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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Cloud Operations Suite

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/AThe Google Cloud Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver) is an APM platform based on three tools for error detection, tracing, and resolution. It manages cloud-based or on-premise applications in live or mid-production environments.

    $0.01

    per 1,000 read API calls

    SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

    Score7.7 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

    Splunk Observability Cloud

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASplunk Observability Cloud aims to enable operational agility and better customer experience through real-time AI-driven streaming analytics allowing accurate alerts in seconds. It is designed to shorten MTTD and MTTR by providing real-time visibility into cloud infrastructure and services.

    $180

    per year per host

    Pricing
    Google Cloud Operations SuiteSolarWinds Server & Application MonitorSplunk Observability Cloud
    Editions & Modules
    Monitoring API Calls
    $0.01
    per 1,000 read API calls
    Trace Ingestion
    $0.20
    per million spans
    Monitoring Data
    $0.26
    per MB
    Logging Data
    $0.50
    per GB
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    Infrastructure
    $15
    per month (billed annually) per host
    App & Infra
    $60
    per month (billed annually) per host
    End-to-End
    $75
    per month (billed annually) per host
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google Cloud Operations SuiteSolarWinds Server & Application MonitorSplunk Observability Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—SAM pricing starts at $2,995.—
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    Community Pulse
    Google Cloud Operations SuiteSolarWinds Server & Application MonitorSplunk Observability Cloud
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    Google
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    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Google Cloud Operations SuiteSolarWinds Server & Application MonitorSplunk Observability Cloud
    Application Performance Management
    Comparison of Application Performance Management features of Google Cloud Operations Suite and SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor and Splunk Observability Cloud
    Feature
    Google Cloud Operations Suite
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    9% above category average
    SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    7.1
    281 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Splunk Observability Cloud
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    Ratings
    Application monitoring9.12 Ratings7.0271 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database monitoring9.12 Ratings7.6235 Ratings00 Ratings
    Threshold alerts7.32 Ratings7.5276 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive capabilities9.01 Ratings6.6220 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application performance management console6.42 Ratings7.4244 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration tools9.01 Ratings6.6152 Ratings00 Ratings
    Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications9.01 Ratings7.0261 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application dependency mapping and thresholding8.01 Ratings6.0221 Ratings00 Ratings
    Virtualization monitoring10.01 Ratings7.6239 Ratings00 Ratings
    Server availability and performance monitoring8.22 Ratings7.6274 Ratings00 Ratings
    Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting8.22 Ratings7.4255 Ratings00 Ratings
    IT Asset Discovery10.01 Ratings6.3203 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score7.8 out of 10
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    Score7.6 out of 10
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    Score7.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google Cloud Operations SuiteSolarWinds Server & Application MonitorSplunk Observability Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    8.8
    (282 ratings)
    7.9
    (59 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    8.9
    (10 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.8
    (33 ratings)
    7.6
    (18 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    -
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    6.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (21 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    4.5
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    1.0
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    Ease of integration
    -
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    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    -
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    9.9
    (3 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
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    User Testimonials
    Google Cloud Operations SuiteSolarWinds Server & Application MonitorSplunk Observability Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    Easy to set up in all environments. With this tool, the company is now able to measure both well-functioning data and data that needs immediate intervention. This early detection facilitates decisions about actions to correct the disorder and improve indexes. Stackdriver is now essential for the company's security and monitoring team and we plan to expand to other branches.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    It is a well-suited software for monitoring and surveillance of your deployed nodes. The error-readability and filter options for filtering out logs and errors could be improved. But overall, it has a good UI design, is user-friendly, and is very easy to learn and access for new users.
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    Cisco
    Its great if you need real-time visibility across complex or regulated environments. Also strong for hybrid or multi-cloud setups where uptime, observability and fast IR are required. It’s probably overkill for smaller teams or environments that don’t have constant changes or compliance reporting needs. It's expensive and has a steep learning curve. Also, in my opinion, do not get yourself into a consumption based model. Costs can certainly get out of control quickly.
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    Pros
    Google
    • All the application error reporting available at a single place.
    • You will get the real-time application error and alerts.
    • It's really easy to use and no need to worry for the setup.
