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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ManageEngine Applications Manager

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AManageEngine Applications Manager is an application performance management solution that also provides the ability to manage end user experience of enterprise Internet Services and hosted Web Services.

    $395

    per year per user

    SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM) delivers application and server monitoring capabilities. SAM allows for self-service for easy setup, 1200+ monitoring templates, and customization options, as well as integrate with other SolarWinds products.N/A
    Pricing
    ManageEngine Applications ManagerSolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    Editions & Modules
    Professional Edition
    $395
    per year per user
    Enterprise Edition
    $9,595
    per year per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ManageEngine Applications ManagerSolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsSAM pricing starts at $2,995.
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    Community Pulse
    ManageEngine Applications ManagerSolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    Considered Both Products
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
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    SolarWinds
    Chose SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    SolarWinds stacks up better than most due to its available ecosystem of tools. As they align, consolidate and integrate, the full value will be realized.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
    33 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    31 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    33 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    26 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    28 Answers
    Features
    ManageEngine Applications ManagerSolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    Application Performance Management
    Comparison of Application Performance Management features of ManageEngine Applications Manager and SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    Feature
    ManageEngine Applications Manager
    9.2
    13 Ratings
    19% above category average
    SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    8.6
    276 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Application monitoring9.211 Ratings8.9266 Ratings
    Database monitoring9.111 Ratings8.4230 Ratings
    Threshold alerts8.913 Ratings8.9271 Ratings
    Predictive capabilities9.212 Ratings8.2215 Ratings
    Application performance management console9.310 Ratings8.2239 Ratings
    Collaboration tools9.95 Ratings7.7148 Ratings
    Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications9.013 Ratings7.8256 Ratings
    Application dependency mapping and thresholding9.111 Ratings8.5216 Ratings
    Virtualization monitoring8.912 Ratings8.8234 Ratings
    Server availability and performance monitoring9.213 Ratings9.8269 Ratings
    Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting8.912 Ratings9.1250 Ratings
    IT Asset Discovery9.95 Ratings9.0199 Ratings
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    Score7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ManageEngine Applications ManagerSolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (13 ratings)
    8.8
    (278 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (29 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (21 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ManageEngine Applications ManagerSolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    It has strength in collecting information through SSH, WMI, Telnet, SNMP, http, https, MSSQL ports (several types of DB postgresql, db2, SAP MaxDB, HANA which we must monitor).The information it extracts is very useful to us since each type of monitor gives us visibility of what happens internally in them.The truth is that the needs that we have had during these years, ManageEngine Application Manager has been able to cover them especially with business core (ERP) with monitoring of SAP Server and SAP CCMS.
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    SolarWinds
    For monitoring applications that run on Windows hosts on VMware or HyperV virtualization, SolarWindows offers a nice, vertical view of both the loads and the resources. In such an environment, this makes life really good! But if you have something else -- for example, Linux hosts -- you're on your own to some extent. That is, the things it does well, it does very well -- but everything else is much less polished.
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    Pros
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • Intuitive ease of the administration interface
    • Improvements and security fixes that are quickly integrated with frequent updates
    • Visibility into the status of our services and the end user experience (End to End)
    • Reports associated with attributes of services, applications or containers that help us detect certain flaws in our services.
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    SolarWinds
    • Monitor Azure Cloud Severs- We use SolarWinds SAM to monitor Active Directory and DNS on Several DCs published on Azure Cloud.
    • Monitor Hyper V and VMware - SolarWinds SAM monitors applications on both Hyper V and VMware, while also monitoring the physical host machines.
    • It also helps us monitor Warranty expiration for physical servers.
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    Cons
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • Plugin Quirks where it times out
    • Navigation through some of the screen seems a bit confusing
    • Consistency such as where license info is location between op and app manager are in different places. Better if it were consistent
    • Maintenance schedules in different locations in both Op and App manger product, needs consistency. They are all Zoho products!!
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    SolarWinds
    • Provides basic monitoring/visibility. Visibility into detailed/fine-grained issues best suited for more specialized/expensive solutions.
    • Licensing per monitored application rapidly uses up purchased license count.
