluggish applications and unexpected downtime must not disrupt your business operations or affect end users. Quickly identify the underlying issues affecting any application throughout the entire IT stack. With the capability to automatically detect your application's environment, you can initiate monitoring typically within an hour, eliminating the need for consultations or professional services altogether. This efficient setup allows for seamless integration into your existing systems, ensuring that you can maintain optimal performance without delay.

What is Datadog?

Datadog serves as a comprehensive monitoring, security, and analytics platform tailored for developers, IT operations, security professionals, and business stakeholders in the cloud era. Our Software as a Service (SaaS) solution merges infrastructure monitoring, application performance tracking, and log management to deliver a cohesive and immediate view of our clients' entire technology environments. Organizations across various sectors and sizes leverage Datadog to facilitate digital transformation, streamline cloud migration, enhance collaboration among development, operations, and security teams, and expedite application deployment. Additionally, the platform significantly reduces problem resolution times, secures both applications and infrastructure, and provides insights into user behavior to effectively monitor essential business metrics. Ultimately, Datadog empowers businesses to thrive in an increasingly digital landscape.

Media

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Integrations Supported

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Microsoft Azure

Integrations Supported

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Microsoft Azure
APIANT
Axonius
Buddy
Castle
Cequence Security
Chainguard
Couchdrop
Grok Bot
IRI FieldShield
LiteLLM
Lojycal
Prophaze WAF
Rollbar
Slack
TCS Optumera
Zenavo
k6
otto-js

API Availability

API Availability

Has API

Pricing Information

Starts at $1,567
Free Trial Offered?

Pricing Information

$15.00/host/month
Free - up to five hosts
Pro - $15 per host per month
Enterprise - $23 per host per month
Free Trial Offered?

Supported Platforms

Windows
On-Prem

Supported Platforms

SaaS
Android
iPhone
Windows
Mac
Linux

Customer Service / Support

Standard Support
24 Hour Support
Web-Based Support

Customer Service / Support

Standard Support
Web-Based Support

Training Options

Documentation Hub
Webinars
Online Training

Training Options

Documentation Hub
Webinars
Online Training

Company Facts

Organization Name

SolarWinds

Date Founded

2000

Company Location

United States

Company Website

www.solarwinds.com/server-application-monitor

Company Facts

Organization Name

Datadog

Date Founded

2010

Company Location

United States

Company Website

www.datadoghq.com

Categories and Features

Application Performance Monitoring (APM)

Baseline Manager
Diagnostic Tools
Performance Control
Resource Management
Root-Cause Diagnosis
Server Performance

Container Monitoring

Not specified

DNS Monitoring

Not specified

Hardware Monitoring

Not specified

IT Infrastructure Monitoring

Alerts / Notifications
Application Monitoring
Bandwidth Monitoring
Capacity Planning
Configuration Change Management
Data Movement Monitoring
Health Monitoring
Multi-Platform Support
Performance Monitoring
Point-in-Time Visibility
Reporting / Analytics
Virtual Machine Monitoring

IT Management

Capacity Monitoring
Event Logs
Hardware Inventory
Remote Access
Scheduling
Software Inventory
User Activity Monitoring

Server Management

CPU Monitoring
Database Servers
Event Logs
Scheduling
Virtual Machine Monitoring

Server Monitoring

Not specified

System Monitoring

Alerts / Notifications
Antivirus Management
Data Backup / Recovery
Device Monitoring
Inventory Management
Patch Management
Policy-based Automation
Remote Monitoring
Reporting / Analytics
Risk Analysis
Server Monitoring
Service Configuration Management

Categories and Features

Agentic DevOps

Not specified

AI Cost Management

Not specified

AI Security

Not specified

AI SRE Agents

Not specified

AIOps

Not specified

API Marketplaces

Not specified

API Monitoring

Not specified

Application Performance Monitoring (APM)

Diagnostic Tools
Full Transaction Diagnostics
Performance Control
Resource Management
Root-Cause Diagnosis
Server Performance
Trace Individual Transactions

Cloud Cost Management

Not specified

Cloud Management

Not specified

Cloud Migration

Not specified

Cloud Monitoring

Not specified

Cloud Security

Application Security
Endpoint Management
Incident Management
Intrusion Detection System
Threat Intelligence

Container Monitoring

Not specified

Cron Job Monitoring

Not specified

Data Center Management

Device Auto Discovery
Multi-Platform
Multi-User

Database Monitoring

Anomaly Detection
Autodiscovery
Dashboard
Dependency Tracking
Historical Trend Analysis
Notifications / Alerts
Performance Monitoring
Predictive Analytics
Troubleshooting

DevOps

Dashboard
KPIs
Troubleshooting Reports

DevSecOps

Not specified

DNS Monitoring

Not specified

FinOps

Not specified

GUI Testing

Not specified

Incident Response

Not specified

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

Analytics / Reporting
Data Migration
Log Access
Network Monitoring
Performance Monitoring
SLA Monitoring

IoT Analytics

Not specified

IoT Device Management

Not specified

IT Alerting

Not specified

IT Infrastructure Monitoring

Alerts / Notifications
Application Monitoring
Capacity Planning
Data Movement Monitoring
Health Monitoring
Multi-Platform Support
Performance Monitoring
Point-in-Time Visibility
Reporting / Analytics
Virtual Machine Monitoring

IT Management

Not specified

Log Analysis

Not specified

Log Management

Archiving
Audit Trails
Compliance Reporting
Consolidation
Data Visualization
Event Logs
Network Logs
Remediation
Syslogs
Thresholds

Log Monitoring

Not specified

Network Monitoring

Diagnostic Tools
Real Time Analytics
Resource Management
SLA Monitoring
Server Monitoring
Uptime Monitoring
Web Traffic Reporting

Network Security

Vulnerability Scanning

Network Troubleshooting

Alerts / Escalation
Data Visualization
Network Monitoring

Observability

Not specified

Server Monitoring

Not specified

Session Replay

Not specified

SIEM

Behavioral Analytics
Log Management
Network Monitoring
Real Time Monitoring
Threat Intelligence

SLA Management

Not specified

SNMP Monitoring

Not specified

System Monitoring

Alerts / Notifications
Reporting / Analytics
Server Monitoring

Telemetry

Not specified

Website Monitoring

Availability Testing
Event Logs
Event-Based Notifications
FTP Monitoring
Performance Metrics
Real Time Monitoring
Uptime Reporting

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