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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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    Cisco
    • The first one is its Kubernetes container monitoring.
    • I really like this features because as we know how much K8s is vast and to manually monitor each part of the Kubernetes it takes so much time but Splunk Observability Cloud makes it easier. And even once we integrate K8s with Splunk Observability Cloud it gives us some prebuilt dashboards which gives holistic view of our Cluster and its nodes, pods, etc.
    • The dashbaord feature of Splunk Observability Cloud, it gives us full flexibility to customize our dashboard with a wide range of predefined chart types.
    • Now it also supports OTEL, which is a plus point for observability. As now everyone is moving towards Otel and in current market there are only few tools who supports OTEL based integrations, Splunk Observability Cloud is one out of them.
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    Cons
    Google
    • For searching and filtering the logs the system is slow sometimes.
    • An agent needs to be installed in each VM to monitor specific metrics.
    • The pricing model is confusing.
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    SolarWinds
    • Custom application monitors can be a little tricky to configure.
    • Logic in custom alerts can be a little hard to follow and figure out.
    • Inability to monitor certificates on custom applications or SQL Server.
    • Can be a little slow at times with on-prem SQL server.
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    Cisco
    • You can use table-like functionality to generate dashboards, but these queries are heavy on the system.
    • It could be easier to give insight into what type of line parsing is used for specific documents in a company-managed environment and/or show ways to gain the insights needed.
    • I would like to see ways to anonymize specific data for shared reports without pre-formatting this in a dashboard on which reports could be based.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Cisco
    Good: Stable system with low error rate Easy to use for simple use cases Bad: UI is not very clear for complex usage Mobile view (when logged in from phone) is bad No library for .net
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    Usability
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Cisco
    When there is an issue, it’s a win if one can easily identify the root cause. To do the same, it should allow the user to dig deep with multiple data points and compare the data and identify the anomaly. In this use case, it’s good to drive from Splunk 011y.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Google
    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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    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Google
    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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    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Google
    It is also a great problem detection tool, and this is extremely important for General Motors.
    The user can count on the ease of flexible panels and advanced visualization tools that help to identify problems. Among the most common, we can mention:
    - containment of hosts;
    - cloud provider limitation;
    - hardware wear.
    And also Stackdriver Integration with other Google Cloud data tools such as BigQuery, Cloud Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage and Cloud Database.
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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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    Cisco
    Splunk support is very quick and efficient. Pre-sale specialists are very skilled and available.
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    Online Training
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    It was sufficient to read their documentation and watch videos.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    Make sure SNMP and WMI are configured ahead of time
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    Follow a training before starting.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    Nagios requires far more manual work to configure than SolarWinds does, though that also encourages customization and perfect-fit solutions. Nagios also requires far, far fewer resources to run than SolarWinds: SolarWinds wants great gobs of memory and disk, while Nagios is refreshingly humble. Nagios starts working from the first minute, too, whereas SolarWinds needs lots of set-up time.
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    Cisco
    Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring provides far superior options for anybody using a complex hybrid multi-cloud environment and allows both your SOC and NOC to work together on the same data while driving their own insights. We found other products are still in the old world view of servers and agents residing together within a single data centre, but modern apps are no longer like this.
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    Scalability
    Google
    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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    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Google
    • We completely depends on Stackdriver for error monitoring and reporting.
    • Stackdriver is very simple to use and available at default.
    • Stackdriver is the key part for our business to get the insight of our application behavior.
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    SolarWinds
    • Ability to sunset multiple legacy monitoring platforms.
    • A single pane of glass across global locations (Enterprise Operations Console) simplifies monitoring for junior staff.
    • A single toolset allows staff from across the global environment to share knowledge and quickly set up/modify monitoring.
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    Cisco
    • Significantly reduced the MTTR (Mean Time To Recovery), which in turn has improved the end-user experience tremendously.
    • Meets compliance requirements of security policies, audit, regulation, and forensics.
    • Helps us to track/manage the resource usage on our cloud instances which has a direct implication on the recurring cost.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Screenshots

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    Splunk Observability Cloud Screenshots

    Screenshot of Real-time monitoring for public, private and hybrid cloud