    • More out-of-the-box templates or easier setup of monitoring less-common applications would make the solution more appealing given the target audience of the product.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    For the the trust, security and support that ManageEngine Application Manager has given us, for 12 years as clients, has made us very satisfied and grateful for the response times to resolve doubts or needs that we have had.
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    SolarWinds
    We are heavily invested in Solarwinds products for a reason. They are generally easy to setup and run with, requiring only some interfacing with support or help articles on rare occasions. They do what we bought them to do and we can't ask for more.
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    Usability
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    The intuitive ease of the administration interface, the new features, improvements and security fixes that are quickly integrated with frequent updates. Tuning or more detailed reports associated with attributes of services, applications or containers that help us detect certain flaws in our services. The capacity for improvements that are implemented and the ease of integrating new monitors into the product, which we need, gives us the speed and ease of preventing interruptions or events that helps us avoid.
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    SolarWinds
    SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor is quite easy to use and super versatile. It allows you to do just about anything you can through premade templates or through scripting. You can use an agent on the servers if you want to, or you can monitor through WMI or SNMP credentials. You can customize thresholds for alerting quickly, and you can configure alerts to be as complex or as simple as you want.
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    Reliability and Availability
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    The tool works and monitors items 24x7, it only requires maintenance a little more frequently due to security fixes in the Windows operating system.
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    Performance
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    The graphical interface and the performance of the database leave a little to be desired, they could be better explored.Some functionality and screens do not work well depending on the browser used. The integrations never had any problems or caused crashes in other systems.
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    Support Rating
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    The trust, security and support that ManageEngine Application Manager has given us, for 12 years as clients, has made us very satisfied and grateful for the response times to resolve doubts or needs that we have had.
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    SolarWinds
    I think there was only a couple times I had to open a support case for SAM and one time they got multiple engineers on the phone to get a better idea what I was trying to monitor and was able to point me in the best direction to monitor that system.
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    Online Training
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    It was sufficient to read their documentation and watch videos.
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    Implementation Rating
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    Make sure SNMP and WMI are configured ahead of time
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    Alternatives Considered
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    Other solutions like Microsoft EM and SCCM can be interdependent and cause all sorts of issues and additional costs. I think software should be optionally integrated and work on its own as a standalone solution. I like that ManageEngine allows for specific use of its software and not forcing users into an unneeded license or contract.
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    SolarWinds
    It has been a while since we first purchased SolarWinds, but I looked over several other products that I can't remember now. Many other products tried to scan the network to find computers but given that our computers are located in various places across campus with other computers in our buildings that are not ours that type of network scanning was not what we needed. Other services have extra services that we had no need of and I liked the ability to add custom fields in SolarWinds so we can track the information on each computer that we need to know.
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    Scalability
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    It is hard to find the recommended SQL setup and convince others that is the way you should configure the server when you set it up
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    Return on Investment
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • By providing valuable insights into application performance and resource utilization, it has contributed to better decision-making and resource allocation.
    • It has helped us identify and resolve performance issues more quickly, minimizing the impact on business operations.
    • ManageEngine Application Manager has improved our ability to monitor and manage critical applications, reducing downtime and improving overall productivity.
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    SolarWinds
    • Less time spent investigating causes of issues. We are alerted straight away and can find the root cause of the issue in less time.
    • We have been able to ditch all our previous individual monitoring solutions, none of which integrated with each other for a single solution which fully integrates with each of the different modules to provide a single portal for monitoring and alerting.
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    ScreenShots

    ManageEngine Applications Manager Screenshots

    Screenshot of InsightsScreenshot of InsightsScreenshot of DashboardScreenshot of Forecast reportsScreenshot of Real-user monitoring

    SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Screenshots

    Screenshot of Multi-vendor application performance monitoringScreenshot of Multi-vendor server monitoringScreenshot of Application dependency mapping with AppStack™ dashboardScreenshot of Microsoft Exchange performance monitoring with AppInsight™ templateScreenshot of Microsoft IIS performance monitoring with AppInsight™ templateScreenshot of Server hardware health monitoring